For technical directors, producers and show callers who need a written plan before a live stream, not an argument during one. Fill it in at the production meeting, share it with the client and keep a printed copy at the gallery.
What it catches
- Two people each waiting for the other to call a failover.
- A holding slate that nobody has built.
- Viewers left on a frozen frame while the crew debates the cause.
- A fire alarm with no agreed line for the stream and the audience.
- A speaker no-show with no filler to run.
How to adapt it
The tables list nine failure modes. For each, agree the sign that tells you it has happened, the person who calls it, the first action, what viewers will see in the meantime and the words on the holding slate. Add rows for anything specific to your show, such as a keynote on a hired-in LED wall or a sponsor-run Q&A. Set a time limit on each state: if the fix has not worked in ninety seconds, move to the next action. Run through the plan at rehearsal and walk the gallery through two of the failures. Review it after the event and add anything that happened to you that was not in the plan.
Get the Word file
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Open the watermarked preview (PDF)Rather we did the paperwork?
Send the client brief and floorplan to Production Office and get back the kit list, signal flow, crew plan and schedule, checked by a broadcast engineer, with nothing of ours on it.