Let's say, for theoretical discussion, that you're the Lighting Director at a roadhouse. You're loading in a dance company, and the road LD walks an hour before house open, taking all the paperwork with him. So that show disk you're holding is now completely useless. With the SM by your side, you manage to sit down and program the entire show in an hour. The SM can give you a general direction towards what each look should be as designed by a designer, (such as whether it's warm or cool, dark or bright, realistic looking or dream-like, and a few of the dominate colors,) but it's your plot that you're using and you're the one who actually puts together each cue and decide what it looks like.
So, were you to decide, theoretically, to use this show on your website or portfolio, who's design is it, and what can and cannot you take credit for? The designer came up with the concept, but you're the one who actually put it together. So who can take credit for what?
*For the record, I'm not putting any of this on my website, partially because it was an awkward situation and partially because I didn't have a camera with me so I have no pictures of any of my looks from this show. But I think it's an interesting point of discussion.
So, were you to decide, theoretically, to use this show on your website or portfolio, who's design is it, and what can and cannot you take credit for? The designer came up with the concept, but you're the one who actually put it together. So who can take credit for what?
*For the record, I'm not putting any of this on my website, partially because it was an awkward situation and partially because I didn't have a camera with me so I have no pictures of any of my looks from this show. But I think it's an interesting point of discussion.