Index
All articles
Forty-two articles across six sections. Every one of them names a mechanism, sources its figures, and states what it cannot verify.
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Section Sound
Sound in rooms that were not built for it
What a hall does to a voice, and what a system can and cannot put back.
- SoundWhat a room does to a voice before any microphone hears it
- SoundGain before feedback: the number that decides how loud you can go
- SoundWhy a church is not a concert hall for amplified speech
- SoundReinforcement and amplification are not the same job
- SoundWireless microphone frequencies and what the spectrum auctions took
- SoundFoldback: why performers ask for less rather than more
- SoundWhen a room needs treatment instead of a larger system
Section Light
Light and the control that runs it
Fixtures, dimming, colour and the arithmetic that has to happen before anything is plugged in.
- LightDMX512 in practice: one universe, 512 slots, what runs out first
- LightDimming a tungsten fixture and dimming an LED are different acts
- LightColour rendering: why skin goes wrong under some LED fixtures
- LightFlicker on camera: fixture refresh against shutter
- LightWhat a lighting plot records and why it outlives the production
- LightFront light, and the reason faces disappear
- LightPower arithmetic before the first plug goes in
Section Projection
Projection and titles
Surfaces, throw, ambient light, and text an audience can read while still watching the stage.
- ProjectionSurtitles: what an audience can read while still watching
- ProjectionThrow ratio, keystone, and the seats you lose
- ProjectionLumens against ambient light in a room that cannot go dark
- ProjectionMapping onto a set that moves
- ProjectionRear projection, front projection and the shadow line
- ProjectionTiming titles to a live conductor rather than to timecode
- ProjectionWhat a projected backdrop cannot do that a painted one can
Section Capture
Capture, stream and the record that remains
What a camera and a microphone keep of a performance, and what they quietly lose.
- CaptureRoom microphones against close microphones for a live record
- CaptureLatency: where delay accumulates between stage and viewer
- CaptureRights before the camera: what recording a work requires
- CaptureOne camera or a cut: what a small crew can actually hold
- CaptureArchival capture and broadcast capture are different products
- CaptureAudio for a stream is not audio for the room
- CaptureWhat a recording preserves and what it quietly loses
Section Rehearsal
Score, rehearsal and the calling of a show
Scores, tracks, cue lights and the script that runs the evening.
- RehearsalScores on screens: page turns, glare, battery
- RehearsalRehearsal tracks and what they teach a singer wrongly
- RehearsalClick tracks against the conductor's authority
- RehearsalCue lights, comms and the calling script
- RehearsalShow control: when cues should be linked and when they should not
- RehearsalKeeping versions straight on a score that keeps changing
- RehearsalGenerative tools in composing and staging: what can be verified
Section House
The room, the seat and the ticket
Access, sightlines, egress and the systems the audience meets before the curtain.
- HouseAssistive listening: what the law asks and what the room needs
- HouseCaptioning and audio description as production decisions
- HouseTicketing systems and the data you become responsible for
- HouseSightlines, and the rows that see a different show
- HouseHouse lights and egress: the rules that outrank the design
- HouseLoad-in: what fits through the door
- HouseThe accessibility of the page that sells the seat
Further context
For a primary, standards or institutional reference, see the NFPA codes and standards catalogue.