Theatre 492.1 -- Topics: Lighting

Substitution:
Theatre 492, Section 1 (Thea 492.1): Topics: Lighting will substitute for Theatre 445: Lighting

Course objective:
To provide the student with a fundamental knowledge of the history, principles, procedures and techniques of theatrical stage lighting.

Text:

Theatrical Design and Production: An Introduction to Scene Design and Construction, Lighting, Sound, Costume, and Makeup (4th edition) by J. Michael Gillette. (Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company. 2000).

Supplemental material:
A Bibliography of Selected Lighting Literature
Jean Rosenthal: A Photo Essay on Light
The Light Lab

Class Meetings:
Tuesday and Thursday, 11:00am to 12:15pm in JC 129.

Lecture Topics:

1. Brief History of Stage Lighting
2. Lighting and the Computer
3. The Functions and Qualities of Light
4. Color in Light
5. Modeling with Light
6. Light Plot, Lists and Schedules
   
7. Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight
8. Fresnel Lens Spotlight
9. PARcan
10. Follow Spot
11. Automated Fixture
12. Ellipsoidal Reflector Floodlight & Border Light
    First Little Quiz
13. Control Systems
14. Electrical Theory and Practice
15. An Approach to Lighting Design
16. Lighting the Arena and Thrust Stage
17. Lighting the Dance
18. Lighting the Musical
19. Lighting the Concert

• Altman Stage Lighting Company
  Lighting Instruments
• Colortran, a division of Leviton
  Lighting Instruments, Control Consoles, Dimmers
• Dove Systems
  Control Consoles, Dimmers
• ETC -- Electronic Theatre Controls
  Control Consoles, Dimmers, Lighting Instruments
• GAMProducts
  Color Media, Patterns (Gobos), Scenic Projector
• L&E -- Lighting and Electronics
  Lighting Instruments
• Lee Filters
  Color Media
• McKernon Software
  The home of Lightwright, Beamwright and John's Pearls of Wisdom.
• Rosco Laboratories
  Color Media, Paint, Fog Machines
• Strand Lighting
  Control Consoles, Dimmers, Lighting Instruments