Lighting design

There are as many ways to design lights as there are lighting designers, what is discussed here is the basic's you need to know to light a show.

Three point lighting

This a key principle of a basic lighting rig, the idea is the any part of the stage can be lit by three lights, two from the front "frontlights" and one from the back "backlight".

The use of a three-point lighting in Girl Friday, notice how two slightly different shades of amber are used on either side on Naomi's face to enhance the 3d effect

Special effects

Gobo

The use of a gobo to give a flame effect in Faust

Shadows

The use shadow for dramatic effect in Gagarin way