Stage Craft - Lighting

Question 1

What is lighting design?(HAMS)

Answer 1

– Artistic and practical.
● see what’s happening (practical)
○ lighting should direct your attention to what you should be looking at.
● creates a mood (artistic)
○ make you feel a
certain way (colours)
● helps create the scene.
(What time is it? Where are we?)

Question 2

What are some of the things we can control about lighting? (MAST BC)

Answer 2

● Angle - The angle the light is hitting the subject
● Color - The color of the light
● Brightness - How bright the light is
● Movement - Physical movement or “chases”
● Timing - How long it takes for a light to come on
and go off
● Shape - The shape, manipulated by gobos,
scenery or other elements

Question 3

What is a GOBO?

Answer 3

a metal sheet you put in front of a light to make it project something. Kind of like a shadow puppet

Question 4

What is a gel?

Answer 4

Colored transparent sheets that change a light’s color.

Question 5

Once everything is set (lights hung up and picked, etc.) we go from cue to cue. What is cue?

Answer 5

A cue is a look on stage that we save. When we do a show, we go from
cue to cue, look to look. For example, if a play had a night scene and
day scene, one cue would be night, the other would be day and we go
between them.

Question 6

When do I make a cue? (SUBJECTIVE)

Answer 6

● When the actors would move into darkness
● When the mood has changed
● When attention is to be drawn elsewhere

Question 7

What are the three sides to lighting? (PAT)

Answer 7

● Physical: Hanging,
focusing lights.
● Artistic: Designing lights, making cues.
● Technical: Programming cues.