A Method of Lighting the Stage

152 Pages·8.715 MB·English

by  Stanley McCandless

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A METHOD
OF
LIGHTING THE STAGE

A Method of
Lighting the Stage
New, Revised Edition
Stanley McCandless
THEATRE ARTS, INC.
NEW YORK
Copyright, 1932, by Stanley R. McCandless
Second Edition, Revised and newly illustrated
Copyright, 1939, by Stanley McCandless
Third Edition, newly revised and illustrated
Copyright, 1947, by Stanley McCandless
The author wishes to acknowledge the invaluable
assistance rendered by Mrs. Edith J. R. Isaacs
in the preparation of this manuscript.
LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY
OF ALBERTA
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BY REEHL LITHO COMPANY
Contents
PAGE
INTRODUCTION 9
PROCEDURE 16
LEGEND 27
LIGHTING THE ACTING AREA 33
INTENSITY 33
COLOR 49
DISTRIBUTION 52
CONTROL 60
BLENDING AND TONING 66
BORDERLIGHTS 68
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FOOTLIGHTS 78
£ LIGHTING BACKGROUND SURFACES 86
CYC LORA MAS 87
GROUND ROWS 98
tS BACKINGS 100
CREATING SPECIAL EFFECTS 103
EMPHASIS AND ACTING AREA SPECIALS 105
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MOTIVATING LIGHT 111
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“EFFECTS” 128
Qo other uses of light 140
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Illustrations
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Figure i: PLAN OF THE STAGE 23
Figure 2: AN ISOMETRIC DRAWING OF THE
STAGE 24-25
Figure 3: LONGITUDINAL SECTION 26
Figure 4: ACTING AREAS 32
Figure 5: TYPES OF SPOTLIGHTS 36
Figure 6: SPOTLIGHT SECTION 38
Figure 7: FRESNEL OR STEP-LENS SPOTLIGHT 40
Figure 8: ELLIPSOIDAL REFLECTOR SPOTLIGHT 41
Figure 9: SPOTLIGHT LENS CHARACTERISTICS 42
Figure 10: REFLECTOR SECTIONS 46
Figure 11: CUTOFFS 48
Figure 12: A CUBE UNDER DIFFERENT DIREC¬
TIONS AND DISTRIBUTION OF LIGHT 54
Figure 13: TYPES OF MOUNTING 62
Figure 14: BORDERLIGHTS 67
Figure i5: TEASER MOUNTINGS: A. 75
Figure 16: TEASER MOUNTINGS: B. 76
Figure i7: TEASER MOUNTINGS: C. 77
Figure 18: FOOTLIGHTS 79
Figure i9: TORMENTOR MOUNTING METHODS 83
Figure 20: FLOODLIGHTS 90
Figure 21: FLOODLIGHT SECTION 95
Figure 22: BACKING STRIP 99
Figure 23: PROJECTOR—SHALLOW REFLECTOR 114
Figure 24: PROJECTOR—DEEP REFLECTOR 115
Figure. 25: LINNEBACH LANTERN 130
Figure 26: THE EFFECT MACHINE 133
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