Mood & Emotion
What can lighting help create on stage — mood or costumes?
What is mood?
What tool helps the audience know where to look on stage?
What is lighting?
What kind of light shines evenly across the stage?
Answer: What is a wash light (or PAR light)?
What kind of lighting do many modern performances use today?
What are LED lights?
his pop star’s 2023 Eras Tour became one of the highest-grossing concert tours in history.
Who is Taylor Swift?
What color of light often makes the audience feel warm or comfortable?
What are warm colors like red or amber?
What kind of light focuses on just one person?
What is a spotlight
What kind of light shows patterns or shapes on stage walls or floors?
What is a gobo light?
Why are LED lights popular in performances?
They can change colors and brightness easily.
Which British rock band’s 1985 Live Aid performance is often called one of the greatest live shows ever?
Who is Queen?
What color of light can make a scene feel calm or sad?
What are cool colors like blue?
What happens when one part of the stage is dark and another is bright?
What is: The audience looks at the bright area.
What light moves around to follow the action?
What is a moving head light?
What other technology does the article say can work with lights for cool effects?
What are video projections?
This singer famously performed the Super Bowl halftime show in the rain in 2007 — without missing a note.
Who is Prince?
If a light gets brighter, how might the audience feel?
What is more excited or focused
How can lighting help move the audience’s eyes during a show?
What is: By changing brightness or color to show what’s important.
What light is strong and narrow, often used for solo moments?
What is a spotlight?
How do new lights make performances more exciting for audiences?
They make the stage look more colorful and alive.
Which band’s 1969 concert at Woodstock featured a famous version of “The Star-Spangled Banner”?
Who is Jimi Hendrix (and his band)?
How does changing light color or brightness change how the audience feels?
What is: it changes the emotion or mood of the scene.
Why do lighting designers change the lights as scenes change?
What is: to guide the audience’s attention and match the story.
What kind of light can change color and brightness quickly?
What is an LED stage light?
What do lighting designers try to do for the audience?
What is: create an experience that feels emotional and memorable.
In 1965, this artist shocked fans by “going electric” at the Newport Folk Festival.
Who is Bob Dylan?