lighting notes

1. Lucy Pratt 12u 08/11/17
BTEC- all notes I have on lighting
Lighting
 Createseffect
 Lightsthe stage
 Createsemotion/mood
 To setthe scene (time of day/location)
 Era/ period
Lamps
• Fresnel –wash,softedge,general cover
• Profile- spotlight,sharpedge
• Intelligentlights- movinglights,change toanycolour
• Ledparcan- colourcan be changedeasily,bestlighttolightacyclorama
• Parcan- verypowerful,probablytoopowerful
• Floorpar- lightonthe floor
Lamp Lightingdesign
symbol
Descriptionof light
Fresnel Softedge- canfocus
PC spot Hard edge
Profile Spotlight
Parcan Wash- can’t focus
Flood Flood/wash- can’tfocus
• Focusby findingthe central focusof the light/the hotpoint- the
smallestfocus
• Lightingbar- the bar in the rig
• Safetychain
• Focusingslide
• Colourpallet- whatcolour?
http://www.leefilters.com/lighting/colour-details.html#181
• Intensity- howbrightitis
• Angle- above,infront,side,below,
behind
• Mood and atmosphere
• Textrequirements
• Openwhite- noeffectsoradditions
• Gels,filters- daylight=straw/rose
(Fresnel,profile)
• Shuttersandgobos- can change the shape of the lightusingshadow

2. Lucy Pratt 12u 08/11/17
BTEC- all notes I have on lighting
• Gobo- a metal plate thatslotsintoa profile orintelligentlightandcan create shadow:
http://us.rosco.com/en/products/catalog/gobos
• Snap blackout/fade blackout- create differenteffects
• Cross-fade- lightsfade outinone sectionof the stage andup inanothersection
• Keylightingexample:
Profile +Fresnel lighting
Focuson mainthing can see the whole stage/otheractors/set

3. Lucy Pratt 12u 08/11/17
BTEC- all notes I have on lighting
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• DMX- digital matrix
• Digital vsanalogue dimmerpacks
• DEMUX- transfersthe analogue informationtothe digital matrix.
• Plugsare round insteadof square andhave no fuses.The fuse isinthe dimmerpack’s
channel soif a bulbblowsthe whole channeltrips
Lightingbar- has plug
socketswithnumberson
that correspondtoplugs
for the dimmerpacks
Dimmerpacks- eachcolumnisa channel
so on dimmerpack5 there are 6 columns
with2 sectionseach(the sections
representthe plugsockets) youcanuse 2
plugson eachchannel.
The plugsthat are pluggedintothe
dimmerpacksare numberedwiththe
correspondingplugsocketinthe rig(on
the lightingbar).The lampthat isplugged
intothat socketwill be controlledbythe
correspondingchannel the plugisplugged
intoon the dimmerpack(e.g.if the
lightingbar’ssocketis103 thenthe 103
plugneedstobe pluggedintoanyof the
dimmerpackchannels,forexample 25.
Thenwhenthe 25th
slideronthe lighting
board isusedthe lightpluggedinto103
will turnon)
Lightingboard- thisiswhere the
lightingiscontrolled.(The
example- the 25th
slideronthe
board will control the previously
setup lamp- 103)
Number
25