lighting and sound Flashcards
What are the types of sound?
motivated, underscoring, environmental
What is motivated sound?
sounds called for by the script
What is underscoring?
music that is played between scenes or under dialogue to create mood
What is environmental sound?
noises of everyday life that help create a sense of reality
What are the 7 objectives of a lighting designer?
- Provide visibility.
- Reveal shapes and forms.
- Provide a focus onstage and create visual compositions.
- Assist in creating mood and reinforcing style.
- Help establish time and place.
- Establish a rhythm of visual movement.
- Reinforce a central visual image, establish visual information, or both.
What are the 4 properties of lighting design?
- intensity
- color
- distribution
- movement
What are the two main types of lighting fixtures?
conventional lighting instruments and automated/moving light fixtures
process for lighting design
- read the script and mark motivated light (eg. day/night) and visualize the play
- meed with director to discuss vision
- meetings with set designer
- make light plot
- attend rehearsals to make sure exact locations of actors during scenes
- rehearsals to discuss cues with director
- set the light board
What are the three main parts to any light fixture?
lens, reflector, and lamp
What instruments are capable of making washes of light?
PAR cans, fresnels, striplights, and cyc lights
Irises
make the beam of light smaller
Gobos
create a pattern within the throw of the beam
Cyc
short for cyclorama, a large, opaque piece of material hung rigidly at the back of the stage, have specific lights called cyc lights that can turn the material different colors
Scrim
a large piece of translucent material hung rigidly at different places on the stage, can turn opaque when lit from the front or translucent when lit from the back; used for dream sequences a lot.
process for sound design
choose, and sometimes compose, all the music audience members hear during the show, responsible for choosing how to set up speakers and other playback devices to make effects sound as if they are coming from specific places, reproduction and reinforcement
tools for sound design
microphones, loudspeakers, sound board, recordings
sound reinforcement
the amplification of sounds produced by a performer or a musical instrument
sound reproduction
the use of motivated or environmental sounds
