Electricity
The Electrics team
Designing with light
lighting designers
equiptment
100
What does AC/DC stand for? (hint, not a rock band)
Alternating current/Direct current.
100
Who is usually specialized on a particular lighting console?
The programer
100
To be a lighting designer, you have to learn how to...
See.
100
Who was the first to utilize the up and out at 45 degree lighting system?
Stanley McCandless
100
What is the purpose of a two-fer
To connect two lights onto one circuit.
200
What is the 1st law of electricity?
Like charges repel, unlike charges attract.
200
Who implements the lighting design?
The Master Electrician.
200
Name two of the four basic functions stage lighting must serve?
visibility, select focus, modeling, mood
200
Who created the role of Peter Pan, but was also the designer that eliminated footlights?
Maude Adams
200
What are the primary colors of light?
Red, green, and blue.
300
In the US, what color represents the "neutral" wire?
white.
300
Who usually opens shows on tour?
Associate lighting designer
300
What is a production concept?
The approach to how the story will be told.
300
Who refers to what they do as "painting with light?
Tharon Musser
300
What is another word for template and how is it used?
Gobo, to add texture.
400
Name the three basic circuits?
Series, Parallel, Combination.
400
Who can make minor lighting design choices?
Assistant lighting designer Associate lighting designer
400
What are the basic elements of design?
line, Color, form/shape, texture
400
Who designs lighting for dance around the world, but always makes it back in time to teach her Monday lighting design class at Yale?
Jennifer Tipton
400
What does silk gel do?
widens the beam of lighting into a certain direction.
500
How may electrons does a copper atom have?
What is 29
500
Name the three types of electricians hired for a show?
Hanging, Focusing, Running
500
What is the lighting designer's four primary goals?
Influence the audience., Selectivity, illuminate the stage., Sculpt and mold actors and the scenery., Create an environmental atmosphere that fits the concept.
500
Who formed a professional lighting company with Peggy Eisenhauer called Third Eye?
Jules Fisher
500
What are the three main types of lighting instruments we use at the PAC?
ERS, Fresnel, Parcan
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