I have to agree this is a very vague post, theres about a million different good answers that probably have nothing to do with what you are really asking. That being said, things that I would consider for
power distribution and control positions are this.
Dimmer position:
Where is the
power coming from?
Where can you store your
dimmer racks where they are accessible, preferably out of sight lines, and most of all safe.
Do you have any cabling supply or run restrictions?
You have 10 lights, if you want to control all of them individually I would say do the smallest possible run from the
venue power to the dimmers and then run a Pyle cable up the
truss and have it
break out up there so you run the absolute minimum in cables. But not many people have Pyle cables sitting around so you'll probably want to use
Socapex as that is much more common, you can do two runs if you want individual control, or if you could get away with all the lights in 6 dimmers then you could use one run of
Socapex. If you only have the cables to go straight from the
dimmer to the
fixture (i.e. 2P&G) you might consider placing your
dimmer at the
base of the
truss and have your
power run all the way to the
stage if that is going to make cabling easier. It may or may not be because
feeder can be heavy. Also you might have to consider your cable by the run it's going to make, if you need a long run in a shallow
raceway you're not going to be able to use a cable that has a big
connector cause it won't fit in the
raceway unless you have cables long enough to go the whole way. In the situation I have imagined this would
call for short
power run to dimmers and 2P&G cables through the
raceway.
Control position:
Is one person running lights and sound?
Is this a preprogrammed show or are you just gonna design as you go?
How many people are going to see the performance?
Is there a handy place for your board?
IMHO light designing and observing the effectiveness of the design is done best from a position that is above the
stage and preferably about half way out in the
house. I don't know sound very well but I would imagine that elevation doesn't matter but being in the middle of the
house might be nice. Things that would make me change this is if doing that will cause a strange and/or long cable run that will inevitably be a
tripping hazard for the audience and/or if I need to access the
stage often (like to consult the performers for what they want). Also in many venues there's a place that just calls out "
FOH should be hear" often ignoring this is a bad idea.
Overall it doesn't sound like this is going to be a large scale performance so remember to keep it simple, the majority of the details will matter only to you and you're the one that has to pack it all out. Do the work and do it right but don't get carried away and leave yourself a
load out pain.