[SML] What is your favorite cue number method?

[Steven Hood]

I go by page number... cue 5 is the first cue on page 5, etc. Each added 
cue per page is a point cue. I use the SM's calling script for page 
numbering...
Btw, my main console is a Gio at 5. Second desk is Nomad with the programming 
wing. I have about 200 dimmers in my space. 4 old studio spots, a few ETC 
LED engines for cyc, and a few D60's.
Hth,
Steven R Hood


On February 25, 2018 1:22:06 PM Edward Hunter via Stagecraft 
<stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> I've recently been ruminating on different systems for choosing cue
> numbers for light cues (thus proving I probably have too much free time
> on my hands).
>
> I've seen several different methods from different designers and it got
> me curious as to what people consider the pros and cons of the different
> choices. Note this is all about where you start, not where you end up
> since inserting cues and deleting them will throw off any system.  Some
> choices I have see have been:
>     1) Sequential 1-N
>     2) Number by 5's.
>     3) Even/odd where even is the cue number the stage manger calls and
> odd numbers are reserved for things like position moving lights or
> effects etc.
>     4) Start each scene with the next cue number rounded up to the
> nearest 10 or 100 (10, 20, 30...)
>
> What are other methods people like?
> -Ed
>
>
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