2nd Edition

Discovering Stage Lighting

By Francis Reid Copyright 1998
144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

This guide to the fundamentals of stage lighting includes a series of projects to allow experimentation, discussion and analysis. The necessary equipment is described in relation to its purpose, along with checklists and hints for practical use. The practical handling of light, with observation of the relationship of cause to effect, is central to the study of stage lighting. Rehearsal pressures... Read more
PART ONE: FUNDAMENTALS * Discovering Light * Discovering Lighting Equipment * Lighting Safely * The Lighting Process * Analysing Lighting Process * PART TWO: PROJECTS * Introduction to the Projects * 1- Objects and Actors 2- Covering Smoothly * 3- Selecting Space * 4- Creating Space * 5-Cool, Neutral or Warm * 6-Atmospheric Space * 7- Musical Space * 8-Areas and Atmospheres * 9-The Magic of Gauze* 10- Non-Orthodox Minimalism * 11-Figaro's Garden * 12- Macbeth's Witches * 13- Tape and Light * 14- The Twenty Spot Opera House * A Traverse Stage * Light and Life * Light as Language * Glossary * Further Reading

Biography

Francis Reid