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How to choose an event technical crew provider
Practical criteria for choosing an event technical crew provider: scope, technical trades, coordination, geographic coverage and briefing quality.
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EVENT TECHNICAL CREW GUIDES
Practical answers to the questions organisers, producers, agencies and technical service providers face when preparing road crew, technical management, sound, lighting, video, structure, power, scenery or backstage requirements.
CHOOSING AND BRIEFING A PROVIDER
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Roadie, event handler and technician: what is the difference?
Understand the difference between roadies, event handlers and event technicians, their missions and how these roles work together on an event.
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How many roadies do you need for an event?
The main factors that determine road crew size: equipment volume, schedule, venue access, setup and dismantling phases and site organisation.
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How do you prepare an event road crew brief?
Equipment volume, access, schedule, load-in, setup, dismantling and crew size: what to include in an event road crew brief.
READ THE GUIDE →TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT
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What does an event technical manager do?
Understand the role of an event technical manager: trade coordination, setup, live operation, dismantling and briefing requirements.
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How do you prepare an event technical management brief?
Venue, schedule, trades, equipment, contacts and constraints: the information needed to prepare an event technical management brief.
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When do you need an event technical manager?
When an event technical manager becomes useful: multiple trades, tight schedules, complex interfaces and coordination from setup to dismantling.
READ THE GUIDE →SOUND
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What does an event sound technician do?
The role of an event sound technician: setup of the planned system, live operation, dismantling and the information needed in a sound brief.
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How do you prepare an event sound brief?
Programme, speech, music, venue, schedule and planned system: how to prepare a useful event sound brief.
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Conference, convention or concert sound: what changes?
Speech, music playback or concert sound: how event sound preparation changes with the format of the event.
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What does an event lighting technician do?
Understand the role of an event lighting technician: installation, implementation of the planned system, operation, dismantling and briefing.
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How do you prepare an event lighting brief?
Venue, areas to light, atmosphere, stage, lighting plan, structure, power and schedule: what to include in an event lighting brief.
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Ambient lighting or stage lighting: what is the difference?
Understand the difference between ambient and stage lighting to prepare event lighting requirements more accurately.
READ THE GUIDE →VIDEO
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How do you prepare an LED wall installation for an event?
The information to gather before an LED wall installation: position, access, structure, power, operation, schedule and dismantling.
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Event LED wall: what happens from setup to dismantling?
The main phases of an event LED wall operation: preparation, setup, live operation, technical coordination and dismantling.
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Event video: what is the difference between display and capture?
LED wall, large screen, display or capture: understand the difference between event video display systems and image production.
READ THE GUIDE →STRUCTURE
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How do you prepare an event structure installation?
How to prepare aluminium event structure setup: validated plans, access, position, integrated elements and coordination with other technical trades.
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What is aluminium event structure used for?
Understand the role of aluminium event structure and its interfaces with lighting, sound, video, scenery and technical routes.
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How do you coordinate structure, lighting and video during setup?
Work sequence, access, position and schedule: how to coordinate structure, lighting and video during event setup.
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How do you prepare event power requirements?
Sources, distribution, equipment loads, cable routes and schedule: the information to prepare for event power operations.
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How do you coordinate power with sound, lighting and video?
How to prepare the interfaces between event power distribution, sound, lighting and video within the technical schedule.
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Event generator: what information should be prepared?
Before an event generator operation: planned sources, distribution, equipment loads, position, technical routes and schedule.
READ THE GUIDE →SCENERY
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How do you organise event scenery installation?
Prepare event scenery installation: supplied elements, layout, access, schedule, technical interfaces and dismantling.
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What does an event scenery installation crew do?
Understand the role of an event scenery crew: handling, positioning, on-site installation, coordination and dismantling.
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How do you coordinate scenery, structure and lighting during setup?
Layout, setup sequence, access and work areas: how to coordinate scenery, structure and lighting on an event.
READ THE GUIDE →BACKSTAGE & RUNNERS
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What does an event runner do?
The role of an event runner: practical production support, errands, preparation, backstage tasks and how to organise a runner team.
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Event runner or roadie: what is the difference?
Runner and roadie are different roles: practical production support on one side, equipment handling and material flows on the other.
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When do you need event runners or a backstage crew?
Preparation, last-minute requests, badges, collections and production support: when an event runner team becomes useful.
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