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Lighting and the Design Idea (with InfoTrac)

by: Essig, Linda

Lighting and the Design Idea (with InfoTrac)

by: Essig, Linda

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9780534639242
ISBN 10:
0534639240
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 06/11/2004
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Understand the design process with LIGHTING AND THE DESIGN IDEA with InfoTrac?! With coverage of professional theatre practices in both commercial and residential theater, this communication text emphasizes the process by which lighting designers turn their ideas about a piece into the medium of stage lighting. Design concepts are illustrated by the text?s art program so that concepts are easier to apply.

Preface

Stage Lighting: Context and Process

(10)

Context

(2)

The Development of Lighting Design as a Discipline

(2)

Lighting Design Process

(6)

Light and Vision

(10)

Sources of Light

(5)

The Eye and Vision

(5)

Functions and Properties of Light on the Stage

(24)

Functions

(6)

Properties

(17)

Elements of Composition

(18)

Elements of Composition

(7)

Elements of Lighting Composition

(11)

Conceptual Framework

(16)

Script Analysis

(3)

Point of View

(2)

Form, Style, And Genre

(8)

The Gesture and Flow of the Lighting

(3)

Lighting Design Research

(18)

Dramaturgical Research

(1)

Historical Research

(2)

Visual and Imagistic Research

(3)

Personal Experience

(1)

Technical Research

(11)

Design Development

(18)

The Function, Gesture, And Flow of the Lighting

(2)

Renderings and Visualization

100

(7)

Schematic Diagrams

107

(8)

Color

115

(14)

The Physical Properties of Color in Light

116

(1)

Colorimetry: The Measurement of Color

117

(3)

Using Color Theory

120

(3)

Color Composition

123

(6)

Lighting Positions

129

(20)

Theatre Types

130

(3)

Permanent Lighting Positions

133

(4)

Flexible Positions

137

(5)

Integrating the Set Design Information

142

(7)

Instrumentation

149

(28)

Fixed-Focus Spotlights

150

(7)

Wash Lights

157

(3)

Floodlights

160

(4)

Automated Lights

164

(3)

Follow Spots

167

(1)

Specifying the Right Luminaire

168

(5)

Choosing Instrumentation to Light Scenery

173

(4)

Organization and Control

177

(14)

The Hookup Format

178

(2)

Fundamentals of Theatrical Lighting Control

180

(5)

Control Console Criteria

185

(2)

Refining the Channel Hookup

187

(4)

Drafting the Finished Plot and Section

191

(20)

Finalizing Luminaire Placement at Each Position

192

(3)

Drafting Conventions

195

(9)

Hand Drafting

204

(4)

Computer-Aided Drafting

208

(3)

Execution of the Design

211

(20)

The Shop Order, Bid Process, And Lighting Shop

211

(4)

Electricity and Circuiting

215

(3)

Loading in to the Theatre

218

(1)

The Assistant Lighting Designer

218

(1)

Focusing the Show

219

(4)

Focusing Each Light

223

(4)

Other Duties of the Electrics Staff

227

(1)

Theatrical Crews and Unions

228

(3)

Cuing

231

(12)

What is a Light Cue?

232

(1)

Preparing to Write Cues

233

(5)

Writing the Light Cues

238

(1)

Using the Control System

239

(1)

The Technical Rehearsals

240

(3)

Lighting Design into the Future

243

(2)

APPENDIX. PRINCIPLES OF ELECTRICITY

245

(8)

Electrical Quantities and Direct and Alternating Current

245

(1)

Building Electrical Distribution and Phasing

246

(1)

Grounding and Circuit Protection

247

(1)

Connectors and Wiring

248

(2)

Voltage, Transformers, And Series and Parallel Circuits

250

(1)

Safety

251

(2)

Glossary

253

(18)

Credits

271

(4)

Index

275

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