Holyrood Drama Department - Lighting Quiz

Name the TWO lanterns that are spotlights...

• Fresnel

• Strobe

• Profile

• Flood

What is special about a Fresnel spotlight?

• It does not get hot

• It is easy to operate

• It is rainbow coloured

• It produces a soft edged beam of light

Describe the beam of light created by a Profile spotlight...

• A harsh beam of light

• A soft edged beam of light

• A hard edged beam of light

• A zig zag beam of light

What is a GOBO?

• A small animal that likes construction

• A metal template that can be projected from a fresnel spotlight

• A metal template that can be projected from a profile spotlight

• A noise a turkey makes

What is a gel?

• Something to dress your hair with.

• Coloured slime

• Ordinary plastic colour filter

• A heat treated colour filter for stage lighting

A STROBE light is...

• A light that can be used for general lighting

• A light to make the audience feel comfortable

• A lighting special effect to speed up or slow down action. It can also be useful in scary scenes.

• An LED light

A CROSSFADE is when...

(there may be more than one correct answer)

• we swap from one lighting state to another quickly

• we get dizzy from all the lighting changes

• we swap to one lighting state to another without going to a blackout

• we snap to blackout

Focusing the lights is when we...

• Decide where the lights should shine and readjust them accordingly

• Really think about lights

• Un plug the lights

• Run through our lighting cues

Stage Lighting can...

Check all that apply...

• Help the audience look at what the director wants them to focus on.

• Create mood and atmosphere.

• Get quite hot

• let the audience know the drama is over by fading to blackout.

The lighting grid is...

• The grid that the lights hang from by G clamps

• A waffle iron

• A mathematical problem

• A useful storage solution