Morning Class - 10am to 12pm
Faculty : Shymon P M (Theatre light designer). He has Specialization in Lighting Design, Direction, Acting and Sceneography. He is from Kerala, his major work experience includes Contemporary Dance Lighting Attakkalari Centre for Movenet Arts (Bangaluru) 2006 ownwards. Kojatay Kathakali (Technical Director) Spain, Ekantham (Solitude) Kalakendam Kollam Bhinna Vinyasa in Italy, Spain, Canada (Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts) Misty Mountains of Mahabharatha (School of Drama, Thrissur) Ishk (Nicole, Switzerland) Quick Death-Theatre Roots and Wings (Delhi, Bangalore, Neenasam) Sahyantay magan-at Gaya Cultural Festival South Korea, Purushartha - Monaco Dance Forum -Monaco, Frankfurt Book Fair - Frankfurt Germany. He also has experience as director, as teacher & conducting workshops. He has visited various countries.
Learnings from 15th session :
Topic Covered -
About Light(what is light?), Sources of light : Sun Light, Moon Light, Fire, Oil Lamp, Candle light, Kerosine Oil Lamps, Gas Light.
About Power, Sources of Power : Solar Power, Wind Power, Genset, electricity
About Functions of Light : 1) Visibility, 2) Atmosphere, 3) Dimensional Quality, 4) Mood, 5) Rhythm
About Qualities of Lighting : 1) Intensity
2) Color
3) pattern
4) Focus Position and Hanging
About Lighting Equipment :
1) Lighting Instruments
2) Lighting Controls
3) Dimming (Oil lamp dimming, Salt water dimmer, Rheostat dimmer, Liver dimmer, Coil - Rotation Transformer, Autotransformer Dimmer, DMX( Digital Multiplex)
About Stage Lighting Instruments
About Components of Lighting Instruments :
1) Box/Housing/Can/Case
2) Lens or Opening
3) Reflector
4) Yoke
5) C- Clamp or Hook Clamp
6) Lamp or Arc source
7) Accessories
Types of instruments
1) Floodlights
2) Spotlights
3) Intelligent lights
4) HMIS
Floodlights
1) Parabolic Aluminized Reflector lights, or PAR lights, or PAR cans.
2) Strip lights or cyclorama or (Cyc) lights
3) Ellipsoidal Reflector Floodlights or Scoop lights or scoops
4) House lights and work lights
5) LED stage lights
About Intelligent Lights : Moving Lights(Scanners, Moving heads, pal co)
Understanding Some Lights :
1) LED Moon
2) General Light
3) PAR 64
4) Par can
5) Spot Lights
6) Cyclorama
7) LED par
8) Scoop
9) Strip
10) Profile
11) Smoke Machine
About Types of Control Consoles :
1) Preset Boards
2) Memory Consoles
3) Moving Light Controllers
4) Personal Computer-Based Controller
5) Remote Focus Unit
About Angles of Lights
About Qualities of Lights :
1) Intensity
2) Color
3) Distribution
4) Movement
Methods of Using Lighting
About Stage Lighting Area
About Standard Three Point Lighting
About the Rule
About some console
Usefulness : A Thorough Lighting Knowledge from actor prospective gives students knowledge base which is useful for basic acting students in Understanding about lighting and their acting accordingly.
By Nitin Taneja
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