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Stage Lighting Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A general 'fill' of light across the stage is called a ________ of light

a)

wash

b)

fill

c)

light

d)

gobo

2.

What is the purpose of using a backlight?

a)

to light the actors faces

b)

to make the actors stand out against a background

3.

What is the purpose of a side light?

a)

to provide dramatic shadows across faces

b)

to light the actors faces

4.

What is a spotlight used for?

a)

To highlight key characters at important moments

b)

To provide dramatic shadows across faces

c)

To fill the stage with light

5.

The brightest light on stage, providing front light to illuminate actors faces is called...

a)

front light

b)

key light

c)

backlight

6.

What is this a picture of?

a)

Gobos

b)

Fresnels

c)

Parcans

d)

L.E.Ds

7.

What is this light called?

a)

Parcan

b)

Fresnel

c)

L.E.D Parcan

d)

Moving Light

8.

What is this light called?

a)

Parcan

b)

Fresnel

c)

L.E.D Parcan

d)

Moving Light

9.

What is this light called?

a)

Parcan

b)

Fresnel

c)

L.E.D Parcan

d)

Moving Light

10.

What is this light called?

a)

Parcan

b)

Profile Spot

c)

L.E.D Parcan

d)

Flood Light

11.

What is this light called?

a)

Parcan

b)

Profile Spot

c)

L.E.D Parcan

d)

Flood Light

12.

Which of these lights would you use to create a large wash of light across a stage?

a)
b)
13.

Which one of these lights contains a colour wheel, a gobo wheel, zoom and focus functions which allows many looks to be achieved on stage.

a)
b)
c)
d)
14.

Which one of these has an extremely wide light output, often used to light a large area of stage or cyclorama.

a)
b)
c)
d)
15.

Which one of these does not produce heat and so will help with health and safety to keep actors cool on stage?

a)
b)
c)
d)
16.

What is the name of these pieces of plastic which are used to change the colour of a lantern?

a)

Gobos

b)

Gels

c)

Spotlight

d)

Colours

17.

Why would you use back projection rather than normal front projection to create a backdrop on the cyclorama?

a)

So you don't get shadows when the actors walk in front of the cyclorama

b)

Because it is brighter

c)

Because it is cheaper

18.

What is the term for when all the lights go out at the same time?

a)

Lights out

b)

Blackout

c)

Crossfade

d)

Spill

19.

If you wanted to say that the lights were bright, you would say...

a)

The lights are at a high intensity

b)

The lights are at a low intensity

c)

The lights are on fully

d)

The lights are bright

20.

Bringing another lighting state up to completely replace the last state without having a blackout in-between is called...

a)

intensity

b)

crossfade

c)

blackout

d)

practicals

21.

Unwanted light on the stage is called a __________ of light.

a)

spill

b)

drop

c)

overflow

d)

flood

22.

Real working lights on the stage that form part of the set are called...

a)

lamps

b)

spots

c)

flood

d)

practicals

23.

When lighting a naturalistic play you won’t be likely to use strong colours like blue or red. Instead you should talk in terms of ____________ stage lighting. Both can be a type of white lighting. This can change the mood of the scene without making it non-naturalistic.

a)

warm and cool

b)

hot and cold

c)

blue and red

d)

light and dark

24.

To make a scene look realistic it is all about where the shadows are cast. Stage lights all cast one shadow in one direction whereas normal lights in a house won't do this. The trick here is to use ________________ in to make the lights look less harsh and create less obvious shadows.

a)

gobos

b)

spotlights

c)

soft lights with diffusion gels

d)

backlights

25.

Room lighting is one of the hardest states to get right. Achieved by using lots of ‘practicals’ (lamps, chandeliers, ceiling pendants). You then layer stage lights over the top to achieve the correct brightness so that ....

a)

the actors faces can be seen

b)

it looks more dramatic

c)

you can use blackouts