Stage Lighting

PART THREE LIGHT: DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS

Essentials of Lighting Design 10

 

 

 

Good lighting design doesn’t simply happen. It is the result of many hours of planning that leaves little room for chance or random occurrences. Every luminaire, its placement and focus, its color (by color temperature or filter selection), and its intensity are decisions that should be considered prior to moving into a venue. Lighting design involves a process that entails a number of specific steps—many that are shaped specifically by the working methods of an individual designer. While we all go through roughly the same process, we each have our individual ways of approaching a design. Part One of this book examined the nature of light, and Part Two focused on the ...