The scene
A film premiere in the plaza outside a cinema. The cast walk the 9 m red carpet to the backdrop wall at its end, where they stop for photographs. On the left is a raised press riser for the photographers; on the right, crowd barriers mark out the fan area. Rope barriers run down both sides of the carpet, and staff at the edges direct people.
When it helps
- The event company needs to agree the set-up for the day with the venue and the distributor.
- You need to tell the press and security where each of them goes.
- You are estimating barrier posts and power for the lights.
What’s already laid out
- A 2 × 9 m red carpet with rope barriers down both sides.
- A backdrop wall at the end of the carpet, with a light on each side.
- A press riser, 3 × 2 m and 0.6 m high, to the left of the carpet.
- A fan area on the right, behind crowd barriers.
- Three power runs: generator to distribution board, then to the lights left and right of the backdrop.
- Plus 21 figures for scale and circulation. If you don’t need them, delete them all in one go.
Making it yours
- Press “Start from this one”. The template opens in the editor as your own drawing; whatever you change, the original template stays as it was.
- Change the carpet’s length directly and drag the rope barriers to match.
- Barriers are drawn in runs, and the post count in the list recalculates.
- For a different venue, change the plaza’s width and depth first.
- For anything missing, press Components at the bottom: search by name and click to place it. Select what you don’t need and press Delete.
- When the layout is right, press Download at the top right to save it as an image, then drop it into a deck or send it as it is.
What to settle first
- Lay the carpet and put up the backdrop first. That sets the direction of the walk.
- Then the routes: rope barriers by the carpet, crowd barriers for the fans, a separate walkway for the press.
- Raise the press riser and put it where it sees the front of the backdrop.
- Connect power last, and check the generator is far enough from the crowd.
What you end up with
- A layout drawing
- Download it as a PNG or JPG, at a resolution that holds up in a deck or a proposal.
- An object list
- The name and quantity of everything on the drawing. Change the drawing and the list changes with it.
- A length for every cable
- Power and signal runs have a length as soon as they are drawn. Order from those numbers.
- A link to send
- Once you sign in, the drawing can become a link that opens in any browser.
