Discovering Stage Lighting, 2nd Edition

 

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Discovering lighting equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lighting equipment manufacturers publish technical specification sheets with data on the operational characteristics of each item in their range. Although this information tends to be presented in the enthusiastically uncritical language of the marketplace, it forms an important reference on the shelves of every lighting designer’s working library. However, no data sheet is a substitute for hands-on discovery of how a piece of equipment performs–particularly its performance in the real situation of an acting space rather than in a showroom or on an exhibition stand. Whether the equipment be spotlight, filter or control, the key to discovering its possibilities is hands-on observation, noting ...