Lighting

• What is a technical area that involves many types of lights?

  Lighting
• What is the purpose of adding coloured gels to lanterns?

  To throw coloured light onto the stage
• What is a gobo used for in lighting?

  To create a picture effect on the stage
• How can a gobo be used to create a dappled lighting effect?

  By cutting a design that mimics leaves
• What type of light has a hard-edged effect?

  Spot light
• What is the purpose of a Fresnel light?

  To provide a softer edged effect
• What type of light produces a clear wide-angled light?

  Flood light
• What is a strobe light used for?

  To create flashing special effects
• How can lighting be useful in a production?

  By defining locations and creating mood
• What can lighting denote in a production?

  Time of year or day
• How can lighting be used in an abstract way?

  By using colors to symbolize concepts
• Who does the lighting designer work closely with?

  The director and set designer
• Why is it important for a lighting designer to know the play well?

  To understand the communication in each scene
• What does the realization of the set designer's vision depend on?

  The way their set is lit
• What type of lighting is increasingly being used?

  LED lighting
• What does the lighting designer create in a production?

  Lighting cues
• What is a sudden change to a different lighting state called?

  A snap
• What is a slow change where one lighting state overlaps another called?

  A fade
• How must the style of lighting suit the production?

  It must match the production's style
• Why wouldn't a naturalistic production use symbolic lighting?

  Because it aims for realism
• What type of lighting might be used in a non-naturalistic piece?

  More abstract and stylised lighting