The Light Board
Lighting Terms
Set Design Terms
Lighting Schemes
Set Pieces, Etc.
100
The button you press that turns off every light in the theater.
What is the blackout button?
100
The type of spotlight GVHS has that can follow a performer around the stage.
What is the followspot?
100
This type of set involves three complete, constructed walls on stage.
What is a box set?
100
Blue and orange are _____________ colors.
What are complementary?
100
This set piece is made of canvas stretched over wood, and usually painted.
What is a flat?
200
How you adjust the intensity of the lights on stage.
What are the sliders?
200
This light is a spotlight, and is common above the cafeteria at GVHS.
What is an ellipsoidal?
200
This set involves several pieces that can be moved off or on stage as needed for scenes, or re-used year after year.
What is a unit set?
200
A lighting scheme with red, orange, and yellow uses all _____________ colors.
What are warm colors?
200
These set pieces elevate a performer higher off the stage.
What are platforms?
300
The switches that allow you to turn on multiple pre-programmed lights at once.
What are the submasters?
300
This type of wash light is common above the stage at GVHS, and is short and round.
What is a PAR can?
300
This type of set, common for talk shows, is very minimal and usually doesn't change.
What is a curtain set?
300
Your performers will look flat and 2-dimensional if you only use this lighting angle.
What is front lighting?
300
Periaktoi are in this 3D shape.
What is a triangular prism?
400
The slider that adjusts the intensity of every light at once.
What is the grand master slider?
400
This type of light is often described as a "happy medium" between a wash and a spot light, and often has "barn doors" to control its direction.
What is a fresnel?
400
This type of set usually involves a projection on the back wall that can change for scene changes.
What is a screen set?
400
This image shows what type of lighting color scheme?
What is adjacent colors?
400
This set piece helps actors move to a higher or lower spot on stage, and needs to be properly secured to ensure safety.
What are stairs?
500
The purpose of the rolling ball on the light board.
What is a mouse for the computer?
500
This type of wash light can cover very wide areas.
What is a floodlight?
500
The step before starting set construction in a full set design.
What is building a miniature set?
500
The type of color scheme where colors are opposite from each other on the color wheel.
What is complementary?
500
GVHS has several of these, in three different sizes. They can be painted and actors can stand on them.
What are boxes?