Tuesday, 3 November 2015

Lighting Designer

  Reads script and comes up with own ideas for basic lighting
·         Works with director and set, costume, and sound designers to enhance and share ideas and views
·         Works with set and costume designers to attain the ‘look’ for the performance
·         Highlights any potential problems with set design and lighting placement
·         Goes to rehearsals to get a sense of cues and placements of actors
·         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:
·         Trevor Nichol (school, university – degree)
·         Looks after entire lighting rig
·         Maintenance – no worn out parts that may fail mid-performance
·         Special effects: smoke (in sub-stage), neon floor (custom made), confetti, strobes
·         Follow spots draw attention to individual characters (super trouper is a follow spot!)
·         Cue list goes through cues as SM calls them (go button)
·         Big finale
·         High production values

Behind the Emerald Curtain Lighting:
·         Kenneth Posner
·         Collaborates with creative team
·         Shows the audience where to look
·         Multiple lighting plots with specific information: positioning, lighting fixtures, gel colours
·         Approx. 650 lighting fixtures with focus note attached

·         Always open to new ideas

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