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Week1.ppsxLighting Design
“Stage lighting design can be defined as the creative use of illumination to enhance the spectator’s understanding and appreciation of the production by visually supporting the production concept.”
J. Michael Gillette – Designing With Light
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What is light doing?
Visiblity/Selective Focus
Modeling
Time/Location
Mood/Atmosphere
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Light is telling us what to look at, where and when we are, and how we should feel.
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Visibility/Selective Focus
Lighting design: Joseph Naftal
Lighting design: Kevin Semagin
Lighting design: Natalie Robin
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Images Source: http://www.rosco.com/spectrum/index.php/2011/08/share-the-work-get-the-swag-still-going-strong/
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Modeling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= 6sgpeoWpO9w
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Time/Location
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Mood/Atmosphere
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Controllable Qualities of Light
Distribution
Intensity
Movement
Color
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Distribution
The direction of the light (important for modeling)
The shape and size of area being lit (selective focus)
The Quality and character of the light
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Distribution: Quality of Light
It’s Cohesivness: clarity or diffusion
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Distribution: Character of Light
Its Texture: Smooth, uneven, patterned, hard or soft focused
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softness of light is the measure of how abruptly the transition is from highlight to shadow on a subject.
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Intensity
The actual amount or level of brightness of the light
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Movement
Time duration of a light cue
Movement of Light on stage
Movement of light off stage
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Color
Meaning of Color
Additive Color Mixing
Cyan, Magenta, Amber = White Light
Subtractive Color Mixing
Colored Filters aka Gel
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Recap
Lighting Design: Enhances the audience understanding of the play, support the overall production concept
Selective Focus
Time/Place
Atmosphere
Qualities of light, primary tools of a lighting designer
Distribution
Intensity
Movement
Color
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