Lighting Vocab

Question 0

Master

Answer 0

Lever or push which overrides and complete preset, group within a preset or selected memory

Question 1

Linear flood

Answer 1

Flood using a long thin double-ended halogen lamp creating an increased beam spread

Question 2

Memory

Answer 2

Lighting control system

Question 3

Pan

Answer 3

Horizontal (left/right) movement across stage

Question 4

Parcan

Answer 4

Holds a par lamp

Question 5

Par lamp

Answer 5

Sealed beam lamp with the filament contained within the same glass envelope as an optical system producing a near parallel beam

Question 6

PC (Plano convex) lens

Answer 6

Lens with one flat and one curved surface

Question 7

Preset

Answer 7

Anything positioned in advance of being required eg props on stage before performance

Question 8

Profile spot

Answer 8

Spotlight which projects the outline of any chosen shape and with any desired degree of hardness and softness

Question 9

Rating

Answer 9

Minimum and maximum power in kilowatts controlled by dimmer circuit or channel

Question 10

Scatter

Answer 10

Low intensity light cast outside the main beam of an instrument

Question 11

Silks

Answer 11

Diffusion filters which stretch the light in a chosen direction

Question 12

Spill

Answer 12

Stray or scatter light outside the main beam

Question 13

Strobe

Answer 13

Fast series of very short light flashes

Question 14

Throw

Answer 14

Distance between light and actor or object being lot

Question 15

Theatre in the round

Answer 15

Staging where audience encircle the acting area

Question 16

Thrust

Answer 16

Staging where the audience are seated on at least two sides

Question 17

Tilt

Answer 17

Vertical (up/down) movement across stage

Question 18

Shin busters

Answer 18

Low level lights at stage floor level, mainly used for dance