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An Introduction to Lighting Design
Notes from Gillette’s
Designing with Light
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Selectively illuminate the stage
Sculpt and model actors, scenery and costumes
Create atmosphere and mood in support of the
story and concept
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Distribution
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Direction
Shape and Size
Quality or
Cohesiveness
i.e. Diffusion
Character or Texture
 Smooth, uneven,
patterned, hard or
soft edged.
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Intensity or brightness
The Glass Menagerie, Rockhurst University
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Movement
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The timed duration of a Light Cue
The movement of onstage lights
 i.e. lantern or candle being carried across the stage
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The movement of offstage lights
 Followspot
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Color
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Visibility
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Selective
Focus
Side Man, ASU-Jonesboro
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Modeling
Wait Until Dark, ASU-Jonesboro
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Mood
A Christmas Carol, New Stage Theatre