Introduction to Stage Lighting
Subtitle: The Fundamentals of Theatre Lighting Design
Publisher: Meriwether Publishing
Published: September 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781566080989
Subjects: Sound, lighting, scenery; Theater - Direction & Production; Performing Arts; Performing Arts/Dance; Theater - Stagecraft; Stage lighting
Table of contents: title: Lighting fixtures: the lighting designer's paintbrush -- Development of the dramatic arts -- Tools of the trade: principal electric fixtures -- How stage lights work. The housing and plug -- The lamp -- The reflector -- The lens -- Chapter Three - Stage and lighting terminology -- Stage direction -- Drapery and stage direction -- Identifying lighting positions -- Fixture names based on function and position -- Light: the designer's paint -- The specular quality of the light -- Lighting the actor's face -- The controllable qualities of light -- Developing the lighting key. Identifying the sources -- Assigning color to the sources -- Identifying the elements and their relationships -- Summary and application to lighting fantastical productions -- Assigning intensity levels. The importance of precise intensity control -- Using context to establish the overall lighting scheme -- Shifting focus - balance and contrast -- Creating mood -- Communicating the intent. Lighting drawings -- Lighting paperwork -- Focus: the rush to perfection -- Acquiring stage time -- Focus duties -- The focus procedure -- Writing cues. Documenting lighting changes for repeatability -- The evolution of the cues -- Cueing the show -- Developments in lighting control -- Manual control developments -- Autotransformers -- The patch panel -- Remote manual dimmer control -- Remote computer-based control -- Computer consoles. Basics of the console -- Console operations -- Imparting the "feel" of the show to the console -- Tech week : the final frontier -- Tech week scenario -- Opening night, photo call, and beyond -- Glossary.