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A general 'fill' of light across the stage is called a ________ of light
wash
fill
light
gobo
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What is the purpose of using a backlight?
to light the actors faces
to make the actors stand out against a background
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What is the purpose of a side light?
to provide dramatic shadows across faces
to light the actors faces
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What is a spotlight used for?
To highlight key characters at important moments
To provide dramatic shadows across faces
To fill the stage with light
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The brightest light on stage, providing front light to illuminate actors faces is called...
front light
key light
backlight
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What is this a picture of?
Gobos
Fresnels
Parcans
L.E.Ds
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What is this light called?
Parcan
Fresnel
L.E.D Parcan
Moving Light
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What is this light called?
Parcan
Fresnel
L.E.D Parcan
Moving Light
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What is this light called?
Parcan
Fresnel
L.E.D Parcan
Moving Light
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What is this light called?
Parcan
Profile Spot
L.E.D Parcan
Flood Light
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What is this light called?
Parcan
Profile Spot
L.E.D Parcan
Flood Light
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Which of these lights would you use to create a large wash of light across a stage?
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Which one of these lights contains a colour wheel, a gobo wheel, zoom and focus functions which allows many looks to be achieved on stage.
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Which one of these has an extremely wide light output, often used to light a large area of stage or cyclorama.
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Which one of these does not produce heat and so will help with health and safety to keep actors cool on stage?
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What is the name of these pieces of plastic which are used to change the colour of a lantern?
Gobos
Gels
Spotlight
Colours
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Why would you use back projection rather than normal front projection to create a backdrop on the cyclorama?
So you don't get shadows when the actors walk in front of the cyclorama
Because it is brighter
Because it is cheaper
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What is the term for when all the lights go out at the same time?
Lights out
Blackout
Crossfade
Spill
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If you wanted to say that the lights were bright, you would say...
The lights are at a high intensity
The lights are at a low intensity
The lights are on fully
The lights are bright
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Bringing another lighting state up to completely replace the last state without having a blackout in-between is called...
intensity
crossfade
blackout
practicals
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Unwanted light on the stage is called a __________ of light.
spill
drop
overflow
flood
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Real working lights on the stage that form part of the set are called...
lamps
spots
flood
practicals
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When lighting a naturalistic play you won’t be likely to use strong colours like blue or red. Instead you should talk in terms of ____________ stage lighting. Both can be a type of white lighting. This can change the mood of the scene without making it non-naturalistic.
warm and cool
hot and cold
blue and red
light and dark
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To make a scene look realistic it is all about where the shadows are cast. Stage lights all cast one shadow in one direction whereas normal lights in a house won't do this. The trick here is to use ________________ in to make the lights look less harsh and create less obvious shadows.
gobos
spotlights
soft lights with diffusion gels
backlights
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Room lighting is one of the hardest states to get right. Achieved by using lots of ‘practicals’ (lamps, chandeliers, ceiling pendants). You then layer stage lights over the top to achieve the correct brightness so that ....
the actors faces can be seen
it looks more dramatic
you can use blackouts