ENT4450 Lighting Design Course Outline

Week 1: Theatrical Conventional Lighting Fixtures

Review online before Friday August 27

• Review Document: ENT4450 Syllabus Fall-2021
• Review Lecture: LD Intro +  Conventional Lighting Fixtures
• Take Quiz 1: Conventional Theatrical Lighting Fixtures
• Review Website: Stage lighting for Students by Jeffrey E. Salzberg and Dr. Judy Kupferman, Types of Lighting Fixtures
• Watch Video:Tour of an ETC Source 4
• Review Website: ETC (Entertainment Theatrical Controls) displays in its website the different type of fixtures they manufacture. Please review the following: ETC S4 Fresnel, ETC S4 PARS and ETC S4 Ellipsoidal Reflector

Lab #1 on Friday 8.27 at 10am  

• Prepare for Lab #1: Conventional Lighting Fixtures Presentation

Week 2: Qualities and Functions of Light

Review online before Friday September 10

• Review Website: Qualities and Functions Of Lightby Prof. Tal Sanders 
• Review Lecture: Light Distribution (Direction)
• Watch Video: The Four Attributes of Light by Videomaker
• Take Quiz 2: Face Lighting under different angles

Lab #2 on Friday 9.10 at 10am

• Lab #2: The subject under different angles

Week 3: Lighting Distribution – Part 2

Review online before Friday September 17

• Review Lecture: Lighting angles
• Review Lecture: Standard Lighting Positions on Stage
• Take Quiz 3: Theatrical Lighting Positions
• Review Website: Stage lighting for Students by Jeffrey E. Salzberg and Dr. Judy Kupferman,Hanging Positions

Lab #3 on Friday 9.17 at 10am

• Review Documents: Voorhees Theater Ground Plan and Section View
• Lab #3: Voorhees Theater Lighting Positions

Week 4: Brightness + through distances = Photometrics

Review online before Friday September 24

• Review Lecture: Photometrics
• Review Website: Stage lighting for Students by Jeffrey E. Salzberg and Dr. Judy Kupferman, Photometrics
• Watch Video: Photometricsby the Lighting University
• Watch Video: Lighting Terminologyby the Lighting University
• Watch Video: Lumens Vs Footcandlesby Linn County Rural Electric Cooperative
• Take Quiz 4: Photometrics
• Tour Project: Provide Basic Information of the Tour

Lab #4 on Friday 9.24 at 10am

• Review Assignment: Music Tour Lighting Design Project 
• Lab #4: Photometrics @ the Voorhees Theater

Week 5: Intro to Vectorworks

Review online before Friday October 1

• Review Lecture: Intro to theatrical drafting and Vectorworks
• Review Website: Vectorworks Spotlight Essentials Seminar
• Watch Video: Vectorworks Spotlight Basics
• Tour Project: Provide ground plan for the Tour

Lab #5 on Friday 10.1 at 10am

• Review Document: Vectorworks Keyboard Shortcuts
• Lab #5: Drafting the Voorhees Theater in Vectorworks

Week 6: Lighting Systems

Review online before Friday October 8

• Review Lecture: Lighting Systems
• Review Documents: Lighting systems examples 1 and 2
• Read Article: A Guide to Moving Lights by Brittney Price and Madison Dahl
• Review and compare the following Tours: Articles The Rolling Stones “No Filter Tour”, Cher “Here We Go Again” Tourand “The Lumineers III” Tour, Articles by Steve Jennings and Nook Schoenfeld for PLSN magazine
• Review Website: Martin Mac Allure – Tech specs

Lab #6 on Friday 10.8 at 10am

• Lab #6: Choosing lighting fixtures 
• Lab # 6b: Lighting Positions Drafted  

Week 7: Vectorworks (2)

Review online before Friday October 15

• Watch Video: Drawing a Lighitng Plot on Vectorworks
• Watch Video: Using the Lighting Pipe tool on Vectorworks
• Homework: Have Vectorworks assignments up to date
• Tour Project: Provide lighting Systems desired for the Tour on paper

Lab #7 on Friday 10.15 at 10am

• Lab #7a: Adding scenery elements to the plot
• Lab #7b: Adding lighting systems to the plot

Week 8: Color and Light

Review online before Friday October 22

• Review Lecture: Color and Light
• Review Article: My Modern Met, Learn how Color Theaory can push creativity to the next level by Jessica Steward
• Review Article:  Ideas TED, how color helps a movie tell its story by Kate Torgovnick
• Review Article: Cine D,What is Color Temperature? by Richard Lackey
• Take Quiz #5: Color and Light

Lab #8 on Friday 10.22 at 10am

• Review Website in class: Digital Synopsis,Color Palettes from Famous Movies
• Review Website in class: Rosco Labs Instagram
• Review Website: My Color Desktopby ROSCO
• Lab #8: Build Color Palettes for the Tour Project 

Week 9: The Lighting Plot

Review online before Friday October 29

• Review Lecture: The lighting Plot
• Review Website: Stage Lighting for Students Staep by Step Drafting a Lighting Plan by Jeffrey E. Salzberg and Dr. Judy Kupferman
• Watch Video: Webinar: reading a Lighting Plot

Lab #9 on Friday 10.29 at 10am

• Lab #9: Getting the Lighting Plot up to date on Vectorworks

Week 10: The Section View

Review online before Friday November 5

• Review Lecture: The lighting Section View
• Take Quiz #6: The lighting Plot and The Section View

Lab #10 on Friday 11.5 at 10am

• Lab #10: Creating a Section View for the Tour Project on Vectorworks

Week 11: The Instrument Schedule and The Channel Hook Up

Review online before Friday November 12

• Review Website: Instrument Scheduleby Wikipedia
• Review Website: Channel Hookup by Wikipedia
• Homework: Download Lightwright on your computer

Lab #11 on Friday 11.12 at 10am

• Lab #11: Creating an Instrument Schedule and a Channel Hookup using Vectorworks and Lightwright

Week 12: Magic Sheets

Review online before Friday November 19

• Review Document: Creating a Magic Sheet
• Review Document: Examples of Magic Sheets: Brokeology, Fairy Queen Opera 1, Fairy Queen Opera 2, The Atheist.
• Review Website: Theater 476 Stage Lighting, Magic Sheetsby Paul Collins

Lab #12 on Friday 11.19 at 10am

• Lab #12: Creating a Magic Sheet(s) for the Tour Project

Week 13: The Shop Order

Review online before Friday December 3

• Review Website: The Complete Shop Orderby John McKernon
• Review Document: Lighting System components Example

 Lab #13 on Friday 12.3 at 10am

• Lab #13: Creating a Shop Order for the Tour Project

Week 14: Lighting Design Rendering

Review online before Friday December 10

• Review Website: Creating Sheet layer Views in Vectorworks
• Watch Video: Organizing Layers information- Viewports and sheet layers
• Watch Video: Vectorworks Rendering part 1applying texture
• Watch Video: Vectorworks Drawing in 3D

Lab #14 on Friday 12.10 at 10am

• Lab #14: Creating renders for the Tour Project
• Review: Final Presentations Guidelines

Week 15: Lighting Design Music Tour Project Final Presentations

Prepare before Friday December 17

• Homework: Build Final Presentations using Power Point

Lab #15 on Friday 12.10 at 10am

• Lab #15: Lighting Design Music Tour Final Presentations by Students

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