Lighting Designer
PO Box 81522
Fairbanks, AK .....99708
kadem@ldi.nu
CD by Kade Mendelowitz
Table of Contents
Including links to sample chapters
Last Updated June 16, 1999
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Kade Mendelowitz Lighting Designer PO Box 81522 Fairbanks, AK .....99708 kadem@ldi.nu |
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CD by Kade Mendelowitz Table of Contents Including links to sample chapters Last Updated June 16, 1999 |
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Pre-show - About the CD & Author
About the CD.
An overview of the project, and the tools used to create it.
A brief biography about author Kade Mendelowitz.
Act I - Fundamentals
An introduction to the world through light.
An overview of what will be covered on the CD.
The functions of light and the properties that effect them.
An explanation of the basic lighting concepts. How we use lighting in the theatre.
Electricity and Power.
An explanation of how electricity works, how it gets to the theatre, and how it sets certain limits on what we can do as designers.
Light sources, lenses, reflectors and instrumentation.
A look at the standard equipment we use in the theatre.
Act II - The Process
Angles and basic light systems.
A look at how we create "normal lighting" using angles.
Designer's tool; the lightplot.
A look at the lightplot; what and how it communicates.
Color.
How color in light is different than color in pigment. The difference between additive and subtractive color mixing.
Cues and levels, Tech. Weekend.
An explanation of "tech. weekend", scheduling, and what the designer is expected to do.
Act III - Considerations
Production Analysis
How to begin designing the lighting for a specific play, and the beginning paperwork that makes this process easier.
How to take the other elements into account when preparing the lighting for a production.
Developing the Design.
Taking your analysis of the play, the other design element, and getting to the task at hand: Designing the lighting.
Scenery as Light and Special Effects.
Slides, Cycs, Projections and Fog.
Act IV - Tools
Lighting Lab.
An interactive / onscreen lighting lab where the user controls lights in the 9 basic lighting positions; including intensity and color.
Games.
Glossary of Lighting Terminology
Act V - Projects
"The Dutchman"
A lighting design project.
"Endgame"
A lighting design project.
Post-show - Credits & Quit
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