Basic Lighting Techniques

What kind of lighting can make a performer pop out from the background?

• Front lighting

• Side lighting

• Back lighting

• Down lighting

One way to illuminate a performer's facial expressions is to use ____ side lighting

You are designing lighting for a performance, and you don't want the performer to have much of a shadow. What kind of lighting do you use?

• Down lighting

• Side lighting

• High side lighting

• Front lighting

You are working with a lighting designer, and they're getting frustrated because their performers look flat. What do you suggest is the problem?

• There's too much light everywhere

• They're only using side lighting

• They're only using front lighting

• They need to turn the lights on in the audience

If only back lighting was turned on, what might the performer look like on stage? Draw the stage and the performer - include the details of the performer's body that you would be able to see.