Lighting design

This article is about lighting design in theatre. For lighting design in architecture, see Architectural lighting design.

The Broadway musical A Chorus Line was lit using conventional lighting instruments.

Lighting at the 2005 Classical Spectacular Concert

In theatre, a lighting designer (or LD) works with the director, choreographer, set designer, costume designer, and sound designer to create the lighting, atmosphere, and time of day for the production in response to the text while keeping in mind issues of visibility, safety, and cost. The LD also works closely with the stage manager or show control programming, if show control systems are used in that production. Outside stage lighting, the job of a lighting designer can be much more diverse, and they can be found working on rock and pop tours, corporate launches, art installations, or lighting effects at sporting events.

See also

• Theatre portal

• Architectural lighting design
• International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD)
• Landscape lighting
• List of lighting designers
• Master electrician
• Professional Lighting and Sound Association (PLASA)
• Stage lighting

References

• Stage Lighting Design: The Art, the Craft, the Life, by Richard Pilbrow on books.google.com
• Stage Lighting Design: A Practical Guide, Neil Fraser, on books.google.com
• A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting, By Steven Louis Shelley, on books.google.com
• The Lighting Art: The Aesthetics of Stage Lighting Design, by Richard H. Palmer, on books.google.com
• Stage lighting design in Britain: the emergence of the lighting designer, 1881-1950, by Nigel H. Morgan, on books.google.com
• Scene Design and Stage Lighting By R. Wolf, Dick Block, on books.google.com

External links

• stagelightingprimer.com,Stage Lighting for Students
• northern.edu, A brief history of stage lighting Archived 2014-01-10 at the Wayback Machine