Name That Light
Acronyms and Nicknames
3 Pin Cables
Lighting Terminology
Lamps
100

This large light is dome-shaped.

What is a scoop?

100

A light emitting diode.

What is an LED?

100

The green wire.

What is the ground?

100

The thin colored piece of plastic that is inserted in front of a light.

What is a gel?

100

The pear-shaped bulb used in fresnels, pars, etc.

What is an incandescent lamp?

200

This is a rectangular-shaped light.

What is an LED?

200

ETC-brand "source fours" of this light.

What is an ellipsoidal reflector?

200

The common is this color.

What is white?

200

The thin piece of metal that creates new shapes and patterns of light. They can only go in ellipsoidal reflectors.

What is a gobo?

200

This thin, long lightbulb is made of two elements: one gas and one metal.

What is the tungsten-halogen lamp?

300

This is the longest variety of Altman.

What is 16?

300

Digital Mediaplex. Sends a message to each light/dimmer address in a circuit.

What is a DMX?

300

The "hot" is this color.

What is black?

300

This is a map of where the lights in the FOHs and electrics go, along with what kind of light it is.

What is a light plot?

300

This sends light out of the front and is stored in the parcan.

What is a parabolic reflector?

400

This light is a hybrid of two other lights?

What is a parnel?

400

This is the acronym to remember how to calculate wattage.

W(est)= V(irigni)A

400

This wire is in the middle of the three.

What is the ground?

400

The standard wattage of a single circuit.

What is 2400?

400

This is the hottest part of an ellipsoidal reflector.

What is the barrel?

500

These take up 19 channels in a circuit.

What is a mover?

500

The band AC/DC's name stands for these types of electrical currents.

What is "Alternating Current/ Direct Current?"

500

This wire is further from the ground than the other wire.

What is the hot?

500

This device allows the amount of voltage to be changed.

What is a transformer?

500

This is a collection of images of the progression of lighting.

What is a storyboard?