lighting class journals
Stage Lighting
8/29/17
Project Teams
Vanessa & Manny
Josh & Haq
Jennifer & Tommy
Katie & Kelly
Joel & Rongye
Narissa, Echo & Aiyanna*
Image of Light
A picture or concept of what light should look like for a production
Light Renderings
Peggy Clark. Sketch for lighting design for Agnes de Mille’s Fall River Legend, 1948. Peggy Clark Papers, Music Division, Library of Congress (032.00.00)
Light Renderings
Distribution, Intensity, Colors
Key and Fill Light
Image Source: http://www.lightingrumours.com/simple-lighting-patterns-part-2-broad-short-lighting-5335
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Direction of Light
Some Vocabulary
Plan – Top View of Light Plot or Set Drafting
Section – Center cut Side View of Light Plot or Set Drafting
Acting area: Where the action of the play takes place.
Lighting Areas: Where the light hits the actor/stage
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House Plan
Image source: https://www.keene.edu/arts/redfern/about/main-theatre/#ground_plan_section_view
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House Section
Acting area: Where the action of the play takes place.
Lighting Areas: Where the light hits the actor/stage
Beam angle: That point in the cone of light emitted by an instrument where the light is diminished by 50 percent when compared with the out put of the center of the beam
Field Angle: That point in the cone of light where the output diminishes to 10 percent of the output of the center of the beam
Beam & Field Overlap
Light Plot and Photometrics
Light Plot
To Create a light plot you need the following:
A ground plan of scenic design
A sectional of the scenic design
A ground plan of the stage and auditorium
A sectional of the stage and auditorium
The layout of the lighting system
Fly rails, Grids, Electric Positions.
Theater’s lighting equipment inventory
More Vocabulary
Working Sectional: a drawing showing the sectional angle for a lighting instrument that you will use to calculate the throw distance, hanging position, and beam angle
Throw Distance – How far light from an instrument travels from its hanging position to the center of its focus area
Hanging Position – Where the lighting instrument is hung
Beam Angle – Determines the lighting instrument needed to illuminate the actor/object.
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Photometrics
Next class we will practice calculating photometrics
You will need the following:
Pencil
Architect Ruler
Protractor
Approximate Photometric Information Handout
It’s in your syllabus
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U N I V E R S I T Y T H E A T R E S P R E S E N T
L I G H T P L O T
SCALE: 1/2" = 1' - 0"
D I R E C T E D B Y
L I G H T I N G B Y
AUGUST 8, 2008
P R O D U C T I O N T I T L E
D E S I G N B Y 1 PLATE 1 OF 1
1'-6"2'-6"
23 1
23 1
23 1
K E Y
S Y M B O L S
T-3 STRIPLIGHT-6 LIGHT/ 3 CIRCUIT 500w
500w WORKLIGHT
4'-0" 5'-0" 1'-0"
A C B AG F E DH
PL
+6'-6"
+9'-0"
+1'-6"
+12'-0"
+6'-6"
+9'-0"
+1'-6"
+12'-0"
+6'-6"
+9'-0"
+1'-6"
+12'-0"
+6'-6"
+9'-0"
+1'-6"
+12'-0"
+6'-6"
+9'-0"
+1'-6"
+12'-0"
+6'-6"
+9'-0"
+1'-6"
+12'-0"
A
FLOOR MOUNT SL T. B. D. ON SITE DISCUSS TRAVEL OPTIONS
C B AG F E DH
TRIMS INDICATED ARE FROM PIPE TO THE STAGE FLOOR
UNITS NOT DIMENSIONED ON 2' - 0" CENTERS
NOTES:
PLEASE HAVE ADDiTIONAL CUTS OF R119 & R114 AVAILABLE
ALL GEL FRAMES MUST BE BLACK
BOOM TRIMS ARE FROM STAGE FLOOR TO SIDE ARM, PROVIDE SAFETY TO GRID
PROVIDE R104 FOR ALL STRIPLIGHTS IN ADDITION TO COLOR INDICATED ON THE PLOT, BIASED FOR MAXIMUM HORIZONTAL DISPERSION.
