Reads script and comes up with own ideas for basic
lighting
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Works with director and set, costume, and sound
designers to enhance and share ideas and views
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Works with set and costume designers to attain the
‘look’ for the performance
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Highlights any potential problems with set design and
lighting placement
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Goes to rehearsals to get a sense of cues and
placements of actors
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After performances begin, work is basically over
Stage Lighting
Ø Makes
actors visible
Ø Sets
mood/time/place
Ø Captures attention/indicates
focus
Ø Lights also
create shadows
Ø Various
effects
o Intensity
o Colour
o Distribution
o Movement
Mamma Mia
Lighting:
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Trevor Nichol (school, university – degree)
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Looks after entire lighting rig
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Maintenance – no worn out parts that may fail
mid-performance
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Special effects: smoke (in sub-stage), neon floor
(custom made), confetti, strobes
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Follow spots draw attention to individual characters
(super trouper is a follow spot!)
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Cue list goes through cues as SM calls them (go
button)
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Big finale
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High production values
Behind the Emerald
Curtain Lighting:
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Kenneth Posner
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Collaborates with creative team
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Shows the audience where to look
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Multiple lighting plots with specific information:
positioning, lighting fixtures, gel colours
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Approx. 650 lighting fixtures with focus note attached
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Always open to new ideas
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