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Holyrood Drama Department - Lighting Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name the TWO lanterns that are spotlights...

a)

Fresnel

b)

Strobe

c)

Profile

d)

Flood

2.

What is special about a Fresnel spotlight?

a)

It does not get hot

b)

It is easy to operate

c)

It is rainbow coloured

d)

It produces a soft edged beam of light

3.

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

a)

A harsh beam of light

b)

A soft edged beam of light

c)

A hard edged beam of light

d)

A zig zag beam of light

4.

What is a GOBO?

a)

A small animal that likes construction

b)

A metal template that can be projected from a fresnel spotlight

c)

A metal template that can be projected from a profile spotlight

d)

A noise a turkey makes

5.

What is a gel?

a)

Something to dress your hair with.

b)

Coloured slime

c)

Ordinary plastic colour filter

d)

A heat treated colour filter for stage lighting

6.

A STROBE light is...

a)

A light that can be used for general lighting

b)

A light to make the audience feel comfortable

c)

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

d)

An LED light

7.

A CROSSFADE is when...

(there may be more than one correct answer)

a)

we swap from one lighting state to another quickly

b)

we get dizzy from all the lighting changes

c)

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

d)

we snap to blackout

8.

Focusing the lights is when we...

a)

Decide where the lights should shine and readjust them accordingly

b)

Really think about lights

c)

Un plug the lights

d)

Run through our lighting cues

9.

Stage Lighting can...


Check all that apply...

a)

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

b)

Create mood and atmosphere.

c)

Get quite hot

d)

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

10.

The lighting grid is...

a)

The grid that the lights hang from by G clamps

b)

A waffle iron

c)

A mathematical problem

d)

A useful storage solution

11.

In theatre, a flood light is used to...

( There is more than one correct answer)

a)

give general light to both actors and stage set

b)

primarily to light the set and costumes

c)

flood light into an area

d)

light football pitches

12.

Patching lights is when we...

a)

ignore the lighting completely

b)

decide the lights need mending

c)

Assign two or more lanterns to one lighting board channel

d)

sew two lights together

13.

When answering questions on lighting we should

(Check all that apply)

a)

include the type of lantern and the intensity in a %

b)

include the manufacturer of the lantern and their phone number.

c)

State the desired effect we want the audience to get

d)

state the area of the stage the lighting effect would cover or fall on

14.

LED lighting is...

( There is more than one correct answer)

a)

Lower voltage

b)

Light weight and cooler in temperature- so better for the environment

c)

Larger and heavier than the traditional tungsten equivalent

d)

Easy to change colour as you can do it by computer/ bluetooth

15.

These are used to control or shape the spill of light from the lanterns. What are they called?

a)

Lantern screen

b)

Lighting flip flaps

c)

Light blockers

d)

Barn doors