| TABLE OF CONTENTS | |
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| List of Illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | vii |
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| Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | ix |
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| PART ONE: Tools and Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 |
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| Chapter One: | |
| Lighting Fixtures: The Lighting Designer's Paintbrush . . . . . . | 3 |
| Development of the Dramatic Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 4 |
| Tools of the Trade: Principal Electric Fixtures . . . . . . . . . | 6 |
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| Chapter Two: | |
| How to Stage Lights Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 16 |
| The Housing and Plug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 16 |
| The Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 17 |
| The Reflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 21 |
| The Lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 22 |
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| Chapter Three: | |
| Stage and Lighting Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 26 |
| Stage Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 27 |
| Drapery and Stage Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 30 |
| Identifying Lighting Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 32 |
| Fixture names Based on Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 33 |
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| Chapter Four: | |
| Light: The Designer's Paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 36 |
| The Specular Quality of Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 36 |
| Lighting the Actor's Face . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 37 |
| The Controllable Qualities of Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 37 |
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| PART TWO: Manipulating the Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 53 |
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| Chapter Five: | |
| Developing the Lighting Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 55 |
| Identifying the Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 55 |
| Assigning Color to the Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 56 |
| Identifying the Elements and Their Relationships . . . . . . . . . | 59 |
| Summary of the Lighting Key and Its Applications . . . . . . . . . | 59 |
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| Chapter Six: | |
| Assigning Intensity Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 61 |
| The Importance of Precise Intensity Control . . . . . . . . . . . | 61 |
| Using Context to Establish the Overall Lighting Scheme . . . . . . | 62 |
| Shifting Focus Using Balance and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . | 64 |
| Creating Mood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 68 |
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| PART THREE: The Collaborative Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 71 |
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| Chapter Seven: | |
| Communicating the Intent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 73 |
| Lighting Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 73 |
| Lighting Paperwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 81 |
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| Chapter Eight: | |
| Focus: The Rush to Perfection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 87 |
| Acquiring Stage Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 87 |
| Focus Duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 88 |
| The Focus Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 89 |
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| Chapter Nine: | |
| Writing Cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 92 |
| Documenting Lighting Changes for Repeatability . . . . . . . . . . | 92 |
| The Evolution of the Cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 93 |
| Cuing the Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 98 |
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| Chapter Ten: | |
| Developments in Lighting Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 103 |
| Developments in Manual Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 104 |
| Autotransformers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 107 |
| The Patch Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 109 |
| Remote Manual Dimmer Conrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 110 |
| Remote Computer-Based Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 112 |
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| Chapter Eleven: | |
| Computer Consoles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 113 |
| Basics of the Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 113 |
| Console Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 117 |
| Imparting the "Feel" of the Show to the Console . . . . . . . . . | 126 |
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| Chapter Twelve: | |
| Tech Week: The Final Frontier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 136 |
| Tech Week Scenario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 136 |
| Opening Night, Photo Call, and Beyond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 147 |
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| GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 152 |
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| INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 159 |
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| ABOUT THE AUTHOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 161 |