The
lighting of venues has many purposes, its main purpose being able to provide ambient
lighting, which can form an atmosphere within the room the event is being
produced. When used within performances people usually want different colours and vibrancies.
"Assume that the stage is contained within a large black box. All light excluded. Darkness. How do we go about lighting this space dramatically?" Richard Pilbrow 1997; 11/100)
There
are 4 elements you need to consider with lighting:
Source

(FIG 1. Beam Light)
A Beam light produces a direct light beam. These can be used for lighting design.

(Fig.2. Profile Spot)
The profile spot has a defined conic volume in which its light
can fall. These can help highlight single performers.
Support:
Scaffolding, Trusses and Grids are all forms
of support.
Power:
Power is needed to turn on the lights. You can
adjust how strong you want you light to be by using dimmers and
distribution.
Control:
This is a lighting control desk, which can:
A: adjust the “levels” on stage lighting
dimmers
B: control lighting systems and media
servers
C: You can use the alphanumeric keypad to type in
commands for light functions.

(Fig.4 . Hog4)
(FIG. 5. THOLEN 2015)
Bibliography
"Assume that the stage is contained within a large black box. All light excluded. Darkness. How do we go about lighting this space dramatically?" Richard Pilbrow 1997; 11/100)
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(FIG 1. Beam Light) |
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(Fig.2. Profile Spot) |
Support:
Scaffolding, Trusses and Grids are all forms
of support.
Power:
Power is needed to turn on the lights. You can
adjust how strong you want you light to be by using dimmers and
distribution.
Control:
This is a lighting control desk, which can:
A: adjust the “levels” on stage lighting
dimmers
B: control lighting systems and media
servers
C: You can use the alphanumeric keypad to type in
commands for light functions.
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(Fig.4 . Hog4) |
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Citations, Quotes & Annotations
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HOG4TUTORIALS. 2014. HOG 4 Tutorial 20 - effects Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjhBCc02Cq0 [Accessed 9 November 2015].
(Hog4Tutorials 2014)
PILBROW, Richard. 1997. Stage lighting design: The art, the craft, the life. Nick Hern Books.
(Pilbrow 1997)
PILBROW, Richard. 1997. Stage lighting design: The art, the craft, the life. Nick Hern Books.
SHONE, Anton and Bryn PARRY. 2013. Successful event management: A practical handbook. 4th ed. United Kingdom: Cengage Learning EMEA.
(Shone and Parry 2013)
Spotlights, Pointlights, directional lights, etc.. n.d. [online]. Available at: http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/lights.html [Accessed 9 November 2015].
(Spotlights, Pointlights, directional lights, etc.. n.d.)
Stage lighting for students. n.d. [online]. Available at: http://www.stagelightingprimer.com/index.html?slfs-fixtures.html&2 [Accessed 9 November 2015].
(Stage lighting for students n.d.)
(FIG 1) Beam Light
(FIG 2) n.d. [online]. Available at: http://www.basingstokestageschool.co.uk/resources/92541788.jpg ( [Accessed 9 November 2015].
(FIG 3) n.d. [online]. Available at: https://prolight.co.uk/images/media/LEDJ101/LEDJ101-wb0.JPG [Accessed 9 November 2015].
(FIG 4) n.d. [online]. Available at: http://www.consoletrainer.com/pdf/hog/Hog4-Quickstart.pdf [Accessed 9 November 2015].
(FIG 5) THOLEN. 2015
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n.d. [online]. Available at: https://prolight.co.uk/images/media/LEDJ101/LEDJ101-wb0.JPG [Accessed 9 November 2015].
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(n.d.)
HOG4TUTORIALS. 2014. HOG 4 Tutorial 20 - effects Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjhBCc02Cq0 [Accessed 9 November 2015].
(Hog4Tutorials 2014)
PILBROW, Richard. 1997. Stage lighting design: The art, the craft, the life. Nick Hern Books.
(Pilbrow 1997)
PILBROW, Richard. 1997. Stage lighting design: The art, the craft, the life. Nick Hern Books.
SHONE, Anton and Bryn PARRY. 2013. Successful event management: A practical handbook. 4th ed. United Kingdom: Cengage Learning EMEA.
(Shone and Parry 2013)
Spotlights, Pointlights, directional lights, etc.. n.d. [online]. Available at: http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/lights.html [Accessed 9 November 2015].
(Spotlights, Pointlights, directional lights, etc.. n.d.)
Stage lighting for students. n.d. [online]. Available at: http://www.stagelightingprimer.com/index.html?slfs-fixtures.html&2 [Accessed 9 November 2015].
(Stage lighting for students n.d.)
(FIG 1) Beam Light
(FIG 2) n.d. [online]. Available at: http://www.basingstokestageschool.co.uk/resources/92541788.jpg ( [Accessed 9 November 2015].
(FIG 3) n.d. [online]. Available at: https://prolight.co.uk/images/media/LEDJ101/LEDJ101-wb0.JPG [Accessed 9 November 2015].
(FIG 4) n.d. [online]. Available at: http://www.consoletrainer.com/pdf/hog/Hog4-Quickstart.pdf [Accessed 9 November 2015].
(FIG 5) THOLEN. 2015
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