November 22, 2024
(13-19 yrs) Pro-D Workshop: Lighting Design
Granville Island, 1400 Johnston St • 1400 Johnston St Vancouver, BC, Canada V6H 3S1 Organized by Arts Umbrella AssociationAbout this event
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Description
The Lighting Designer works with all members of the production team, particularly the Director, other Designers and Lighting Technicians. They conceptualize and design the look and feel of the lighting and play a crucial role in supporting the storytelling visually. School subjects that intersect with the role of the lighting designer include Drama and Theatre Studies, Art and Design, Electronics, Physics, Photography, Media Studies and Music. Lighting Design for the stage is a discipline that straddles technical know-how and creativity, and may be the ideal field for the student who loves the theatre but isn’t sure they want to be a performer. Imagination lies at the heart of lighting, and the lighting designer stands to contribute greatly to both the visual and the emotional impact of the production. Attributes that lend themselves to success as a lighting designer include technical knowledge and practical programming skills, the ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines, excellent communication skills, creativity, theatre knowledge and musicality.This workshop will cover stage lighting basics including optics and photometrics, types of lighting instruments & systems and simple color theory. The instructor will also present a method of practice that students can apply immediately to their own work, whether lighting shows at school or in the community. Learners will practice focusing lights, directing the focus, and translating verbal prompts into practical lighting application, all while learning some of the basics of programming on an ETC Eos family lighting console.
Instructor Biography
Arts Umbrella Stagecraft and Theatre Operations manager Alan Brodie holds a BFA in Theatre Production and Design from UBC and an MFA in Directing from UVic. In his 30+ year career as a lighting designer for Theatre, Opera, Musicals and Dance (multiple Jessie and other awards), Alan worked for major producing companies across Canada and abroad including the Shaw and Stratford Festivals, Netherlands Dance Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Ballet BC, Vancouver Opera, Vancouver Playhouse, Arts Club Theatre and the Canadian Opera Company. His work with Morris Panych and Ken Macdonald was particularly noteworthy (The Overcoat), and his lighting for two Crystal Pite ballets (Emergence and Plot Point) continues to grace the stages of ballet companies the world over. He has taught stage lighting design at UBC, the Banff Centre, the National Theatre School of Canada and most recently at Studio 58 (Langara College).
Discipline Code:
TMF
Location
Studio 311 - Classroom at Granville Island, 1400 Johnston St
Studio 311 - Scene Shop at Granville Island, 1400 Johnston St
Instructor
Guest Artist
Age and Gender
Ages 13-19 · Co-Ed