Lighting

Lighting

Lighting

With torches or a candle, or the language would indicate nightime

Candle and oil lamps

Made of glass chimney and a cylindrical wick

made lighting easier to manage and control

A constant threat of fires

Electric lightbulb; invented by Edison

Preventing the technology from taking of the aesthetics of the design

visibility, reveal shapes and forms, provide focus and composition, create mood while reinforcing style, establish time and place, establish rhythm of visual movement, reinforce a central visual image

Creates, installs, and sets controls for stage lighting

includes the location and color of each lighting instrument

instructions about when the lights go on and off

cue where all lights go off

lights slowly dim

lights come down on one part of the stage

the brightness of a light; controlled by dimmer

colored material is place in slots in front of lighting instruments

material place in front of lighting instruments

the position and type of lighting instrument used and the angle which the light strikes the performer

most effective kind is sifting the audience focus by lights going down in one area and coming up in another

the lamp (source of light), reflector, lens (where beams pass)

creates a bright hard-edged spotlight

Originally for lighthouses; concentric rings cut into lens to allow for temp changes without cracking

Fresnel

are used, singularly or in groups to provide deferral illumination for the stage or scenery

- the most versatile lighting
- can alter focus, change color, project patterns, change beams with a sharp or soft focus

person responsible for arranging and orchestrating all the aural aspects of a production

the use of motivated or environmental sounds

sounds called for by the script. Car horns, door slamming, tires on gravel

sounds usually heard as background to set time and location. Crickets in the country, street traffic of a city

the amplification of sounds produced by a performer or a musical instrument