Terms to Know
This technician sits in the booth and operates the device that turns on and off the lights, and manipulates the color and position.
Who is the Light Board Operator (or tech)?
Name one engineer who led the way in developing power at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries.
Who is Thomas Edison?
Who is Nicolai Tesla?
This lighting instrument includes shutters to control and focus the light.
What is an Ellipsoidal fixture?
Blue, green, and purple gels are traditionally considered this type of color onstage.
What are cool colors?
This member of the production team is responsible for the overall look and feel of the lighting for the play. They work closely with the director and team to create a unified production.
Who is the Lighting Designer?
Batteries are one good example of this type of electrical power.
What is Direct Current (DC)?
Sheets of colored plastic are routinely used to create colored light on stage. This plastic is referred to as this.
What is Gel?
This lighting term describes the tone and feel of a scene.
What is Mood?
This is an indication in the script that triggers an action at a specific time.
What is a Cue?
An atom consists of electrons, protons, and these.
What are neutrons?
This lighting fixture has limited focusing ability. We may add "barn doors" to help shape the light.
What is a Fresnel fixture?
This type of light fixture can be refocused automatically, and often the color can also be changed automatically.
What is a Moving Light (Mover)?
This term is used to describe where the lighting instrument is pointed at the stage.
What is Focus?
The formula: V (voltage) = I (Current) x R (Resistance) is known as this.
What is Ohm's Law?
We use metal patterns in some fixtures to create a distinct pattern of light (leaves, windows). These patterns are called this.
What are GOBOS?
The ellipsoidal light fixture gets its name from this feature.
What is the shape of the reflector within the light fixture (it is ellipsoidal, or egg shaped)?
Of all the features lighting design offers the stage, the most important feature is this.
What is Visibility?
This part of a lightbulb is made from a curl of tungsten wire and converts electrical energy to heat energy, producing light.
What is the Filament?
Red, yellow, and orange gels are traditionally considered this type of color onstage.
What are warm colors?
In theater lighting terminology, we refer to the fixture's "lightbulb" as this.
What is the Lamp?