More script analysis

Please look at this example of a scenic designers script analysis.

https://courses.cit.cornell.edu/thetr364/projects/scriptanalysis.html

some questions particularly relevant to lighting designers in my view:

8. List the pivotal dramatic moments that require visual support and focus.
9. Describe the presentational style, mood, & atmostphere of the play. 
10. Describe the theme/central idea /core conflict of the play.
11. List the items and ideas that you need to research.
12. List questions to ask the director and others on the production team.
13. Write a brief synopsis of play as if you are telling the story to a friend who is not familiar with the play.


Here is another example:

What does a designer look for when analyzing a script?

The first reading should introduce the designer to the story. During the second reading he should look for conceptual images and the dramatic mood and during the third reading he should develop lists of the specific design requirements. Below are a few of the questions which should be able to be answered after reading the play...

1. What happens in the scene?
2. Who are involved?
3. Which character dominates the action?
4. What is the climax (or crisis)?
5. What is the setting or location of the scene?
6. What is the period of the action?
7. What images (metaphors) are suggested by the script?
8. What is needed to stage the scene? Entrances and Exits? Set props?
9. What time of day does the scene take place?
10. What are the sources of light?

When analyzing the text, the designer first approaches the script as a member of the audience, then as the director and finally as the designer. Typically as the designer reads the text he will underline or high-lite those lines he finds significant as well as make numerous marginal notations.

from http://www3.northern.edu/wild/ScDes/sdanaly.htm