They create a bright with unfocused edges. There are five different positions to put light, and which position you choose to use depends on your stage and the type of event. Front Lighting is usually a primary source of light and you want it positioned so facial features are well lit and there are no shadows. Back Lighting is used to get a three dimensional effect and it separates a performer from the background. Side Lighting is used most often for dance performances. It highlights the body and profile.
Highside Lighting highlights the upper body, the head, neck and shoulders. Down Lighting gives you the ability to light up the whole performance. Down lighting is usually broken up into a grid pattern so you can blend the light together. A natural looking light requires more than one light to achieve the effect. Now that you are familiar with the types of lights and where they are placed, which types of performance they work best with is next.
How you light a small stage for a solo performer is not the same as a ballet. Concerts How you light the stage at a concert really depends on the type of show. Classic music or symphonies the musicians tend to stay in one place, so a spotlight may be all you need. For bands and performers that move around on stage, you want more colored lighting with filters. Plays For a play, your audience needs to be able to clearly see facials expressions and the setting of the stage.
Front lights work the best. The light faces the same way as the audience so that they see everything clearly. Dance Dance shows are all about movement and the dancers utilize the whole stage. The lighting should be simple and focus on the performers. It also needs to be able to follow the dancers as they move.
Lighting trees typically work like a speaker stand, having a tripod and extendable pipe with an additional crossbar for the top. The next step in putting together your portable lighting system is to get some lights. For most small events, placing stands with lights at the 2 front corners of the stage is sufficient.
The white-only lights tend to make a more appealing flesh tone and look better on human skin, but lack color control. Only when you get up to the professional-grade do you find lights that do both colored light and white light well.
These kits generally also include a very basic controller, but can also be used with other lighting controllers for more meaningful control. They give you a reasonable quality of light for a really low cost. The nice thing about these kits is that you get the tripod, the lights, a simple controller and a carrying bag — everything you need to turn the lights on, and almost everything you need to have meaningful control!
Getting some meaningful control will allow you to at the least turn the lights on and off when people come on and leave the stage, but can also give you so much more — shaping the mood of the event with color changes and more!
The next step is to setup your console and cabling. Figure out if your console is going to be at front of house the back of the room or venue , or if it will go off stage on one side or the other. Starting at your console, run a DMX cable to your closest light or light kit. What console you use depends on your needs and wants for control.
This continues for as many kits as you have up to a limit of around Get a friend to help you loosen the knobs on the trees and hoist the lights up to the appropriate height. The last thing you want to do is focus, or point your lights. You want to point your lights to cover the stage evenly, starting with the first light at downstage, and moving the next light where the first light starts to fall off.
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