Intro to Lighting 3rd Period

What qualities do you think are important for a lighting designer to have when working on a stage production?

Lighting has several purposes in a production. What do you think they are?

Explain how lighting designers balance intensity to achieve visibility on stage.

Explain how logical lighting sources can enhance the realism of a stage scene. Use examples from the images provided.

What effect do the silhouetted figures have in this? What do you think the story is?

What do the colors tell you about the mood of this play?

What do you think is happening in the picture in the previous slide? How did the lights help you guess what is happening?

What information are you given in this?

What does the light tell you about the tone of the play? Any location? Mood?

What does the lighting remind you of in this photo? How about the colors?

What story is the light telling? What is in light and what is in shadow? Why?

What time of day is this? What is the mood?

What do you think the purpose of the vertical lights might be? It doesn’t seem to be about illumination, so what purpose does it fulfill?

There is a lot going on in this. What story do you think it is telling?

What clues are you given about time of day, season, or the quality of the sun?

Does the lighting support what you think this play might be about?

Reflect on what you learned about the role of lighting designers in stage productions. How do their decisions impact the overall experience of a performance?