Short lighting courses in Perth
Wed, 11 Aug 2004, 11:46 amthebigT4 posts in thread
Short lighting courses in Perth
Wed, 11 Aug 2004, 11:46 amHi there,
I've been doing a fair bit of work with some student productions, helping out here and there, green room and front of house work, stuff like that, but working in theatre lighting really intrigues me. All my previous experience (of which none involves lighting) in theatre, has been done at the dolphin theatre, but I'm happy to learn anywhere..
I'm just wondering
* What the standard prerequisite is to be able to work with lighting, even as an assistant in a theatre.. surely it's not the Cert IV from WAAPA/TAFE..
* I saw a while back (few years ago) that there was a guy offering free basic lighting courses for a small fee (you had to buy $25 membership to the theatre).. now, the only theatre lighting courses I can find in perth are the three-year-long fulltime courses.. :S Does anyone know where in Perth you can do a short lighting course at a reasonable price? (Reasonable doesn't have to be $25, just not $1000..)
Cheers
- The big T
I've been doing a fair bit of work with some student productions, helping out here and there, green room and front of house work, stuff like that, but working in theatre lighting really intrigues me. All my previous experience (of which none involves lighting) in theatre, has been done at the dolphin theatre, but I'm happy to learn anywhere..
I'm just wondering
* What the standard prerequisite is to be able to work with lighting, even as an assistant in a theatre.. surely it's not the Cert IV from WAAPA/TAFE..
* I saw a while back (few years ago) that there was a guy offering free basic lighting courses for a small fee (you had to buy $25 membership to the theatre).. now, the only theatre lighting courses I can find in perth are the three-year-long fulltime courses.. :S Does anyone know where in Perth you can do a short lighting course at a reasonable price? (Reasonable doesn't have to be $25, just not $1000..)
Cheers
- The big T
Re: Short lighting courses in Perth
Thu, 12 Aug 2004, 05:46 pmThanks for all the info, I'll definetely come along to one of them, probably the 9-5 one. Is it acceptable for me to join the theatre so I can come along to the workshop, or is that considered a loophole?
I'm prepared to pay for the course if it is, but if I joined the theatre, I'd definetely become involved in the theatre..
I had already found the alia website, thanks for the tip anyway.. I think it's a bit pointless for me at the moment to go on tours and such considering I know *nothing* about lighting.
I'll have a look at your resources soon! Thanks for everything!
the big T
(by the way, when i said prerequisites, i actually meant what courses theatre managers usually wanted you to have done before they let you use their rigs.., but i'm pretty sure i have the prereqs to come to your course :D)
I'm prepared to pay for the course if it is, but if I joined the theatre, I'd definetely become involved in the theatre..
I had already found the alia website, thanks for the tip anyway.. I think it's a bit pointless for me at the moment to go on tours and such considering I know *nothing* about lighting.
I'll have a look at your resources soon! Thanks for everything!
the big T
(by the way, when i said prerequisites, i actually meant what courses theatre managers usually wanted you to have done before they let you use their rigs.., but i'm pretty sure i have the prereqs to come to your course :D)