Production Management

Concepts

Artist Advance

The pre-show coordination process used to connect an artist’s current performance requirements with the receiving event, venue, suppliers, carried equipment, local provision, schedule, approvals and unresolved actions.

Backline

Performance equipment used by musicians on stage.

Changeover

The coordinated work required to move a live production from one performance or programme segment to the next, including relevant changes to people, equipment, technical arrangements and readiness conditions.

Input List

A structured, current list of the audio sources required for a performance or programme, with the identity, capture or connection information and notes needed to prepare their entry into the live-sound system.

Live Event Production

The coordinated process of turning an event requirement into a show that can be prepared, built, operated and recovered.

Live Sound

The system and workflow used to capture or receive, control, mix, route, monitor and reproduce audio during a live performance or event.

Production Advance

The pre-show coordination process used to review current requirements, clarify responsibilities and interfaces, record decisions and keep unresolved questions visible so a live production can be prepared for load-in and delivery.

Production Brief

A structured description of an event's known requirements, scope, responsibilities and unresolved information, used to help production teams understand what must be planned or quoted.

Production Design

The process of translating event, venue, programme and artist requirements into a workable technical and operational plan.

Production Management

The coordination of requirements, responsibilities, suppliers, schedules, people and operational interfaces across a production.

Production Manager

A person whose agreed role is to maintain the wider production picture and coordinate interfaces between the event brief, venue, artists, suppliers, technical departments, people, schedule and logistics.

Production Schedule

A production schedule is the working timeline for preparing, building, checking, operating and removing a live production. It connects venue access, load-in, setup, rehearsals, soundcheck, doors, show operation, strike and load-out with the people and dependencies needed for each stage.

Stage Plot

A current visual plan showing the intended positions of performers, instruments and important stage equipment, with orientation and supporting notes needed to review and prepare the physical layout.

Technical Rider

A document communicating production requirements.

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