Storyboards
Black & white (but sometimes color) sketches of lighting scene by scene
Advantages:
• Quick to create (and redraw if necessary).
• Inexpensive.
• Easy to transport.
Disadvantage:
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Difficult to render color mixing.
• Drawings can sometimes render the impossible.
UMD Theatre South Pacific
Lighting Design by James Eischen
Graphics
Photos or paintings demonstrating lighting effects
Advantages:
• Easy to find.
• Photography can vividly capture realistic images.
• Paintings can demonstrate historic style.
• Easy to transport.
Disadvantages:
• Abstract in that images are not of actual theatre space.
Movie House
by Edward Hopper
Great God Brown
Arden Weaver, Scenic Designer
UMD Theatre
Old Mill Pond
Maxfield Parrish
Light Lab
Miniature lighting set-up to light scenic model and/or costume swatches
Advantages:
• Accurate color rendering.
• Capable of demonstrating lighting transitions.
Disadvantages:
• Expensive.
• Requires a sizable amount of space.
• Difficult to transport.
• Requires 3D model of scenic design.
Virtual Light Lab
Computer software capable of rendering light in 3D.Advantages:
• Reasonably accurate color rendering.
• Capable of demonstrating lighting transitions.
• Software options - VectorWorks, PhotoShop, Sketch Up, WYSIWYG and moreDisadvantages:
• Learning curve.
• Computer compatibility.
• Requires virtual model of scenic design.
• Expensive (software and hardware.)WYSIWYG Software
(What You See Is What You Get)
A Streetcar Named Desire
Virtual Light Lab Images by Colin Reibel
A Streetcar Named Desire
Lighting Design by Curtis Phillips and Colin Reibel
Collaborating with Actors
and Directors
Steps a lighting design must take before finalizing a design approach.
Watch how the director blocks each scene.
Watch how actors
use the space.
Determine Lighting Areas
