Lighting Exam Review

Volts x Amps = 

• Watts
• ERS
• Battens
• Lens

__________________ - provide a safe connection without the worry of accidentally pulling the connectors apart.

• Twist-lock connectors
• Pin Connectors
• Cross-Light
• Follow Spots

Transparent color sheets inserted into a frame that mounts in front of spotlights and floods.

• Gelatins
• Lens
• Battens
• Watts

___________________ - provide a strong beam of light that follows an actor moving about the stage

• Watts
• Followspots
• Spotlights
• Floodlights

Created by the lighting designer using a scale drawing, by tracing over the ground plan of the set and applying to this copy the position of each light that will be used for each scene. They will then number each light and indicate its color. It shows all of the lighting units, including foots, strips, spots, backing lights, and special lighting effects, as well as a visual representation of the throw of the spot beams.

• Lamp
• Throw
• Gobo
• Light Plot

These can illuminate (or flood) broad areas of the stage.

• Floodlights
• Spotlights
• Gobos
• Barn Doors

When two spotlights are placed on opposite sides of the stage at a 45-degree angle.

• Floodlights
• Spotlights
• Cross-Lights
• Moving Light

Also known as "intelligent lighting" or "wiggling lighting" is a programmable lighting fixture that can make quick and sometimes dramatic changes that would require many more traditional lights and more time to accomplish. These lights can be programmed to pan and tilt and to change color, focus, iris, shutters, and gobos.

• Cross-Light
• Practical Light
• Border Light/ Strip Light
• Moving Light

Tells the light level and the changes needed at exact places in the script.

• Lighting Cue Sheet
• Pin Connectors
• Light Chart/ Instrument Schedule
• Dimmer

Usually used with fresnels to control the beam of light through their moveable flaps.

• Dimmers
• Roundels
• Battens
• Barn Doors