Clarity of defintions of lighting terms..

You really should head to www.alia.com.au and either look around the articles, etc. or ask in the forums. It's been a while, so my answers may not entirely be correct... 1. is a 'cue' the same as a 'scene'? If not what is the difference? No. A cue usually refers to the actual lighting cue, whereas a 'scene' refers to the lighting 'state' (ie. a bunch of lights are plotted as being on at various intensities, saved in the memory, and this 'scene' is faded in whilst the last one is faded out - the operator is then cued to change the scene. (Er, something like that, I'm sure it's better explained in a textbook) 2. What exactly is a 'stack', is it different to a 'cue list'? Have no idea. (Man, either I never learned that, or it's really been ages...) 3. What is a 'cue list'..? This one should be obvious. 4. What are 'steps' in terms of a stack? See above. 4. Also double check on the meaning of 'chase'? A chase is simply a bunch of lights flashed on and off (either randomly or in a set pattern; it can be slow or fast). 5. Are a scene, cue , snapshot and step all really the same thing? No. Someone else could answer this one better... Just wondering - do you have a lighting design/operation book somewhere? A textbook? Surely you can look some of these things up? (Er, if I get all of these wrong, the regular techies are welcome to ignore me and not hand my butt to me for being so rusty) Your source for handmade shadow puppets at Puppets in Melbourne