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Stage Lighting Revealed: A Design and Execution Handbook | 
 enlarge | Author: Glen Cunningham
Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc
Category: Book
List Price: $23.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 487127
Media: Paperback
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.4
ISBN: 1577662628
Dewey Decimal Number: 790
EAN: 9781577662624
ASIN: 1577662628
Publication Date: July 2002
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Product Description
Lighting is a blend of the aesthetic and the technical that can create an infinite number of dramatic effects. Good lighting design completes the emotional and literal portrayals of any performance piece, accenting words, music, and movement. Stage Lighting Revealed explains what designers need to know when creating or executing an effective lighting design, including: understanding the basic functions of lighting and the qualities of light used to carry out these functions; understanding the equipment that will be used, including its mechanics and functions; deciding what they want to create, or say, with lighting; laying out the visual messages they wish to convey; creating original interpretations with light; determining how the design can be executed. Cunningham s reader-friendly introduction to stage lighting and design is ideal for getting prospective lighting designers started on their own journey. Readers are encouraged to experiment and tap their creativity by selecting from the processes and techniques detailed throughout the book. Many diagrams, charts, and photographs complement and enhance the concepts presented in the text. Among the topics discussed are: using color to play to the audience s emotions; what to consider when you place instruments in the five basic lighting positions; breaking a performance into lighting moments, laying the lighting design, and bringing that design to life; using and maintaining the many types of stage lighting fixtures; commonsense troubleshooting; stretching your lighting budget; pulling off a successful load-in, production, and postproduction.
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This is a 14-year-old book February 16, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
While this is an excellent primer for the beginner, DON'T LET AMAZON'S PUBLISHED DATE FOOL YOU. This book was WRITTEN IN 1993 and does not cover computerized lighting nor does it cover the new and widely used fixtures on the market today. Amazon should have alerted the reader that the book was re-issued but NOT updated when it changed publishers. The July 2002 date is the DATE THE BOOK CHANGED PUBLISHERS ONLY. It has not been updated since 1993. It is identical to my 1993 copy, and only the cover has been changed. Sad.....
Without extensive chapters on computerized consoles and dimming systems, moving lights, and new fixtures (those new in the last 14 years), the beginner can only go so far. Disappointing in an otherwise excellent text.
 Archaic Lighting Concepts - Alternate Title August 2, 2005
4 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book has lines like "computers are often used now to program and run lighting schemes". Gee, really Wally? This book seems to have been published 20 years ago and never bothered to be updated. What a scam...
 The only lighting foundations book you need! October 25, 2003
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Stage Lighting Revealed: A Design and Execuation Handbook is absolutely perfect for both the novice or the experienced lighting technician/designer. Because the book covers all three aspects of stage lighting, it is absolutely perfect as a book of foundations for theatrical lighting. All sections are explained clearly and in great detail, assisted by the use of comprehensive photographs, diagrams and illustrations. As well, it is not outdated like many other lighting books on the market. For anyone interested in theatrical lighting, YOU NEED THIS BOOK!
WOW! Amazing Introduction July 4, 2003
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Recommended to both beginner and intermediate users in stage lighting, this book is what got me started! After reading tons of other books and finding myself nowhere, this book revealed everything. A++
Almost Perfect July 20, 2000
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
I'm still searching for the perfect lighting design book, but Stage Lighting Revealed is as close as I have seen. It's small and lightweight, (and inexpensive) and packed with practical information. It covers everything from the fundamentals of electricity to state-of-the-art equipment. It would be nice if it had a bit more information on specific lighting techniques, but with the amount of clear, practical information in this book, I can't complain. A perfect book for beginners and intermediate designers alike.
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