| CODE | THS2077 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Lighting Design in Performance | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Theatre Studies | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit will investigate the uses of lighting in theatre and discuss the implications of these uses in performance. The Influence of technology on theatre has always been a central issue in the study of the medium as performance practice. From the golden age of ancient Greece when mechanical devices were employed to make possible the dramatic device of the deus ex machina to the invention of electricity towards the end of the nineteenth century, theatre and technology have constantly coexisted and supported each other. Digital developments at the end of the twentieth century further enhanced this collaboration. Study-unit Aims The study-unit aims at introducing students to stage lighting theory and practice and to develop students’ knowledge of basic skills in this very important area of performance studies. Students will be exposed to the most recent developments technology is offering in terms of digital lighting and experience the magic and wonder that new technologies are bringing to contemporary performance. They will be shown how to take into account the different aspects of a lighting plan, made aware of the artistic aspects of a lighting plan and of technical equipment needed to produce a proper lighting plan. Workshops will help students to analyze a performance in order to create a proper artistic plan through the plotting of scenes taken from plays and other performance genre. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: a. light a scene from a given text, b. light theatrical situations not related to play-texts, c. understand major theories related to lighting designs in the theatre d. manage the different steps of a lighting design plan and a basic understand of the relationship between lighting, setting, direction and conduction. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: a. prepare basic lighting plans for performances based on their direct knowledge of what the market offers in terms of the latest lighting technology. b. determine which lighting devises are appropriate to their particular needs in order to better transmit their ideas to audiences. c. to adopt traditional equipment or go for more Main Text/s and any supplementary readings (availability at the Library or otherwise is indicated against each entry) - Pilbrow, Richard, Stage Lighting. London: Cassell & Co., 1979 (Not Available) - McCandless, Stanley, A Method of Lighting the Stage, New York: Theatre Arts Books, 1958 (Not Available) - Cadena, Richard, Automated Lighting: the art and science of moving light in theatre, performance, broadcasting and entertainment. Burlington, MA, 2006 (Not Available) - Reid, Francis, The Stage Lighting Handbook, London. Adam & Charles Black, 2001 (Available) |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Workshop | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Moritz Zavan Stoeckle |
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