Stage Lighting
Overview
- Circuit distribution systems.
- Lighting Paperwork including technical packages for theatres.
- Cabling and patching procedures.
- Head Electrician duties for sessions including lighting hang, focus, cueing, rehearsals and the run of an event.
- Gels, filters, templates and other accessories.
- Concepts of stage lighting design.
Students will receive 1 to 1 1/2 hours of lecture/demonstration followed by 2 1/2 to 3 hours of lab that includes independent & group work and one-on-one instruction.
Students are expected to be self-motivated and to demonstrate professionalism, which includes active participation, good attendance, punctuality, effective collaboration, and the ability to meet deadlines.
Professionalism: 5 indicators X 2% | 10% |
Lab Test | 30% |
Written Exam | 30% |
In-class Quizzes X 3 | 30% |
Total | 100% |
At the end of the course, the successful student should be able to:
- demonstrate safe working procedures and precautions when dealing with theatrical luminaires, dimmers, patch and control systems
- demonstrate all procedures of a Head Electrician during a lighting hang, focus and related sessions
- demonstrate the use of the Power Law to calculate loading of circuits for theatrical lighting
- demonstrate an understanding of connection procedures for circuit cabling
- apply the basics of lighting design theory to a roadhouse situation
Recommended text: a text such as Carter, Paul Douglas. Backstage Handbook. Shelter Island, NY: Broadway Press.
Requisites
Course Guidelines
Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
Course Transfers to Other Institutions
Below are current transfer agreements from Douglas College to other institutions for the current course guidelines only. For a full list of transfer details and archived courses, please see the BC Transfer Guide.
Institution | Transfer details for STGE 1212 |
---|---|
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | KPU ARTS 1XXX (3) |
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU THTR 1XXX (2) |
Trinity Western University (TWU) | TWU THTR 2XX (1) |
University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) | UBCO ELEV_O 1st (2) |
University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) | DOUG STGE 1202 (2) & DOUG STGE 1212 (2) = UBCO THTR_O 150 (3) & UBCO THTR_O 1st (1) |
University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) | DOUG STGE 1212 (2) & DOUG STGE 1260 (2) = UBCO THTR_O 150 (3) & UBCO THTR_O 1st (1) |
University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) | DOUG STGE 1207 (2) & DOUG STGE 1212 (2) = UBCO THTR_O 150 (3) & UBCO THTR_O 1st (1) |
University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) | DOUG STGE 1112 (2) & DOUG STGE 1212 (2) = UBCO THTR_O 150 (3) & UBCO THTR_O 1st (1) |
University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) | UBCV THTR_V 2nd (2) |
University of Northern BC (UNBC) | No credit |
University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) | UFV THEA 1XX (2) |
University of Victoria (UVIC) | UVIC THEA 349 (1.5) |
Vancouver Island University (VIU) | VIU THEA 1st (3) |