Section C - Lighting Q sheet

Question 1

1. “he walks down the corridor of the train”

Answer 1

general wash narrow into a square over the toilet which flickers

extra:
- parcan general wash
- narrow over 2 seconds
- square gobo
- profile spot
- off-green coloured gel
- influenced by TIKTBT, spotlight over Bob at the end

Question 2

2. “shaking he leaves the toilet”

Answer 2

follow spot to the scaffolding, pulsing

extra:

• intelligent lighting
• pulsing with each heart beat SFX

Question 3

3. “counting the prime numbers”

Answer 3

they will appear on the walls and floor, and burst like bubbles until the stage is covered in bursting numbers

extra:

• videomapping
• influence by curious at national theatre

Question 4

4. “Christopher stays where he is, still counting”

Answer 4

light up scaffolding around where Christoper is

extra:
- LIFX beams

Question 5

5. “you scared the living daylights out of me”

Answer 5

in the scaffolding will be light up boxes that light up as each person comes to collect their things so they know its theirs

extra:

• bag will light up green and sound effect chime like to show its the correct bag
• influenced by curious

Question 6

6. “a lady takes her bag and realizes it’s the wrong one”

Answer 6

her back will light up red instead of green with a incorrect SFX

Question 7

7. “he looks around, for the first time he’s alone on stage”

Answer 7

numbers will stop and the lighting will go back to general wash

extra:

• the numbers will gradually become slower and slower until the last one pops
• the parcan general wash will fade up over 5 seconds

Question 8

8. “(to station policeman) not the one who was on the stage before”

Answer 8

the floodlights will go off and the standard stage lights will come on, to show a break in the action

extra:
- metatheatre

Question 9

9. “is replaced by a london transport police man”

Answer 9

all floodlights resume and the ambiance is set the same for comedic effect

Question 10

10. “left right left right left right”

Answer 10

LED lighting on the floor makes a pathway for christopher to follow

extras:
- curious incident influence

Question 11

11. “these voices are also pre recorded”

Answer 11

the advertisments will be video mapped onto the surrounding wall as just the words, in bold colours flashing on and off

extra:

• strobe lighting for overwhelming effect
• multi-coloured gels and different shaped gobos
• influenced by Fup

Question 12

12. “christopher pulls out his swiss army knife”

Answer 12

all the over whelming flashing will stop and the stage will be flooded red

extra:

• red gels
• fade instantly
• influence duchess of malfi

Question 13

13. “he makes his hand into a telescope”

Answer 13

information booth will light up

extra:

• fresnel spot over information
• block with “I” on it