Halogen Light Bulbs

1. What are some benefits of using halogen light bulbs in lighting fixtures for filming? – The benefits of using the halogen lights could be that they can last longer and are much brighter than regular light bulbs.
2. Describe in detail how to create the effect of light coming through a window onstage in a theatrical production. – A metal cutout will create an effect of a light shining through a window, so that it doesn’t look like a straight up spotlight on stage.
3. What is hard light? How does it differ from soft light? How can the intensity of hard light be altered? – Hard light is when a light is not being altered by anything at all, it’s just shining straight through, soft light is when you use a fabric or something to alter it.
4. What is three-point lighting? Describe three components to this lighting setup. – 3-point lighting is shining 3 different lights on an actor at the same time. It consists of a key light, a black light and a fill light.
5. What skills and characteristics do you think would be necessary for a lighting board operator to be successful? – Lighting board operators need to have the knowledge of how to actually operate the light board, they would also have to know about how much light is too much or too little.

1. Imagine that you are in charge of lighting for
Think about a scene from a film, television show or theatrical performance that you’ve seen. Describe the scene, including what is happening in the plot during this particular scene. How is the scene lighted? What effect does the lighting design have on the scene? Would you do anything differently in terms of lighting if you were designing the scene? – A scene from the show “Breaking Bad” in the scene, the main characters are in an Indian reservation in a shootout with a couple gangsters, the scene uses darker but at the same time lighter colors to represent that there will be danger coming soon. I would not change a thing about it because the scene is so perfect the way it