Intro to Lighting 3rd Period

Multiple Choice

Why is stage lighting important in a theatrical production?

• It helps actors see the audience

• It creates mood and atmosphere

• It makes the set look brighter

• It replaces the need for costumes

Open Ended

What qualities do you think are important for a lighting designer to have when working on a stage production?

Open Ended

Lighting has several purposes in a production. What do you think they are?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a purpose of lighting in a theatre production?

• Allow the audience/actors to safely move

• Create a frame for the action happening onstage

• Change the scene's mood, environment, or time of day

• Provide sound effects for the performance

Multiple Choice

According to theatre safety guidelines, what should you do when the lights are going out?

• Leave the stage immediately

• Loudly announce and wait for a response

• Turn on all equipment

• Ignore and continue performing

Open Ended

Explain how lighting designers balance intensity to achieve visibility on stage.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are ways lighting can be used to create emphasis in a stage production?

• Direct the audience's attention to important action

• Make all areas equally bright

• Use dim lights for important scenes

• Brighten areas with less action

Multiple Select

Which of the following are elements of the story reinforced by lighting?

• Time of day

• Seasons

• Location

• Character's costume

Open Ended

Explain how logical lighting sources can enhance the realism of a stage scene. Use examples from the images provided.

Multiple Select

Which of the following are ways that lighting composition can influence the audience's attention during a performance?

• Breaking the willing suspension of disbelief

• Drawing emphasis to a situation

• Punctuating a moment

• Changing the actors' costumes

Open Ended

What effect do the silhouetted figures have in this? What do you think the story is?

Open Ended

What do the colors tell you about the mood of this play?

Open Ended

What do you think is happening in the picture in the previous slide? How did the lights help you guess what is happening?

Open Ended

What information are you given in this?

Open Ended

What does the light tell you about the tone of the play? Any location? Mood?

Open Ended

What does the lighting remind you of in this photo? How about the colors?

Open Ended

What story is the light telling? What is in light and what is in shadow? Why?

Open Ended

What time of day is this? What is the mood?

Open Ended

What do you think the purpose of the vertical lights might be? It doesn’t seem to be about illumination, so what purpose does it fulfill?

Open Ended

There is a lot going on in this. What story do you think it is telling?

Open Ended

What clues are you given about time of day, season, or the quality of the sun?

Open Ended

Does the lighting support what you think this play might be about?

Multiple Choice

Which lighting instrument is most commonly used to highlight and follow a single performer onstage?

• Fresnel

• Follow spot

• Floodlight

• PAR can

Multiple Select

Which of the following are characteristics of a fresnel lens?

• Maintains curvature of a large convex lens

• Stepped curve towards the flat side

• Allows even heat distribution

• Produces a hard, focused field

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT typically considered a light source used onstage?

• LED lights

• Spotlights

• Handheld lights

• Natural sunlight

Open Ended

Reflect on what you learned about the role of lighting designers in stage productions. How do their decisions impact the overall experience of a performance?