Lighting Design

The “Lighting Design” curriculum teaches students lessons on physics, color theory, engineering, Computer Aided Design (CAD), and technical theatre through a series of chapters on stage lighting design from hanging and focusing stage lights to creating industry standard lighting blueprints with CAD. The lesson plan ends with a final project showcasing student lighting designs with options for all sorts of learning spaces.

Chapters

1. Workshop Introduction
2. Basic Theory
   1. Lighting Setups and Equipment
   2. Electronics
   3. Practical: Hang and Focus
3. Design
   1. From Designer to Master Electrician: The Design Process
   2. Mathematics of Lighting Setups
   3. Physics of Light and Color
   4. Color Theory and Lighting Gels
   5. Fancifying: Special Lighting and Gobos
   6. Practical: Lighting with Color
   7. Practical: Creating Gobos
4. Plotting
   1. Vellum Plotting / Blueprints
   2. Computer Aided Design
   3. Practical: AutoCAD and VectorWorks
5. Putting it All Together
   1. Review of Lighting Design Process
   2. Final Project: Making a Show