The final lesson in a series on theatre design spotlights how lighting is incorporated into a production. After watching videos that focus on lighting fixtures and their positioning, individuals create a basic design plan for a scene, listing any gels or gobos employed, and annotate their plan to explain their choices of colors, angles, and fixtures.

Concepts

elements of drama, dramatizations, light, lightning, properties of light, musical theater, sets

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Additional Tags

visual and performing arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Arrange for class members to experiment with the lighting fixtures available to them

Classroom Considerations

• Third a three-part series designed for theatre arts classes
• Presumes learners are familiar the various lighting fixtures and functions, gels,
• The video for the Domino Light Show is blocked on copyright grounds

Pros

• Includes a video of the lighting plot for Wicked 

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.9-10.1 RL.11-12.1 SL.9-10.1.a SL.11-12.1.a