In order for the lighting designer to communicate to the electrician's crew the placement and electrical connection of the lighting instruments, an instrument plot is created. This plot shows the type, location, circuit, color, and focus area for each instrument used. The most common type of plot is a top-down view, as shown in figure 5.25 . An portion of a lighting plot, showing the key and some of the instruments. This is the instrument plot from the 1994 WPI Masque production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream .
Symbols exist for almost every type of lighting instrument used in a theatre setting.
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