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  • Year 9

The role of the lighting designer

The Objective for this lesson is to demonstrate a confident understanding of a range of creative and technical roles in the professional theatre, particularly the lighting designer, showing a secure awareness of the responsibilities involved.

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Lesson 3 of 5
  • Year 9

The role of the lighting designer

The Objective for this lesson is to demonstrate a confident understanding of a range of creative and technical roles in the professional theatre, particularly the lighting designer, showing a secure awareness of the responsibilities involved.

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Key learning points

  1. The role of the Lighting Designer will be introduced. Key information about Lighting Design and Interpreting the directors' vision. Lighting Design activity and career information.

Content guidance

  • Physical activity required.

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

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4 Questions

Q1.
What does a lighting designer do?

Designs the costumes.
Correct answer: Designs the lights.
Designs the set.
Directs the production.

Q2.
What is a lantern?

Another name for costumes that have parts that light up.
Another name for props that light up.
Correct answer: Another name for stage lights.

Q3.
Why is the directorial vision so important?

Correct answer: It has all the details how the director wants the productions to look like and feel.
It has all the lines that the actors have to say.
It has all the names and addresses of the production staff, crew and actors.

Q4.
What influence does the director have on the performance?

They act in a performance.
They design the set and lighting of a performance.
Correct answer: They oversee the creation and rehearsal of a performance.

Assessment exit quiz

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5 Questions

Q1.
Which one of these can lighting communicate to the audience?

The names of the central characters.
The personality of the central characters.
Correct answer: The time and location of the play.

Q2.
Which of these do we not use to describe lighting?

Colour
Direction
Intensity
Correct answer: Texture

Q3.
What does the word intensity mean in the context of lighting?

Correct answer: The brightness of the light.
The colour of the light.
The direction of the light.

Q4.
What lantern is bring used to create this effect?

An image in a quiz
Floodlight.
Fresnel spotlight.
Correct answer: Profile spotlight.

Q5.
What kind of lantern do you use to throw light over a large space.

Correct answer: Floodlight.
Fresnel spotlight.
Profile spotlight.