Lighting Flashcards

(34 cards)

1
Q

Three forms of early stage lighting?

A

Daylight
Artificial lighting
Candles, Torches

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2
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In what decade was LEKO developed?

A

1960’s

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3
Q

Why is lighting important to a production?

A

Make stage more visible

Emphasize mood & atmosphere to the audience

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4
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In what decade did the role of lighting designers become established?

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1990’s

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5
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Four main objectives of stage lighting?

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Visibility - audience able to see everything on stage
Selecting focus - directing spectator’s attention to a specific place
Modeling - revealing of the form of an object through the pattern of highlight
Mood - how the audience feels

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6
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Five qualities of light?

A
Movement
Color
Distribution
Intensity
Brightness
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7
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What is intensity?

A

The brightness of color or light

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8
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What is illumination?

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When an object and people give off light and energy

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9
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What is brightness?

A

Light that strikes the stage

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10
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Hue

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Purity of color

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Primary colors

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Hues that can’t be divided into or blended using any other colors. Red, blue, green in pigment

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12
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Secondary color

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Result of mixing two primary colors

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13
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Complementary colors

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Hues when combined, theoretically, yield, while in white or blank in pigments, color that are opposite to each other

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14
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Subtractive filtering

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The selective absorption of light by a filler of pigment

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15
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Additive filtering

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Filtering of additional light

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16
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Theater light angles

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Up light - scary
Top light - angelic
Side light right - right of an actor on stage
Side light left - left of an actor on stage
Back light - cannot see any part of a face
Front light - can see all of a face
45 degrees right
45 degrees left
Even light (45 degrees front and back)- glowing

17
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Light plot

18
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Scrim

A

A drop made of fabric

19
Q

Back light

A

Above and behind

Accent performers and set them apart from the background

20
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Sidelight

A

Wings of off-stage

Accentuate facial features or costumes

21
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Fill light

A

Fills shadows

Aired at the acting area

22
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Key light

A

Strong source of light aimed at the acting area

23
Q

Gelatin

A

Transplant color medium

24
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Strip light

A

Lights arranged in metal throughs

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Fresnel
Spotlight with a soft edge
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Floodlight
Unfocused light
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Follow spot
Follow or pick up a person or object moving on stage
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Ellipsoidal reflector spotlight (ERS)
LEKO | lighting instrument that looks ellipsoidal
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Light panel
Brightness of light controlled
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Dimmer
Electrical device that controls the amount of current flowing through lamp Decrease or increase the intensity of light
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Spotlight
Focus light on very specific at of the stage | Spot
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Light cue sheet
Light technicians' guide for all lighting changes | Number, page, cue line, desired effect requested
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Simplest way to create a lighting plot?
Use a copy of the set designer's ground plan (set within the theatre space) ** read more about it
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Light panel map
``` Panel and stage lights House (Audience) Apron pipe 1st electric 2nd electric ```