What Is Good Lighting ?
Fri, 7 Nov 2008, 08:30 amDon Allen13 posts in thread
What Is Good Lighting ?
Fri, 7 Nov 2008, 08:30 amSo long and thanks for all the fish. Now where have I heard that before ?
Don AllenFri, 7 Nov 2008, 08:30 am
So long and thanks for all the fish. Now where have I heard that before ?
LabrugFri, 7 Nov 2008, 09:00 am
Brilliantly Written
Thank you Don. That was an interesting read.
Absit invidia (and DFT :nono:)
Jeff Watkins
JoeMcFri, 7 Nov 2008, 11:50 am
This is a far better idea
This is a far better idea Don to start up a topic, rather than piggy backing on to the Review thread, as mentioned by Ian Black earlier.
Like acting or directing there is a vast difference between the mechanics & the art.
Since the advent of Rock 'n Roll & TV, which introduced to theatre great lighting & audio technology. The tendency is hop step & bypass the basics, in order to get at the latest wiz bang toys to play with. Producing unintelligent effects, just for the sake & because of it. With very little thought to the art, much the same as wooden actors & paper mache directors. Who have no idea of how to use all the white spaces & can only work within the mechanics of the black bits of a script.
Although I'm ancient & invalid, I still love the feel of working a lighting desk manually. rather than just being a Go button presser & not allowing ones soul to achieve those moments of magic - Gawd what a load of drivel & waffle! I'm a black duck on the pond & not a luvvie?
Just turn the lights on, do the odd cue & let the punters see the show.
{"Hear the light & see the sound" } NaFri, 7 Nov 2008, 11:58 am
Joe, I know you love your
Joe, I know you love your fonts, but can you go back to non-italics? That's really hard to read.
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JoeMcFri, 7 Nov 2008, 12:18 pm
Fixed it Na!Sorry I need to
Fixed it Na!
Sorry I need to have my eyes checked, because these elcheapo generic off the stand glasses, don't seem to help any more?
I only wished I could work this MacHines & site, when I attempt to increase the type size, it always looks like it is in -Bold
NaFri, 7 Nov 2008, 02:43 pm
That's alright - do you use
That's alright - do you use the plain editor, or do you enable the rich text? If you use rich text, you'll see how the fonts come out exactly as they will appear when you post (it's WYSIWYG editing; short for What You See Is What You Get).
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David AshtonFri, 7 Nov 2008, 06:46 pm
rewarding?
I do think you should clarify "rewarding", certainly not in any financial sense.
Don AllenFri, 7 Nov 2008, 11:10 pm
Good Lighting Design Is Rewarding
Merriam-Webster Online
Main Entry: re·ward·ing
Pronunciation: \-ˈwȯr-diŋ\
Function: adjective
Date: 1697
1 : yielding or likely to yield a reward : valuable , satisfying (a rewarding experience)
2 : serving as a reward (a rewarding smile of thanks)
— re·ward·ing·ly adverb
Yes you are correct, not much mention of money, actually no mention of money.
Don't think Bill Williams will clarify it,so I looked it up. No mention of money, looks like you look into a mirror and give yourself a rewarding smile for good lighting.
Oxford Online Dictionary
rewarding
• adjective providing satisfaction.
Walter PlingeMon, 10 Nov 2008, 09:16 am
Various
re Gaafa's comment about hear the light and see the sound; I can't comment on the sound side of things but anyone who has worked lights in some of the smaller theatres around the place will know what it means to hear the light... it's the sound of 24 dimmers humming in your left or right ear. Strangely enough I can still remember what certain scenes from previous shows sounded like even though I can't remember the actual lighting state.
JoeMcSun, 16 Nov 2008, 08:32 pm
"hear the light' was coined
I agree Ben! "hear the light' was actualy coined by Francis Reid, I can't remember if it is mentioned in his 'Lighting Handbook' [now in it's 6th edition] or I nicked 'it' from his impromptu lecturer, back in the '50's, which I attended. There again it may have been in one of his articles in 'TAB' [Strand Electrics lighting magazine, of which he was one of the editors]. Anyhow the adage has stuck with me since I was about 12 years old. I just took 'it' up & one step further , by hookiing on the "See the sound" bit.To me now & even then , it meant for me to allow the light to talk to you, by listening to it in connection & evolvement with the production - like an inner voice!Normally one can see light & feel 'it', either visually or while doing a 'whiskey' [being a 'Walker' Jonny testing the lighting focus, as though a warm prop] across stage. But also allowing another sense to be involved, in the achievement of the overall mise en scene. If you listen hard enough 'it' will talk to you!
JoeMcMon, 17 Nov 2008, 05:40 pm
This is a chapter of
This is a chapter of Francis Rieds 6th edition [Coutesy of ACBLACK PRINT;-http://www.thestage.co.uk/connect/acblack/lightingfr.php
TaureanTue, 18 Nov 2008, 07:03 pm
ARGHH!
Ummm.... Joe.... You slipped into tiny script again.....
Yoiks and damnation! Where is my glass?
"Be nice to your Tech's - or they'll turn out the lights and go home!"
JoeMcTue, 18 Nov 2008, 07:51 pm
Gawd I'm useless!
Sorry! I can't work this thingy, I corrected by editing my previous to last post in this topic. Now I can't edit my last one about the chapter of FR's book!?