LIGHTING PART 2

COM 103 NCSU

John T. Hall, JD

Hanging Angles

• Instrument angles

• Molding 3-D objects

• Lighting actor – – See following slides

Actor

Actor 2

• Special

effects

Color Wheel

• Lighting Color

• Not like paint

• Mixing colors

CASTING SHADOWS: SHADOWS COMPLEMENTARY TO SOURCE.

• Instruments are mounted and focused

• Cue sheets are generated

• Lighting integrated with other production

elements during technical rehearsals

[Especially Stage Manager’s master prompt

book!]

Setting the Lights, Rehearsals, and Performances

Automated Lighting

• Developed during the late 1980s for rock concerts [Some instruments very noisy, covered by music ]

• Most significant development in stage lighting in the past 25 years

• Both Remote control and pre-programmed