Lighting Design

Lighting Designer

• Decides what kind of lights are needed, where to focus them, and when to turn them on.• The lighting crew places them and runs them during the show

• Set designers may envision specific lighting but it is up to the lighting designer for lights to be hung and what specific colors are used

• Aware of:

• Ground plan

• Location

• Mood

• Time of day

Lighting DesignInto the Woods – Of Mice and Men

Vocabulary

• Lighting Plot-diagram of where all lights are positioned

• Cue Sheet-provides cue #, page #, description, cue line, time count, intensity

• Color Scale-range of colors being used for lighting

• Gel-a transparent colored material used in a lighting fixture to change the color of the light

• Lighting Board-controls all lighting instruments

Styles of Lighting

• Theatrical lighting-the actors need to be lit; provides information for the play

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlUmAt7WISA&list=PL87C8DB6EAE3E4FC0

• Concert lighting-providing a show through lighting, more about the spectacle

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7dpI9zVe1Q (1hr.)

• Dance lighting-highlights the movement of the dancers• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8EWSlm7JJA (48m)

Cue Sheet

Cue # Time Count

Intensity Page # Description

Cue

What number

Time to turn off and on

How bright/dim

Location What do you see

When the light goes

1 3 75% 1 Full Wash Start of show

2 3 100% 3 DC, DR, DL “let’s go outside”

Color Scale

Lighting Project

• Create a Cue Sheet for all lighting• What lights are needed in the play

• Create a color scale of the colors you selected for the play• Provide 2-3 sentences explaining your color choices