Lighting Creates Different Spaces

Question 1

Why is lighting a crucial part of any performance?

Answer 1

Lighting is a crucial part of any performance because lighting designers, lighting crews, and directors carefully choose the lighting effects required for each scene.

Question 2

What do lighting effects help to establish?

Answer 2

Lighting effects help to establish the setting of the play

Question 3

What is a gobo?

Answer 3

A gobo is a thin sheet of metal (usually aluminum) with a design cut out of it.

Question 4

How does a gobo create effects?

Answer 4

When light shines through it, it creates a cast shadow in the shape of that design.

Question 5

What kinds of effects can gobos create?

Answer 5

Gobos can create effects such as the shadow of trees, a church window, or even the outline of a city skyline.