Lighting
Stage Lighting is a very important part of theatre.
The lighting director must work closely with the technical director and
director in order to assure the proper lighting for individual scenes. Every
scene may require different lighting techniques in order to convey the feeling
of the play. Although the acting can give an idea of the mood, lighting can
give an idea of the mood when there are no words spoken.
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For the lighting design process to work best the
first step that must be taken is to study the production. Gels
which are used with individual lights can add colour to your scene. If a
specific scene is calm and subdued, you would more than likely try to use cool
colours such as blues and greens. The most important part in lighting a play is
to make sure that the actors are not in shadows and the shadows that you do
have are not distracting to the audience. Stage lighting is the craft of lighting as it applies to the production of theatre,
dance, opera and other performance arts. Several different types of stage
lighting instruments are used in this discipline. In addition to basic
lighting, modern stage lighting can also include special effects, such as
lasers and fog machines. People who work on stage lighting are commonly referred
to as lighting technicians. Focus is a term usually used to describe where an
instrument is pointed. The final focus should place the "hot spot" of
the beam at the actor's head level when standing at the center of the
instruments assigned "focus area" on the stage. Position refers to
the location of an instrument in the theater's fly system or on permanent pipes
in front-of-house locations. Hanging is the act of placing the instrument in
its assigned position. Within the groups of "wash" and
"spot" light, there are other, more specific types of fixtures. These
fixtures feature a compound lens which allows the designer to place
obstructions within the image path which are then projected. These obstructions
could be "gobos" or shutters. A profile is a spot light, but
allows for precise focusing.
Runaways" used conventional stage lighting and theatrical fog.
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