31-1620 Lighting Design I

This course will introduce students to the artistic side of creating a live entertainment lighting design, focusing on its application in the theatre. Students will explore the use of light as tool to create space, emphasis, and rhythm in performance. This class will emphasize the artistic process of theatrical lighting design. The emphasis will be on honing our ability to see and experience light and then use it to create a theatrical design, including conceiving the design idea and communicating it to others. They will explore theatrical texts and how to connect the text to the design idea. The focus will be on exploring how light creates and enhances a physical environment.

3 Credits
PREREQUISITES: 31-1251 Theatre Foundation I: Theatre Making or 31-1600 Intro to Stage Design for Non- Theatre Majors