load-in
Equipment delivery time
Load-in is the process of bringing equipment, sets, and gear into a venue before a performance, event, or production.
The term belongs to theater, concerts, and film work, where crews must transport and set up everything from lighting rigs to sound systems: Load-in starts at 6 AM, so get some sleep.
The opposite process is load-out.
How something is arranged
- soundcheckPre-performance audio calibration
- stagingPreparing for presentation
- venuePlace of occurrence
- arrivalAct of reaching destination
crew · production · concert · gig · festival · show · doors · schedule
Tools for a task
- truckHeavy freight vehicle
- rampSloped connecting surface
- dockMooring structure at water's edge
- dollyWheeled moving platform
cases · crates · hauling · lifting · forklift · parking · access · freight
Creative professional's workspace
- camerasVisual recording devices
- cablesHeavy ropes or wires
- monitorsTracks or displays
- teleprompterElectronic script display device
backdrop · graphics · transmission · switcher · greenscreen · prompter · mic-check · feeds
setup
How something is arranged
- soundcheckPre-performance audio calibration
- stagingPreparing for presentation
- venuePlace of occurrence
arrival · crew · production · concert · gig · festival · show · doors · schedule · advance
equipment
Tools for a task
dolly · cases · crates · hauling · lifting · forklift · parking · access · freight · elevator
studio
Creative professional's workspace
teleprompter · backdrop · graphics · transmission · switcher · greenscreen · prompter · mic-check · feeds
scenery
Visible natural surroundings
- flatsDwellings or low shoes
- propsTheater accessories or praise
- set-piecesPreplanned dramatic sequences
curtains · backdrops · wagons · grid · deck · wings · strike · carpenter · electrics · wardrobe
- stagingstaging, stage, set, set design, set dressing
- stagecraftstage left, stage right, center stage, downstage, upstage
- theater crewstagehand, stagehands, stage hand, stage manager, stage managers
- theater productionstage management, production, casting, rehearsals, costumes
- venue operationsticketing, crowd control, event staff, guest services, ushers
- theaterplays, stage, play, onstage, acting