Lighting Vocabulary & Concepts
This lighting moment turns all stage lights off at once
What is a Blackout?
This term describes when a lighting cue is activated
What is Playback?
This lighting fixture is also known as a Leko.
What is an Ellipsoidal?
This is a top-down drawing that shows where scenery and furniture are placed.
What is a Ground Plan?
A type of saw that can cut curves like a large puzzle piece
What is a Jigsaw?
This lighting style makes it look like light comes from a real source, such as a lamp or sun.
What is Motivated Lighting?
This is a lighting cue that is added between two existing cues
What is a Cue Insert?
This fixture produces a soft-edged beam often used for washes.
What is a Fresnel?
What is a Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight?
This power tool requires you to bring the saw down in order to cut the wood.
What is a Miter Saw?
The three variables of light
What are hue, brightness, and saturation?
You only get electricity when this happens
What is having a complete path of electricity from a power source to and through its use and back to it's source again?
This fixture creates a strong oval-shaped beam commonly used in concerts.
What is a Par?
Why is scenery built to scale?
To ensure proper fit, safety, and accurate construction
Why should tools be returned to their proper place after use?
To prevent accidents and keep the workspace safe
This lighting approach uses color and intensity to create mood rather than realism.
What is Tonal Lighting?
This device controls the amount of electrical power sent to a lighting instrument.
What is a Dimmer?
This fixture produces a wide, unfocused wash of light.
What is a Floodlight/Scoop?
This scenic piece has cornerblocks
What is a Broadway Flat?
This camera shot makes items look much larger than normal.
What is a Low Angle Shot?
If red, green, and blue light are combined at full intensity, what color is produced?
What is White?
This unit measures the pressure applied to push electricity through a conductor.
What is Voltage?
This lighting position shines upward from the floor, creating dramatic shadows.
What is Upface Lighting?
The dashed horizontal line in a ground plan is called what?
This film technique helps to provide symmetry to videos
What is The Rule of Thirds?