Lighting and the Design Idea (with InfoTrac)

Understand the design process with LIGHTING AND THE DESIGN IDEA with InfoTrac?! With coverage of professional theatre practices in both commercial and residential theater, this communication text emphasizes the process by which lighting designers turn their ideas about a piece into the medium of stage lighting. Design concepts are illustrated by the text?s art program so that concepts are easier to apply.

Preface

ix

Stage Lighting: Context and Process

1

(10)

Context

1

(2)

The Development of Lighting Design as a Discipline

3

(2)

Lighting Design Process

5

(6)

Light and Vision

11

(10)

Sources of Light

11

(5)

The Eye and Vision

16

(5)

Functions and Properties of Light on the Stage

21

(24)

Functions

22

(6)

Properties

28

(17)

Elements of Composition

45

(18)

Elements of Composition

45

(7)

Elements of Lighting Composition

52

(11)

Conceptual Framework

63

(16)

Script Analysis

63

(3)

Point of View

66

(2)

Form, Style, And Genre

68

(8)

The Gesture and Flow of the Lighting

76

(3)

Lighting Design Research

79

(18)

Dramaturgical Research

79

(1)

Historical Research

80

(2)

Visual and Imagistic Research

82

(3)

Personal Experience

85

(1)

Technical Research

86

(11)

Design Development

97

(18)

The Function, Gesture, And Flow of the Lighting

98

(2)

Renderings and Visualization

100

(7)

Schematic Diagrams

107

(8)

Color

115

(14)

The Physical Properties of Color in Light

116

(1)

Colorimetry: The Measurement of Color

117

(3)

Using Color Theory

120

(3)

Color Composition

123

(6)

Lighting Positions

129

(20)

Theatre Types

130

(3)

Permanent Lighting Positions

133

(4)

Flexible Positions

137

(5)

Integrating the Set Design Information

142

(7)

Instrumentation

149

(28)

Fixed-Focus Spotlights

150

(7)

Wash Lights

157

(3)

Floodlights

160

(4)

Automated Lights

164

(3)

Follow Spots

167

(1)

Specifying the Right Luminaire

168

(5)

Choosing Instrumentation to Light Scenery

173

(4)

Organization and Control

177

(14)

The Hookup Format

178

(2)

Fundamentals of Theatrical Lighting Control

180

(5)

Control Console Criteria

185

(2)

Refining the Channel Hookup

187

(4)

Drafting the Finished Plot and Section

191

(20)

Finalizing Luminaire Placement at Each Position

192

(3)

Drafting Conventions

195

(9)

Hand Drafting

204

(4)

Computer-Aided Drafting

208

(3)

Execution of the Design

211

(20)

The Shop Order, Bid Process, And Lighting Shop

211

(4)

Electricity and Circuiting

215

(3)

Loading in to the Theatre

218

(1)

The Assistant Lighting Designer

218

(1)

Focusing the Show

219

(4)

Focusing Each Light

223

(4)

Other Duties of the Electrics Staff

227

(1)

Theatrical Crews and Unions

228

(3)

Cuing

231

(12)

What is a Light Cue?

232

(1)

Preparing to Write Cues

233

(5)

Writing the Light Cues

238

(1)

Using the Control System

239

(1)

The Technical Rehearsals

240

(3)

Lighting Design into the Future

243

(2)

APPENDIX. PRINCIPLES OF ELECTRICITY

245

(8)

Electrical Quantities and Direct and Alternating Current

245

(1)

Building Electrical Distribution and Phasing

246

(1)

Grounding and Circuit Protection

247

(1)

Connectors and Wiring

248

(2)

Voltage, Transformers, And Series and Parallel Circuits

250

(1)

Safety

251

(2)

Glossary

253

(18)

Credits

271

(4)

Index

275

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