Wash: Multiple fixtures which, when used together, cover the entire performing area with a single color from the same direction.īackground lightis used to illuminate the background area of a set.Ĭue is generally the trigger for an action to be carried out at a specific time or a recorded lighting state in a narrower sense. Special: One or more fixtures focused on a limited area, usually not part of a wash. Shin Busters: Lighting instruments placed at the sides of the stage at or near floor level, frequently used in dance Godspot is an effect, created using a powerful spotlight, placed directly above the stage almost straight down.įoot light is a theatrical lighting device arranged to illuminate a stage from the front edge of the stage floor in front of the curtain. Three point lighting is a standard method used in visual media employing three separate positions to illuminate the subject.įour point lightingis a method employing four separate positions to illuminate the subject.īackground light is used to illuminate the background area of a set. Rembrandt lighting is a lighting technique that is used in studio portrait photography. As a function on lighting console desk, there is a button BO, DBO (direct blackout) that turns out all sources at once. Key light is visually dominant lighting of a section of a scene, which is essential.įill light – the additional light completes the context of the scene.īlackout: This refers to a situation, where there is no light on the scene, it’s dark. Low light indicates the direction of light from below. Side light refers to the direction of the light from one or two sides.īack light refers to the direction of the light from behind.ĭown light indicates the direction of light from above. Throw: The distance from the fixture to the performer or scenic unit being lighted.īeam of light is a directional projection of light energy radiating from a light source.Īngle of incidence is the angle between a ray incident on a surface and the line perpendicular to the surface at the point of incidence, called the normal.įront of house (FOH) any lighting fixtures that are on the audience side of the proscenium arch are referred to as being FOH.įront light– a term indicating the direction of light from the front. Reply is not guaranteed, unless submitted within the given period of time Tutor for the lesson is František Fabián and Martin Špetlík who are available for questions between 1 st and 14 th August of 2015 – you can contact them via the contact form at the end of the lesson or by pressing button Contact the Tutor. Other sources are quoted separately as appropriate. Some were images created in Virtual Light Lab.ĭefinitions in the Key terms section are mainly retrieved from Wikipedia. Photos courtesy of Institute of Lighting Design and Jan Purkert.
The lesson was prepared by František Fabián and Martin Špetlík with cooperation of Jan Komárek, Šimon Kočí, Jan Purkert. How the angle of light affects the scene and viewer’s perception? How the direction of the light affects its impact onto the spectator? Would any type of a scene correspond to a specific angle? Which are the possibilities of directing the light in a theatre?ĭoes any specific scene require any specific angle of light? Which are the possibilities of theatre, stage to place the lanterns? These main questions this lesson aims to answer: Specification of knowledge acquired from the lesson: Possibilities of creation of a semantic content, shift.
The goal is to understand the influence of angle, direction, position of a source on the stage, attraction of attention of a spectator to the object / actor, creation and formation of the space. The fourth lesson of the Knowledge Center of the European Lighting School deals with the angle of light. These surfaces depends on the source’s direction and quality-attributes completely controlled Most often we see light as it is reflected off various surfaces. WE CAN PUT A SOURCE OF LIGHT ONLY AT A HANGING POINT.
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