Plugs & Power
What type of plug is most common in houses but rarely used in theater lighting?
What is an Edison plug?
What device regulates the amount of voltage sent to a lighting instrument?
What is a dimmer?
What is the correct name for the bulb inside a lighting instrument?
What is a lamp?
Which type of light blends easily and spills onto surrounding areas?
What are soft-edged lights?
What do we call the person responsible for the lighting concept of a production?
Who is a light designer?
Which plug is also called a “three pin”?
What is a stage pin plug?
What is the permanent number assigned to a dimmer called when an instrument is circuited?
What is a dimmer number?
Why should you never touch a lamp with your bare hands?
Oils from your skin can cause it to overheat and explode.
What soft-edged light is named after a French inventor?
What is a fresnel?
Name one essential skill a light designer must have to be successful.
What is color theory, visual awareness, or problem-solving?
Why must stage pin plugs be taped together with gaffer’s tape?
Other tape can melt or burn, and gaffer’s tape is heat-safe.
What allows the designer to organize the instruments in a way that makes more sense?
What is patching?
What piece of hardware mounts a lighting instrument to a pipe?
What is a C-clamp?
Which instrument provides large, smooth washes and often includes multiple colors?
What is a strip light (or border light)?
Give one career path light designers may move into outside of theater.
What are film, television, event lighting, architectural lighting, or exhibition design?
Which type of plug twists and locks into place so no tape is needed?
What is a twist-lock plug?
What is Cue 1 usually called at the beginning of a show?
What is the pre-show?
What part of the instrument allows it to tilt up and down?
What is the yoke?
What hard-edged light is commonly called a Leko?
What is an ellipsoidal reflector spotlight (Leko)?
What documents does a light designer create to tell the crew what lights should be on and when?
What are Lighting plots and cue sheets?
Which plug is considered the best but also the most expensive?
Which plug is the twist-lock plug?
What does it mean if a cue has movement?
What is lights fade up/down over a set amount of time?
Where is the color frame inserted on most lighting instruments?
What is the color frame holder?
What feature allows ellipsoidals—but not fresnels—to create sharp patterns?
What are shutters or gobos?
What skill helps light designers visualize how light will look on stage before it is hung?
What is visual and spatial awareness?