TA 571A - Lighting Design and Production I: Representational Theatre

1 credit
First year students explore the fundamentals of stage lighting production for Representational theatre. Coursework includes introductions to the most commonly used equipment and technologies with hands-on experiences in the hang and focus of stage lighting fixtures, the lighting console, and basic wiring practices used in the theater. Students are also introduced to the fundamentals of lighting design. Course work includes discussion of the aspects and functions of lighting design to develop an approach based upon script analysis, with emphasis on the motivated light sources of Representational Theatre. Students learn the fundamentals of photometric calculation, drafting light plots, creating channel hookups, and using Color Keys as a visualization tool. Prerequisite(s): This course is limited to students enrolled in the Master of Theatre Studies program.
Graded (A-F) only.