An Introduction to Lighting Design

Notes from Gillette’s Designing with Light

Selectively illuminate the stage Sculpt and model actors, scenery and

costumes Create atmosphere and mood in support

of the story and concept

Distribution Direction Shape and Size Quality or

Cohesiveness i.e. Diffusion

Character or Texture Smooth, uneven,

patterned, hard or soft edged.

Intensity or brightness

The Glass Menagerie, Rockhurst University

Movement The timed duration of a Light Cue The movement of onstage lights

i.e. lantern or candle being carried across the stage The movement of offstage lights

Followspot

Color

Visibility

Selective Focus

Side Man, ASU-Jonesboro

Modeling

Wait Until Dark, ASU-Jonesboro

Mood

A Christmas Carol, New Stage Theatre