Stage Lighting This general lighting used on a stage It provides a diffuse shadowless wash of colour over the entire stage General Illumination 1580 Candles were used to light theatres in Italy and then around Europe They were put on chandeliers over the stage the house the front of t ID: 503119
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Performance Studies
Stage LightingSlide2
This general lighting used on a stage. It provides a diffuse, shadow-less wash of colour over the entire stage.
General IlluminationSlide3
1580 – Candles were used to light theatres in Italy and then around Europe. They were put on chandeliers over the stage, the house, the front of the
stage (
foot light)
and in between side wings.
1780 – A Swiss Chemist, Aime Argand develops a lamp which burns oil to keep it alight. The oil lamp soon replaces candles.1816 – The world’s first gas stage-lighting system is installed at Chestnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia (USA).1879 – Thomas Edison creates the first electrical lamp. Most modern theatres have now switched to this much safer option.
The development of light on stageSlide4
A sharp and highly controlled shaft of light. These shafts are used to highlight a small area of the stage, a principle actor, or create the illusion of sun/moon light.
Specific IlluminationSlide5
Lime Light (1816)
Calcium Arc Lamp (1807)
Spotlight (1904)Specific Illumination