Costume and lightening Design Project-

TH  2140  –  Lighting  Design  Project    

• Basic  Description:  You  will  design  the  overall  lighting  for  two  scenes  from  Shakespeare’s  “A   Midsummer  Night’s  Dream”  and  provide  materials  that  will  allow  the  instructor  to   understand  your  design  choices.  

• All  sample  forms  and  examples  are  found  on  Pilot,  under  Content/Projects/Lighting  Design   Project.  

  Process:    

1. Choose  two  different  scenes  from  “A  Midsummer  Night’s  Dream”.  They  should  be  scenes  that   take  place  at  different  times  in  different  locations.  

2. Read  the  scenes,  looking  for  clues  that  Shakespeare  has  left  for  us  to  help  make  your   determinations  about  what  the  lighting  should  be  like.  

3. Fill  out  (1)  Lighting  Breakdown  Chart  for  each  scene.  A  sample  Lighting  Breakdown  Chart  is   provided  for  you  on  Pilot,  both  as  an  Excel  document  and  a  PDF.  

4. Find  some  images  (photos  or  paintings,  in  particular)  that  you  believe  illustrate  what  you   want  the  lighting  to  look  like  for  each  scene.    

5. Choose  at  least  two  lighting  gel  colors  for  each  scene.  There  is  a  Rosco  Color  Catalogue   available  on  Pilot  or  you  may  visit  one  or  more  of  the  following  websites  for  online  gel   “swatchbooks”.  

  http://www.leefilters.com/lighting/colour-­‐details.html   http://www.rosco.com/filters/roscolux.cfm?menuReturn   http://www.mainstage.com/Files/RoscoColorChartNbr.htm   http://www.gamonline.com/catalog/gamcolor/index.php  

  You  will  need  to  provide  the  Manufacturer  and  Gel  Number,  and  a  brief  description  of  what   you  would  be  using  the  gel  for.       For  example,       Rosco  14:  Early  morning  amber  sunrise  for  Act  I,  Scene  27.3    

(or  something  like  that)    

6. If  you  feel  that  some  sort  of  pattern  or  texture  is  required,  choose  one  or  more  patterns  that   you  would  like  to  use  from  one  of  the  provided  Gobo  Catalogs  that  are  available  on  Pilot   under  the  Lighting  Design  Project  folder.     Provide  that  information  as  part  of  the  project.     For  example,     GAM  294:  Summer  Leaves  pattern  for  Act  5  Moonlight,  Scene  3.14159265358979…….  

(or  something  like  that)    

  Project  Requirements  (to  be  turned  in)  

  1. Two  (2)  completed  Lighting  Breakdown  Charts,  one  (1)  for  each  of  your  chosen  scenes   2. A  minimum  of  three  (3)  lighting  research  images  per  scene;  six  (6)  total   3. A  minimum  of  two  (2)  gel  selections  for  each  scene;  four  (4)  total   4. Gobo/Template  choices,  should  you  choose  to  use  any.     The  project  should  be  digitally  placed  in  the  Lighting  Design  Project  Dropbox  folder  on  Pilot.     DUE  DATE:  APRIL  16