Lighting And Sound Vocab

Question 1

Blackout

Answer 1

Suddenly switching all the lights off

Question 2

Cross fade

Answer 2

Fading lights out on one area of the stage while simultaneously bringing them up on another.

Question 3

Cues

Answer 3

Instructions indicating when a change in lighting or sound can occur

Question 4

Effects

Answer 4

Special lighting such as strobes or using lighting to recreate headlights, lightening, fires or other unusual lighting.

Question 5

Fade

Answer 5

In lighting, changing intensity or in sound, changing the volume

Question 6

Gels

Answer 6

Sheets of plastic used to change the colour of the stage light

Question 7

Footlights

Answer 7

Lights placed at the front of the stage at the actors feet

Question 8

Fresnel

Answer 8

A stage lantern which creates a soft edge beam of light. They are used to create a ‘wash’

Question 9

Gobos

Answer 9

Metal cut-outs attached to lanterns that are used to project patterns such as leaves or logos

Question 10

House lights

Answer 10

Lighting that makes the audience visible

Question 11

Lighting rig

Answer 11

The structure that holds the lanterns in the theatre

Question 12

Snap

Answer 12

Quickly on or off

Question 13

Spotlight/ profile

Answer 13

A lantern projecting a narrow intense beam of light

Question 14

Amplification

Answer 14

How sound is made louder

Question 15

Reverb

Answer 15

An echoing effect