About   |   Glossary   |   Site map   |   Help   |   Credits   |   Contact  Home   Site map   Site map History -   Theatre in Daylight -   Italian Renaissance Stage Lighting Practice -   Lighting in the Jacobean Theatre -   Lighting in the Restoration Theatre -   17th Century Stage Lighting in France -   Lighting in the Georgian Theatre -   18th Century-Innovations in Stage Lighting 19th Century The Gaslight Era -   The Advent of Gaslighting -   Theatrical Lighting in the Gas Era -   Limelights and Arclights -   Houselights The Dawn of Electric Light -   Incandescent Theatre Lighting -   Effect of Electric Light on the Theatre Light & Vision The Visual Process -   The Eye -   Structure of the Eye Processing Visual data -   Dark adaptation -   Shape Perception -   Spatial Perception -   Color Perception -   Optical Illusion -   Focus and Attention Stage Lighting and visual Perception -   Dark-adaptation1 -   The Controllable Variables of Light -   Stage Lighting and Depth Perception -   Modeling by Light and Shadow -   Angle of Illumination of the Actor -   Brightness in the Theatre -   Focus and Attention in the Theatre -   Atmosphere and Lighting Light & Lighting Sources Light -   Brightness and intensity -   Lux and Footcandles -   Lux versus lumen -   Inverse Square Law -   Artificial Light Sources Incandescent Lamp -   Filaments -   The Bulb -   Lamp Base Tungsten – Halogen Lamp -   The Halogen Cycle -   Maintenance of Tungsten-Halogen lamps -   PAR Lamp (Sealed – Beam) -   Multi Mirror Lamp (MR-Lamp) Discharge Lamps – ARC -   Color of Discharge Lamps -   Dimming of Discharge Lamps -   Operation of Discharge Lamps -   Rated life of Discharge Lamps -   LED – Light Emitting Diode -   Other Light Sources Lamp Codes -   Lamp Designation -   Filament Codes -   Base Types -   Burning Position -   Lamp Housing Theatrical Luminaires Theatrical Luminaries -   Structure of Theatrical Luminaires -   Types of Theatrical Luminaires -   Technical Specifications of Luminaires -   Optics Reflection and Reflectors -   Plane Reflectors -   Spherical Reflectors -   Parabolic Reflectors -   Ellipsoidal Reflectors -   Refraction and Lenses -   Floodlight Fixed Narrow Beam Luminaries -   PARs (Parcans) -   ACL, MR and Low-Voltage -   Focusable Narrow Beam Luminaries Lens Luminaries – P.C. and Fresnel -   The PC -   The Fresnel The Profile–spot - Ellipsoidal -   Optics and Mechanics of Profile-Spots -   Fixed Angle Profile-Spots -   Variable-Lens - Zoom Profile-Spots -   Uses of Profile-Spots in the Theatre Color Color Perception -   Newton's Theory of Color -   Goethe's Theory of Color -   Young - Helmholtz: The Trichromatic Theory -   Hering's Four Color Theory Describing and Measuring Color -   Munsell System -   Color Temperature -   Correlated Color Temperature -   Color Rendering Index -   The CIE System -   Color Mixing Color Filters -   Dichroic Filters Colored Light in the Theatre -   Colored Light and Colored Surface -   Color Contrasts -   Color Symbolism Dimmers & Control The Development of Lighting Control -   Control in the Gas Era -   Control in the Early Days of Electricity -   Dimming at the Beginning of the 20th Century -   Developments in Lighting Control -   Control in the Second Half of the 20th Century The Electronic Dimmer -   SCR Power Unit -   Solid State Relay -   Choke -   Control Circuit and Ignition Circuit -   Dimming Curve Digital Dimmer -   Characteristics of Digital Dimmers -   New Methods of Voltage Switching -   Sine Dimmer -   Mechanical Dimmer Manual Control Board -   Patch Systems Computerized Control Board -   Structure of Computerized Boards -   Operating a Control Board -   Types of Control Board Lighting Systems Communication Protocol -   Analogue Communication Signals USITT Digital Protocols AMX192 and DMX512 -   DMX512 -   Protocol Convertor -   MIDI -   SMPTE Time Code Ethernet -   Ethernet DMX support devices -   Topology -   Media Types -   The evolution of communication -   Multimedia Protocols Projects and Effects -   The Development of Projection Techniques -   Projection in the Theatre -   The Optics of Projections Methods of Projection -   Lensless Projection -   Profile-Spot Projection (Gobos) -   AV Projector -   Scenic Projector -   Moving Effects Projector -   Film Projection -   Video Projection Projection Screens for Theatre -   Front Projection Screens -   Rear Projection Screens -   Laser Projection Effects -   Smoke and Fire -   Snow -   Candles -   Waves and Water -   Lightning -   Light Boxes -   Stars -   Black Light -   Stroboscope -   Fiber Optics Dynamic Lighting -   The Development of Moving Lights Characteristics of Intelligent Luminaires -   Movement -   Light Source -   Color Changing -   Gobo Projections -   Beam Size and Light Distribution -   Control Boards -   Dimming -   Design of Intelligent Luminaires -   Mechanized Color Changers - Scrollers -   Integrated Color Changers -   Mechanized Yokes -   Follow-Spots Modern Follow-Spots -   Light Sources of Follow-Spots -   Operating a Follow-Spot -   Robotics in the Theatre Light Design Lighting the show -   Lighting Design Path Pre-Production -   Reading the Play -   An Example of Initial Reading of the Play -   Meeting with the Director Scenery and Lighting -   Brightness -   Color -   Plasticity -   Space and Three Dimensionality Lighting Style -   Determining the Lighting Style -   Realistic Lighting -   Symbolism in Stage Lighting -   Expressionist Lighting -   Pictorialism in Stage Lighting -   Theatricalism in Stage Lighting -   Technology, Logistics and Budgets Rehearsals -   Lighting Elements -   Cue Synopsis Lighting Design Terminology -   Lighting Elements Terminology -   Cue Synopsis Terminology Plots and Paper Work -   The Lighting Plot -   Related Lists Execution of the Lighting -   Rigging -   Focusing -   Preparing for Lighting Rehearsals -   Plotting -   Technical Rehearsals and Run-Throughs -   The Dress Rehearsal and the First Show -   Lighting Dossier