Brief
Project brief
The list of questions a technical production quote is built from. You do not have to fill in everything: even half the lines are enough for us to assemble a package and name a figure.
- 01
Event
- Date and start time
- City
- Venue and address
- Format: concert, conference, city celebration, opening, corporate event
- Guest count
- Open-air site or indoor hall
- 02
Venue
- Dimensions of the hall or the site
- Height to the ceiling or to the rigging point
- Rigging points and their allowable load
- Access and unloading: door dimensions, floor, lift or ramp
- Power: available capacity and connection points
- Venue limits: noise, working hours, approvals
- 03
Stage and structures
- Stage size and deck height
- Whether a roof and side towers are needed
- Risers, stairs, barriers
- A dome, a tent or a hangar instead of a hall
- Seating stands or a standing area
- 04
Lighting
- Stage, hall, architectural lighting
- Followspots and the number of operators
- Whether a lighting score exists or has to be written
- Video recording: whether lighting for camera is needed
- 05
Sound
- Hall geometry and audience size
- Number of microphones and wireless systems
- Monitoring: wedges or in-ear
- Backline and a grand piano
- Recording or broadcast
- 06
Video and LED
- LED screen: size and pixel pitch
- Projection: screen, facade or mapping
- Number of screens and side screens
- Who delivers the content and in what format
- Whether a media server and an operator are needed
- 07
Special effects
- Lasers, fog, confetti, foam, snow
- Pyrotechnics and the approvals for them
- Water effects and a water screen
- Venue limits on effects
- 08
Schedule
- When the venue opens for the build
- Rehearsals and soundcheck
- Show time
- The strike window and when the venue has to be handed back
- 09
Paperwork and contacts
- Who signs off on the quote
- Who is responsible for the venue on the day
- Contract form and approval deadlines
- Requirements for permits and insurance
- 10
Files
- Technical rider
- Venue plan and power layout
- Running order or timing
- References: how it should look
Where to send it
Send the completed brief together with the venue plan and the technical rider, if there is one.
