The fourth lesson of the Knowledge Center of the European Lighting School deals with  the angle of light. The goal is to understand the influence of angle, direction, position of a source on the stage, attraction of attention of a spectator to the object / actor, creation and formation of the space. Possibilities of creation of a semantic content, shift.

Specification of knowledge acquired from the lesson:

These main questions this lesson aims to answer:

Which are the possibilities of theatre, stage to place the lanterns?
Where to place sources of light?
Which are the possibilities of directing the light in a theatre?
Does any specific scene require any specific angle of light?
Would any type of a scene correspond to a specific angle?
How the direction of the light affects its impact onto the spectator?
How does it help framing scenes?
How the angle of light affects the scene and viewer’s perception?
Is there any semantics of light angles?

Author and tutor of the lesson:

The lesson was prepared by František Fabián and Martin Špetlík with cooperation of Jan Komárek, Šimon Kočí,  Jan Purkert.

Photos courtesy of Institute of Lighting Design and Jan Purkert. Other sources are quoted separately as appropriate. Some were images created in Virtual Light Lab.

Definitions in the Key terms section are mainly retrieved from Wikipedia.

Tutor for the lesson is František Fabián and Martin Špetlík who are available for questions between 1^st  and 14^th  August of 2015 – you can contact them via the contact form at the end of the lesson or by pressing button Contact the Tutor.  Reply is not guaranteed, unless submitted within the given period of time

Topics:

Theater space – different kind of the theatre / stage, division of the space, stage elements ( backdrop, projection screen, legs, borders etc.).

Hanging points, positions for placement of lanterns (bridges, ramps, proscenium, balconies, boxes, grid, truss system, fly bars).

Position of a lantern and its angle in the relation to the stage / object, basic directions of lighting and their combinations, distance and its connection to the beam of light. (Beam, throw, angle, focus, set up etc. ). Wash, special (spot), cyclorama lighting, actors lighting, convenient selection of a headlight for the specific use.

Three point lighting, Four point lighting, combination of directions, angles, positions of lanterns.

Time requirement for a lesson:

The lesson as itself takes approximately 6 hours, other parts (external links, case study, tasks)  depend on a participant´s interest.