A conversation between Dennis Size and Sheryl Wisniewski of The Lighting Design Group about what goes into creating budgets for lighting television.

Topics:

⭐️ How projects “walk in the door”

⭐️ Thought process in estimating

⭐️ Hidden costs we don’t want to miss

⭐️ How Designers and Project Managers collaborate in the budgeting process

Quicklinks - Artistic Finance:

https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance

Sheryl Wisniewski:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherylwisniewski/

Instagram - @swhiz321

https://www.instagram.com/swhiz321/

Dennis Size:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennis-size-0108234/

LDG - The Lighting Design Group:

https://ldg.com/

https://www.instagram.com/ldg_lightingdesigngroup/?ref=5rqdmdyz0usvw&hl=am-et

Sheryl Bio:

Sheryl joined LDG in 2002 as an Assistant Lighting Designer/Project Coordinator and has since warmed almost every chair in the Production Department.  She has earned 8 Emmys for her work on projects including CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute, NBC’s Coverage of 10 Olympic Games, 5 Presidential Election Cycles, and 2 Royal Weddings.  When she takes off her LDG hat, she spends her time learning to raise compassionate young humans.

Dennis Bio:

Bio - In his 40+ year career Dennis has designed lighting for shows on every major television Broadcast and cable Network.

His international design repertoire includes theatre, dance, live events, soap operas, talk shows, news magazines, government projects, corporate events/facilities, concerts, sporting events, political conventions, Presidential debates, award shows, and has lit every U.S. President since Ronald Reagan.

He has written for trade journals and taught design at several Universities, including Carnegie Mellon, Penn State, and the University of Scranton.   He has been nominated for the EMMY Award 13 times, and has won five.

For an extended list of his, and LDG’s credits, log on to: www.ldg.com

Instagram Handles:

@swhiz321

@ethansteimel

@artisticfinance

@ldg_lightingdesigngroup