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Production Certification Lighting TrainingInstructors Notes

INTRODUCTION

Light Theory

What is lighting?

- Functions of Lighting Design: Illumination, Revelation of form, Focus, Mood, Location and time of day,

Projection/stage elements, Plot, Composition.

Use lighting to affect the audience's senses and evoke their emotions.What do we provide through ProTech?

- Lighting for productions of various scale including concerts, lectures, dances,theatrical performances, cultural shows, and conferences. Specifically, orientation,

YPulse, Girl Talk, BUC events, and After-parties. We service everyone from student

groups, university departments, the dean, and even outside companies and organizations.

Inventory & Equipment

Fixtures

- Source-4 Ellipsoidal: An ellipsoidal reflector spotlight; ERS is named for theellipsoidal reflector used to collect & direct the light through a barrel that contains

an lens. Source-4 is the most widely used Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight amongprofessional theaters in the United States. ERS are characterized by tool-free lamp

adjustment, and a rotating, interchangeable shutter barrel. Lenses come in

different degrees which indicate the field angel of the beam that lens will produce.

A lens tube with a smaller field angle will light an area from far away,

whereas a large beam degree such as a 90 degree can be much closer inorder to light the same area. Our fixtures are 545 watts, with the exception of the5 which is 750.

- Altman 6x22 Ellipsoidal: Also a rugged ERS which produces a high intensitysharp or soft edged beam. Wattage is 545 and it is has 11 degree lens (long

throw).

- Par (64 and 54): PAR stands for Parabolic Aluminized Reflector. It is a selfcontained, sealed-beam lamp which includes a parabolic reflector, a filament, and

a lens. Par64 is1000 watt and Par56 is 500 watt. These rugged and efficientlamps, which gained popularity in the concert field, are typically used for strong

washes of down and back light. The pool of light is determined by the lamp type.

- Par 38 and "Twinks": These are 120 watts. Both contain Par38 lamps just indifferent cans.

- Fresnel: A type of instrument, which produces an even, soft-edged pool of lightthrough a Fresnel lens. The lens is a series of stepped concentric circles on the

front and pebbled on the back and is named after its French inventor, Augustin

Jean Fresnel.

- Strip Light: A striplight lighting fixture is a long row of small lights. The unit canthen be wired into several different circuits, allowing each bank of colored lights


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to be controlled by a separate dimmer on the lighting board. Striplights are often

used to color a cyclorama. Ours are 3 channel and 15 celled.

- Follow Spot: Is a light controlled by a human spotlight operator to "follow"actors. Characterized by a strong light source, A lens which can be manuallyfocused, manual control of the intensity of the beam, an iris, and a color

magazine.Rigging

- L-16: Max weight = 500lbs, Double Frame (8/12/16 Light Positions)- ST-25: Lifts 800 lb to 19 ft or 650 lb 24 ft. Fork extension also used.- Box Truss:- Clamps and Safety Cables: Always use them. C-clamp, or pipe clamp, is used to

attach a larger piece of hardware, such as a lighting instrument, a speaker, or a

dimmer, to a pipe or batten.

- Gaffer's (Gaff) Tape: strong, cotton cloth pressure sensitive tape. The adhesiveused is a high quality synthetic rubber, which leaves little or no residue when

removed.

Cables- DMX: All the information from the desk is transmitted along a single pair of

cables to the dimmer where a de-multiplexing unit (demux box) decodes the

string of data and passes the correct piece of information to the correct dimmer.

The industry standard protocol (language/standard) for multiplexing is the digital

USITT DMX512serial form of communication with dimmers. A communicationsprotocol that is most commonly used to control stage lighting and effects. The

primary method for linking not only controllers and dimmers, but also more

advanced fixtures and special effects devices such as fog machines and moving

lights

- Stagepin: standard cable type for theatrical lighting. Stage pin connectors aregenerally used for conducting dimmed power from a dimmer to stage lightinginstruments

- Socapex: A multipin connector which can carry a series of lighting or soundcircuits. Very robust and designed for touring. Available in 19 and 37 pin

configurations. 19-pin electrical connectors used in stage lighting to terminate the

ends of a multicable. They are wired with six hot pins, six neutral pins, and sixgrounded pins, the final pin being a center pin used to help the male end of the

connector align properly with a female receptacle. Whlie "Socapex" is a brand

name owned by Amphenol-Socapex, the term is often applied to similar off-brand

connectors.

- Break-ins and Break-outs: Break-ins are male (break into the dimmer) and break-outs are female (go out to the fixtures)

- Twofers: used to connect two devices to a single source- Adapters: to connect an Edison-equipped device to a stage-pin sourceControls

- Dimmers: These devices used to vary the brightness of a light. By decreasing orincreasing the RMS voltage and hence the mean power to the lamp it is possibleto vary the intensity of the light output.

Applied Electronics Dimmers: Analog dimmer (patched by binary),


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SmartPack Dimmers: six 2400-watt dimmers Leviton Dimmers: 4 channel pack features 2 inputs (plug-in) per channel

or 8 total. Load rating: 10 amp per channel, 30 amp max entire unit.

ETC Express 24/48 Lighting Control Console: 1,024 dimmers, 96channels, 600 cues, 500 groups. Moving light control, 2000 macros, cross

faders, ETC Smartfade Board: 48 24-step sequences, 99-step Stack sequence,

Manual or timed fades, Magic" button for random output, Snapshot"

temporary memory storage

Software

- MacLux Pro:How do you read a plot?

- Example plot Identify fixtures and their placement Ch and Dm numbers Gels and templates Rough focus

MOCK LOAD-IN

Truss Set-up

ST-25s

- Placement- Configuring brackets on forks- Securing legs

Steel Boxed Truss (20ft)

- Correct alignment- Securing nuts and bots- Lifting and securing to towers- Stage Slings

The Hang

Fixtures

- 19, 26, Par 64, 6x22, and Strip light (on floor)Cabling Basics

- Running Socapex- Running Stage-pin-

Running DMX- Slack and Organization

Hang Basics

- Placement and Spacing- Orientation of barrel and frame clip- Tightening and safety cables- Cabling and Slack- Taping connections and cables


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Raise and Basic FocusBefore the Raise

- Gels and Templates Identifying gels according to plot Correct orientation of templates- Ground testing

- Raising the truss Awareness of cables and towers

- Basic focus Practical example

Board BasicsThe ETC Express

- Basic button functions: Power, Master fader, Channel (and Sub) faders, Ch and Dim, Softkeys

Dimmer # vs. Channels: Recoding Subs: Recording Cues:

Introduction of Alternative Boards

Leviton:

Smartfade:

END OF MORNING SESSION

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