THEATRE STAGE LIGHTING Workshop content Garrick Theatre For One night Only (actually it is for Claire)

THEATRE STAGE LIGHTING Workshop content Garrick Theatre For One night Only (actually it is for Claire) Theatre lighting is a mixture of technical and artistic skill. I will be running an Introduction to Theatre Lighting Workshop at the Garrick Theatre on Monday 20 May 2013 from 7pm to 9.30pm, discussions to 10pm for those that can stay. We will discuss the lighting design requirements for Project MacBeth as part of the workshop, create a lighting plan, and associated paperwork such as a patch sheet. Then we might not rig, show you how to focus and will plot. This show will be using Show Cue System http://www.showcuesystems.com/ to run audio and video projection and trigger the lighting stack on the new LSC Domino X 96 desk using midi. http://www.lsclighting.com/help-centre/downloads/func-startdown/595/ Some of the lighting will be preset for continuity of the workshops, as we do not have time to start from scratch. As a guide to rigging, you should allow 30 minutes per light to rig and focus and as we will be using over 30 lights, we do not have time to do it all on the night. Please read this http://www.theatre.asn.au/tech_talk/how_long_does_it_take_to_set_up_the_lighting_for_a_community_theatre_production There is no charge for these workshops. It is being held in conjunction with setting up the lighting for the next production at the Garrick Theatre, Project MacBeth http://www.garricktheatre.asn.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=165:project-macbeth&catid=55:2013-season&Itemid=95 Safety Induction. Rigging safety. Objectives of stage lighting. Illumination or Selective Visibility Dimension or Composition – keeping it 3D Selectivity – revealing and hiding Atmosphere or Mood – controlling the audiences perception of time or place. Properties of light. DISCM Direction Intensity – Dimmers, neutral density gels Shape – shutters, barndoors, gobos, edge focus, smoke or haze. Colour – black and white are colours Movement – walking through gobos, projection. Electrical safety. Basic lantern types. Floods Profiles – Base Down and Axial or Ellipsoid Gobos Fresnels – lens – barndoors Parcans LED’s Lighting angles. McAndless method – front keylights 45 degree each side and up and backlight Dance – Sidelight, backlight and frontlight Music – Atmospheric, light sheet music, liaasse with musicians Domino Lighting desk - programming and use Desk plotting. Setting Fade Times Stage workers for scene changes Recording Scenes Editing Scenes Recording Stacks Assigning Stacks Editing Stacks Running s show Lamp checks.Power usage Watts is power consumption of a fixture Three phase power Dimmers Patching and cables. Colours. Additive Mixing – Primary RGB, Secondary CMY Subtractive Mixing Gels - Swatch books – The Art of Light – Lee http://www.clearlight.com.au/media/Lee_Filters/lee_filters_brochure.pdf The Rosco Guide to Color Filters http://www.clearlight.com.au/media/Rosco_Filters/rosco_filters_brochure.pdf Split gels Special effects.   Basic stage lighting design. Script Analysis – read through to get feeling, then to get cues and state changes use a pencil and put tabs of pages for lighting cues. Lighting plans. Drawing Scale – usually 1:25 Scale pland and side elevation of the set Stencils – speed up drawing plan, protractor, ruler, erasor - http://www.clsa.com.au/sales/stencils/stencils.html Legend Fixtures Circuit or patch – octagonal box Desk channel - circle Dimmer channel – square box Documentation. Script analysis. Rigging a show Focussing. Square one rig. Usefull web references Safety Safety Guidelines For The Entertainment Industry http://www.liveperformance.com.au/site/_content/document/00000027-source.pdf Regulations Health Public Buildings Act http://www.public.health.wa.gov.au/cproot/1718/2/Public%20Buildings%20Guidelines%20Final.pdf Working At Heights Code Of Practice http://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/worksafe/PDF/Codes_of_Practice/code_falls.pdf Lighting Stage Lighting 101 for an on line pdf that covers all aspects of lighting http://www.mts.net/~william5/sld.htm Selecon Intro to Stage Lighting is a concise coverage http://www.seleconlight.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&lang=en The ALIA lighting forums are a good place to ask questions http://www.alia.com.au/forums/ Any questions allend@westnet.com.au