Lighting technician
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An electrical lighting technician, or simply lighting technician, is involved with rigging stage and location sets and controlling artificial, electric lights for art and entertainment venues (theatre or live music venues) or in video, television, or film production.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
In a theater production, lighting technicians work under the lighting designer and master electrician. In video, television, and film productions, lighting technicians work under the direction of the gaffer or chief lighting technician who takes their direction from the cinematographer. In live music, lighting technicians work under the lighting director. All heads of department report to the production manager.
Lighting technicians are responsible for the movement and set up of various pieces of lighting equipment for separation of light and shadow or contrast, depth of field or visual effects. Lighting Technicians may also lay electrical cables, wire fixtures, install color effects or image patterns, focus the lights, and assist in creating effects or programming sequences.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Stage Lighting Design: The Art, the Craft, the Life, by Richard Pilbrow on books.google.com
- ^ Stage Lighting Design: A Practical Guide, Neil Fraser, on books.google.com
- ^ A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting, By Steven Louis Shelley, on books.google.com
- ^ The Lighting Art: The Aesthetics of Stage Lighting Design, by Richard H. Palmer, on books.google.com
- ^ Stage lighting design in Britain: the emergence of the lighting designer, 1881–1950, by Nigel H. Morgan, on books.google.com
- ^ Scene Design and Stage Lighting By R. Wolf, Dick Block, on books.google.com
External links
[edit]- Ald.org.uk, A comprehensive list of UK Lighting Designers
- Danceusa.org, How to Work with a Lighting Designer
- Stagelightingprimer.com,Stage Lighting for Students
- Northern.edu, A brief history of stage lighting
- The Lighting Archive Thelightingarchive.org, online complete lighting paperwork for West Side Story, Porgy and Bess, Sweeney Todd, Martha Graham, Alvin Ailey, by lighting designers Nicola Cernovich, Jean Rosenthal, Ken Billington, and Gilbert Helmsley
- New York Public Library – Theatrical Lighting Database online complete lighting paperwork for Hair (musical) by Jules Fisher, A Chorus Line by Tharon Musser, Sunday in the Park with George by Richard Nelson, and Fall River Legend by Thomas Skelton.
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