DVD 1 : CONCEPT - PLANNING - EQUIPMENT
- The purpose of lighting
- Identifying the style and limitations
- Creative Resources
- Experimenting with scale models
- The lighting designer's role in the production team
- Assessing the set
- Creating the section, acting area and blob plans
- Colour - misconceptions and the effect on skin and pigment using dimming
- Types of lights in use
- A clear demonstration of spots, floods and fresnels
- Gobos and diffusion
- Rehearsals
- A visit to the Theatre
- Drawing up the final plan
DVD 2 : RIGGING - FOCUSSING - PLOTTING - USEFUL TECHNIQUES
- Assessing the space
- Meeting the chief electrician
- Rigging and Focussing lanterns
- Flashing through and creating the 'cheat sheet'
- Types of plotting sessions
- Manual and memory systems
- Dimmer levels and their intensity
- Demo plotting session
- Plotting - Useful techniques
- Use of the follow spot
- The use of practicals on stage
- Lighting projections
- Split colour, gauze, smoke, effects wheels
