Apr 29, 2024  
2017-18 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2017-18 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

TH 267 Lighting Design


This course provides an introduction to the art of lighting design for the theater: from the reading and analysis of a script, through the design process and a completed production. Students will develop a sense of how lighting contributes to the audience’s understanding of a play, learn about the theories and concepts that inform lighting design, work with the various kinds of lighting instruments and other tools at a lighting designer’s disposal, and explore how the learn the qualities of light can be manipulated to shape audience perception of the human form, sculpt theatrical space and serve the needs of a theatrical  production. Course work will also help students understand the basic scientific concepts of light and electricity, and master the technical demands of executing lighting designs in the theater.