Staging a performance be it in the school story telling show or a musical event require stage lighting fixture to be part of the show. For the success of the performance the lighting is important factor where it give light and create the show perspective to the audience. Infact it is more important if need to convey the mood of the stage show by putting together a good stage lighting system together with the latest lighting technology then it will be an asset to your production.

Some basic type of lighting knowledge must be identified otherwise the audience will lose interest. To focus where the lighting is aiming and placement is crucial. To have the correct placement the fixture have to be rig at the right point is relative to the prop. Adjust the spot first to have either hard or soft light, and once this is correct we can add intensity.

The commonly used spotlight will consist of PC Spot, Fresnel and FOH Spotlight must be part of the planning the stage performance. Nevertheless there are other available for stage lighting with the modern advance technology introducing the Moving luminaires and LED lights and gobo effects. Whether it is a schools play or colorful musical events such type of lighting is in the mind by the lighting designer in setting up the styles show.

Most of the lighting producers will use three points lighting as the guide to positioning the light. With the 3 point lighting is commonly refer to as key light, fill light and back light. With the key light you will use the FOH lighting to highlight the subject and used to contour the face and from here we will use ellipsoidal light. To create the rim of light on the subject the back light shine the subject from behind at the side to serve separation of the subject from the background. This creates a fringe of light around the edges of hair and clothing. Finally the fill light is use to shines on the subject from the side angle and to get the overall balances from a different angle.

Using the number of dimmer channel can help in stage illumination and depending on the budget as you can choose the 6 channel type or 24 channel types. You need to choose a dimmer depend on the ability of the dimmer channels to handle incoming supply. A good lighting control desk able to program to save the show setting and using submaster with memory control.

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