Lighting and the Design Idea (with InfoTrac)

by Essig, Linda

• ISBN13: 9780534639242
• ISBN10: 0534639240
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-11
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Understand the design process with LIGHTING AND THE DESIGN IDEA with InfoTrac?! With coverage of professional theatre practices in both commercial and residential theater, this communication text emphasizes the process by which lighting designers turn their ideas about a piece into the medium of stage lighting. Design concepts are illustrated by the text?s art program so that concepts are easier to apply.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Stage Lighting: Context and Process	1	(10)
Context	1	(2)
The Development of Lighting Design as a Discipline	3	(2)
Lighting Design Process	5	(6)
Light and Vision	11	(10)
Sources of Light	11	(5)
The Eye and Vision	16	(5)
Functions and Properties of Light on the Stage	21	(24)
Functions	22	(6)
Properties	28	(17)
Elements of Composition	45	(18)
Elements of Composition	45	(7)
Elements of Lighting Composition	52	(11)
Conceptual Framework	63	(16)
Script Analysis	63	(3)
Point of View	66	(2)
Form, Style, And Genre	68	(8)
The Gesture and Flow of the Lighting	76	(3)
Lighting Design Research	79	(18)
Dramaturgical Research	79	(1)
Historical Research	80	(2)
Visual and Imagistic Research	82	(3)
Personal Experience	85	(1)
Technical Research	86	(11)
Design Development	97	(18)
The Function, Gesture, And Flow of the Lighting	98	(2)
Renderings and Visualization	100	(7)
Schematic Diagrams	107	(8)
Color	115	(14)
The Physical Properties of Color in Light	116	(1)
Colorimetry: The Measurement of Color	117	(3)
Using Color Theory	120	(3)
Color Composition	123	(6)
Lighting Positions	129	(20)
Theatre Types	130	(3)
Permanent Lighting Positions	133	(4)
Flexible Positions	137	(5)
Integrating the Set Design Information	142	(7)
Instrumentation	149	(28)
Fixed-Focus Spotlights	150	(7)
Wash Lights	157	(3)
Floodlights	160	(4)
Automated Lights	164	(3)
Follow Spots	167	(1)
Specifying the Right Luminaire	168	(5)
Choosing Instrumentation to Light Scenery	173	(4)
Organization and Control	177	(14)
The Hookup Format	178	(2)
Fundamentals of Theatrical Lighting Control	180	(5)
Control Console Criteria	185	(2)
Refining the Channel Hookup	187	(4)
Drafting the Finished Plot and Section	191	(20)
Finalizing Luminaire Placement at Each Position	192	(3)
Drafting Conventions	195	(9)
Hand Drafting	204	(4)
Computer-Aided Drafting	208	(3)
Execution of the Design	211	(20)
The Shop Order, Bid Process, And Lighting Shop	211	(4)
Electricity and Circuiting	215	(3)
Loading in to the Theatre	218	(1)
The Assistant Lighting Designer	218	(1)
Focusing the Show	219	(4)
Focusing Each Light	223	(4)
Other Duties of the Electrics Staff	227	(1)
Theatrical Crews and Unions	228	(3)
Cuing	231	(12)
What is a Light Cue?	232	(1)
Preparing to Write Cues	233	(5)
Writing the Light Cues	238	(1)
Using the Control System	239	(1)
The Technical Rehearsals	240	(3)
Lighting Design into the Future	243	(2)
APPENDIX. PRINCIPLES OF ELECTRICITY	245	(8)
Electrical Quantities and Direct and Alternating Current	245	(1)
Building Electrical Distribution and Phasing	246	(1)
Grounding and Circuit Protection	247	(1)
Connectors and Wiring	248	(2)
Voltage, Transformers, And Series and Parallel Circuits	250	(1)
Safety	251	(2)
Glossary	253	(18)
Credits	271	(4)
Index	275