Lighting Design Communication
What is the best way to convey lighting ideas to design team?

Storyboards

 

Graphics


Movie House
by Edward Hopper

 


Great God Brown
Arden Weaver, Scenic Designer
UMD Theatre


Old Mill Pond
Maxfield Parrish

 


Picnic
Ann Gumpper, Scenic Designer
UMD Theatre

Light Lab

Light Lab Diagram

Fiber Optic Set-Up



Endgame
Tom Thatcher, Scenic Designer
UMD Theatre



Endgame Model
Mindy Jost, Lighting Designer
UMD Theatre


Endgame
Production Photo
UMD Theatre

Virtual Light Lab

A Streetcar named Desire Virtual Model
A Streetcar Named Desire
Lighting Design by Curtis Phillips and Colin Reibel

WYSIWYG Software
(What You See Is What You Get)

Import scenic design virtual model.
Light virtual model in virtual theatre space.
Program cues to be transfered to lighting control console.

 

Collaborating with Actors and Directors
Steps a lighting design must take before finalizing a design approach.


Watch how the director blocks each scene.
Watch how actors use the space.

Determine Lighting Areas





Determine a Lighting Key and a Color Key