BOOMS MOUNT ON 50lbs BASES w/LOCKING HARDWARE
1'-6"2'-6"
1'-0"1'-6" 1'-6"
1'-0"1'-6" 1'-6"
10'-0"
REVERSE AND REPEAT ALL DIMENSIONS
24'-0"
24'-0"
24'-0"
+24'-0" TO CL ON 4'-0"
+24'-0" TO CL ON 12'-9"
+24'-0" TO CL ON 21'-6"
F O H B E A M (10) 1KW 6X16
1 ELECTRIC (3) 575W 19° SCR4 (12) 575W 26° SCR4 (6) 575W 36° SCR4 (2) 500W WORKLIGHT
2 ELECTRIC (3) 575W 19° SCR4 (12) 575W 26° SCR4 (6) 575W 36° SCR4
3 ELECTRIC (4) 575W 19° SCR4 (14) 575W 26° SCR4
4 ELECTRIC (12) 575W 26° SCR4 (6) 575W 36° SCR4
(2) 500W WORKLIGHT
5 ELECTRIC (4) 575W 19° SCR4 (14) 575W 26° SCR4 (2) 500W WORKLIGHT
6 ELECTRIC (8) 500W T-3 STRIPLIGHT
GROUND ROW (8) 500W T-3 STRIPLIGHT
3 BOOM LEFT (1) 575W 26° SCR4 (3) 575W 36° SCR4
2 BOOM LEFT (1) 575W 26° SCR4 (3) 575W 36° SCR4
1 BOOM LEFT (1) 575W 26° SCR4 (3) 575W 36° SCR4
3 BOOM RIGHT (1) 575W 26° SCR4 (3) 575W 36° SCR4
2 BOOM RIGHT (1) 575W 26° SCR4 (3) 575W 36° SCR4
1 BOOM RIGHT (1) 575W 26° SCR4 (3) 575W 36° SCR4
1 ELECTRIC TRIM 24'-6"
2 ELECTRIC TRIM 24'-6"
3 ELECTRIC TRIM 30'-0"
4 ELECTRIC TRIM 25'-6"
5 ELECTRIC TRIM 24'-6"
6 ELECTRIC TRIM 28'-6"
WHITE BOUNCE
G850R65 R16
G850R65 R16
575w 19° SOURCE 4
575w 26° SOURCE 4
575w 36° SOURCE 4
L201
10
CLR
9
L201
8
CLR
7
L201
6
CLR
5
CLR
4
L201
3
CLR
2
L201
1
1
R09
20
R09
14
CLR
15
G848
16
R09
17
CLR
18
G848
19
CLR
21
G848
22
R119
13
R08
4
R08
10
CLR
9
L200
8
R08
7
CLR
6
L200
5
CLR
3
L200
2
R119
11
R09
19
R09
13
CLR
14
G848
15
R09
16
CLR
17
G848
18
CLR
20
G848
21
R119
12
R08
3
R08
9
CLR
8
L200
7
R08
6
CLR
5
L200
4
CLR
2
L200
1
R119
10
R119
12
R119
11
R09
10
R09
7
CLR
8
G848
9
CLR
11
G848
12
R08
3
R08
6
CLR
5
L200
4
CLR
2
L200
1
G995
7
G995
5
G848
6
G848
4
G995
3
G848
2
CLR
10 NSP
CLR
9 NSP
CLR
8 NSP
R16
14
R16
16
R80
15
R80
17
R16
18
R80
19
CLR
11 NSP
CLR
12 NSP
CLR
13 NSP
G995
7
G995
5
G848
6
G848
4
G995
3
G848
2
CLR
10 NSP
CLR
9 NSP
CLR
8 NSP
R16
14
R16
16
R80
15
R80
17
R16
18
R80
19
CLR
11 NSP
CLR
12 NSP
CLR
13 NSP
2BL
3BL
1BL1BR
2BR
3BR
R80
4
L201
1
R321
3
R08
2
R80
4
L201
1
R321
3
R08
2
R80
4
L201
1
R321
3
R08
2
R80
4
L201
1
R27
3
R09
2
R80
4
L201
1
R27
3
R09
2
R80
4
L201
1
R27
3
R09
2
750w SRC 4 PAR NSP
N S P
C O L O R
U N I T N O .
C H A N N E L A D D R E S S
TEMPLATE
(6) 750W SCR4 PAR NSP