<P>What are the do’s and don’ts of being a good assistant lighting designer? </P><P>What are focus tapes, and how do I use them?</P><P>What is the best method for creating a magic sheet?</P><P>What should be found in every assistant’s kit?</P><P>How do I make that first important leap into this professional career? </P><P> </P><P>Answer these questions and many more with <I>The Assistant Lighting Designer’s Toolkit</I>. This definitive guide unlocks the insider-secrets used to succeed as a professional assistant lighting designer (ALD) – whether choosing assisting as a career or while transitioning to another. This book outlines, step-by-step, the challenges the ALD faces during every phase of production. Never before has a resource existed that views the design process through the eyes of the assistant.</P><P> </P><P>Intermingled among the nuts and bolts of the paperwork and essential procedures, top industry professionals reveal tips for personal survival in this challenging career – both domestically and abroad as well as in other careers in lighting. Within these pages are the industry secrets rarely taught in school!</P><P> </P><P>The author's website can be found at http://www.aldtoolkit.com/.</P>