1. A LIGHTING DESIGNER

2. Lighting Designer Duh? A Lighting Designer designs the lights for a show. Responsible for making sure you can see the actors. Helps set the MOOD and TONE for a scene.

3. Tools Script Instruments Gels and Gobos Lighting Plot Cues Cue sheet Instruments Schedule

4. Script Where you get your information about your design. The design needs to fit what is going on in the script (and the director’s vision) You wouldn’t put dim, blue lights in a scene during a sunny day.

5. Instruments ERS, Fresnel, Scoop, Strip lighting, Spot Lights, Strobe You must make due with what you have Only use what you need Be creative Use colors and patterns (gels and gobos

6. Gels and Gobos Gels - colored, translucent plastic. A color filter in a color frame that is put it in front of an instrument to change the light color. Gobo – a thin metal template inserted into an ERS to create a shadow pattern of light.

7. Lighting Plot A sort of “floor plan” of where the lighting instruments go in the theatre Includes lighting trees, catwalks, and electrics. Shows where to hang the lights and where each light is “focused” to (areas)

8. Areas Areas – spots on the stage where lights are focused to. Over lapping circles of light. Lights are “focused” into areas to make it easy to light one part of the stage at a time.

9. Cues Cues – Tells when there is a change. A lighting cue is marked where the lighting changes. Cues are marked in the script During the shows, when the line/action happens, the cue happens

10. Cue Sheet Cue Sheet – A list of all the cues, when they happen and what they are Helpful because you don’t have to flip through the script to find the cue. Easy to see and read

11. Instrument Schedule Instrument Schedule – All the information about each instrument. Information Areas Gel Color Dimmer Special Notes

12. Other Lighting People Master Electrician Lightboard Operator (aka Lightboard Op)

13. Master Electrician Master Electrician – the person responsible for ensuring the lighting instruments are hung, focused, patched, and run according to written and verbal instructions from the lighting designer. Sometimes called the ME

14. Lightboard Operator Lightboard Op – the person responsible for running the lightboard during rehearsals and the show. Follows cues and directions from the Director, Lighting Designer, and/or Master Electrician

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