Lighting Technical Terms Flashcards
Name all 12 lighting types
Spotlight
Fresnel spotlight
Floodlight
Gobo
Gel
Barn doors
Cross face
Fade
Colour wash
Focussing
Fade up/down
Blackout
What is a spotlight
profile spotlight
a fresnel spotlight
casts a beam of light
produces a hard edged beam
produces a wider, soft edged beam of light,
What is a gobo
A metal plate using in front of a spotlight to project a shape
What is a gel
A coloured filter on a light- to create atmosphere
What are barn doors
help to shape and direct the light
What is a cross fade
One light fades and disappears as another light appears
What is a fade
Light dimming in a scene
What is focussing
How a light is adjusted to make a beam bigger/smaller onstage
Fade up or down
The use of faders to make lights go up/down
Blackout
Lights fade to black onstage
floodlight
produces a large wash of light
par can
birdie
a simple lantern
used a lot in theatre and live music
small lantern often placed on the set / front of the stage
follow spot
used to focus on specific actors as they move across the stage
