Playajackal
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Hi all,
A while ago I asked for recommendations for a textbook to use for my upcoming lighting design class - ended up going with Richard Dunham's Stage Lighting:The Fundamentals. I'm currently working on my syllabus and figuring out a list of student projects and I thought there might be some good ideas folks here might like to share.
The class is a beginner's Introduction to lighting design, we'll cover common instruments and their uses, cabling and electricity, how to use an Ion system console, and creating and understanding lighting plots and other paperwork as well as talking about the design process. We have a good sized black box theater with a decent inventory of conventional and LED instruments the students can work in, as well as a computer lab that has Vectorworks and the Ion programming software on the machines. Some thoughts I have already include:
Gathering photographs that contain dramatic lighting looks and analyzing them (real life pictures, not from shows)
Choosing and analyzing a painting with dramatic lighting, then making two or three sketches of the painting drawn as if the lighting was coming from different directions
Breakdown of lighting needs and looks for a particular script
Gathering images to illustrate design ideas for a particular play (probably let them choose between 3 or 4 plays)
Color mixing experiments on a variety of different scenery and costume pieces
Creating a rep plot and channel hook-up for a theoretical stage with a limited number of instruments and circuits
Creating a single look for an iconic moment everyone in the class should know, e.g. Frankenstein's monster coming alive, Sleeping Beauty being woken by her prince, Robin Hood and Little John fighting on a bridge, etc
Lighting a short Shakespeare scene with at least four cues
Would love to hear your ideas! Thanks
A while ago I asked for recommendations for a textbook to use for my upcoming lighting design class - ended up going with Richard Dunham's Stage Lighting:The Fundamentals. I'm currently working on my syllabus and figuring out a list of student projects and I thought there might be some good ideas folks here might like to share.
The class is a beginner's Introduction to lighting design, we'll cover common instruments and their uses, cabling and electricity, how to use an Ion system console, and creating and understanding lighting plots and other paperwork as well as talking about the design process. We have a good sized black box theater with a decent inventory of conventional and LED instruments the students can work in, as well as a computer lab that has Vectorworks and the Ion programming software on the machines. Some thoughts I have already include:
Gathering photographs that contain dramatic lighting looks and analyzing them (real life pictures, not from shows)
Choosing and analyzing a painting with dramatic lighting, then making two or three sketches of the painting drawn as if the lighting was coming from different directions
Breakdown of lighting needs and looks for a particular script
Gathering images to illustrate design ideas for a particular play (probably let them choose between 3 or 4 plays)
Color mixing experiments on a variety of different scenery and costume pieces
Creating a rep plot and channel hook-up for a theoretical stage with a limited number of instruments and circuits
Creating a single look for an iconic moment everyone in the class should know, e.g. Frankenstein's monster coming alive, Sleeping Beauty being woken by her prince, Robin Hood and Little John fighting on a bridge, etc
Lighting a short Shakespeare scene with at least four cues
Would love to hear your ideas! Thanks