Thursday, 9 January 2014

Mr. Black's Writing Workshop Notes


  • Soil fixture
    • Focused beam of light
  • Fernel Fixture
    • Softer beam of light
      • used for stage/colour washes
      • used for blending with other lights/colours
      • can cover large areas
  • LED Lights
  • Shutters allow you shape the beam
    • eg: squares
  • Gobo - can design the lights
    • glass gobos are detailed - 400 dollars a piece (estimated)
    • steel gobos are about 20 dollars as they aren't so detailed
    • breakup gobos are able to put texture on the stage
  • You can make a gobo out of aluminium by-plates
  • Iris - circular shutter
    • used with a handle/lever
    • you can pull down a pool of light
  • Gel
    • change the colour of the beam coming out
  • Lenses have many different degrees
    • the smaller the degree, the bigger the colour is going to be which is exiting the fixture
    • smaller the fixture, the brighter
      • due to intensity and power
      • over distance, brightness decreases
    • 19 degrees - max brightness at stage-level
    • positioning of glass has an effect on the fixture and the beam's dispersion
  • Fernel
    • stepped fixtrues
      • barn-door
      • is able to close off the light while letting the light still remain soft
    • The deeper the saturation of a gel for a fernel, the more fernels you are going to need in order to get the brightness for that wash of light
      • eg: purple wash - you'll need more fixtures in order to see it bright compared to a yellow wash
  • Distribution
    • direction of which the light enters the stage
  • Intensity
    • how bright the lights are able to be
  • Movement
    • timing between queues
  • Colour
    • colour of the lights
  • If you can see the actor, you can 'hear' the actor
Functions
  • Visibility of the set
  • Selective focus
  • Modelling
  • Mood
You lose any sense of depth if lighting goes wrong
- eg - brightness of characters up front and a dimmed down background


  • Make sure all the elements used actually have an effect on the message of the play

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