Lighting Design

Resources

• Lighting Paperwork - Examples of the types of paperwork that a lighting designer needs to produce
• The Lighting Design Process
• Types of Lantern
  • More information:
• Video - Lanterns without lenses - flood, parcan, birdie (Discover National Theatre)
• Video - Lanterns with lenses - profile, fresnel, pc (Discover National Theatre)
• Video - Followspots - xenon (Discover National Theatre)
• Video - Automated lighting - Spot Light (Vari*Lite VL1 - Discover National Theatre)
• Video - Automated lighting - Wash Light (Discover National Theatre)
• Video - Why pinspots can't be used direct on a dimmer (APTxl) [they should always have a load lamp connected to the dimmer as well]
• Physics for Lighting
• Angles of Light
• Brecht - The Lighting
• Lighting Practitioners
• Words and phrases used by the lighting designer

Lighting Activities

• Followspotting - tips and techniques
  • The Super Trouper - not just an Abba song!
  • Example Followspot Plot Sheets (coming soon)
• Focussing Lights for the Rep (DIscover National Theatre video)
• Focussing Techniques (coming soon)
• Maintaining Lanterns (coming soon)
• Choosing Colour (coming soon)
• Colour Frame Sizes (coming soon)
• Gobo Holder Sizes (coming soon)
• Using a Gauze (coming soon)

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