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LightingDesignBasic
Basics of Li8ghting Design: Color theory, programming, quality, function
Question | Answer |
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Primary Colors of Light | Blue, Green, Red |
Secondary Colors of Light | Magenta, Cyan, Yellow |
Combine all three primaries of light and you get... | White Light |
Black in lighting is | absence of light |
How a gel functions | Blocks the colors of light that you do not want |
Green looks terrible on... | skin |
When blending colors to look good on skin, you want to create | purple |
Kinds of light | side, back, down, face, wash |
Steps in Programming | "Wash" Stage in a color, Accents, Texture, Facelight |
"Wash" the Stage In Light | Covering entire stage in a mood color. Not neccessarily using wash. |
Accents | Side, back, down, specials. Complimentary to contrast, Tertiary to add harmony |
Texture | Created using gobos |
Facelight | Just enough so that faces pop because will kill colors |
Qualities of Light | Distribution, Intensity, Movement, Color |
Distribution | What is lit up and what isn't |
Small sections lit up are more... | intimate |
Intensity | How bright |
Intensity creates | mood |
Movement | Changing direction, intensity to direct focus |
Movement is created with... | Follow spots, moving lights, gobo rotators, bumping the lights |
Color | Creates mood |
Functions of Light | Visibility, Composition, Revelation of Form, Mood |
Visibility | What the audience sees and does not see |
Composition | The overall picture or look created (includes set and costumes) |
Revelation of Form | revealing the shape; making objects appear 3D |
Revelation of form created using... | McCandless, back, side, and down light |
Mood | Feeling of design |
McCandless System | Stage divided into an odd number of zones. 2 instuments used for facelight at 45 degree angles. |