A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting Third Edition

In the first edition of A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting, Steve Shelley cracked open his production book and showed how to prepare a lighting design and create the paperwork needed to mount a production. In the second edition, he pulled back the curtain and showed the methods and processes that go on before the light plot is finalized and ready to go to into the shop, even dealing with cutting the plot in half. In this third edition, Shelley throws the door wide open and shows step-by-step how to construct every lighting system in the Hokey light plot. Combining his diacritical analysis, kill.

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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments for the Third Edition; Chapter 1 A Review; Introduction; The Theatrical Space; Theatrical Stage Nomenclature; Hanging Position and Focus Nomenclature; Light Nomenclature and Mathematics; Color; Electricity and Distribution; Control; Lighting Instruments; The Staff of a Production; The Production Schedule; The Light Plot and Lighting Section; Summary; Chapter 2 Paperwork Overview; The Document Pre-Approval and Distribution Charts; Summary; Stage 1 Research and Analysis.

Chapter 3 Background Preparations and Preliminary Design PaperworkIntroduction; Background Preparations; Meetings; Hokey Re-Analysis; Summary; Chapter 4 The Parameters; Introduction; Define the Contract; Define the Communication; Define the Production Schedule; Define by the Budget; Define by Type and Size of Production; Define by Origin; Define by Movement; Define by Mode of Transport; Define the Performance Facility; Summary; Stage 2 Construction and Reaction: Preliminary Documents; Chapter 5 Create the Preliminary Drawings; Introduction; The Preliminary Drawings; The Preliminary Section.

The Preliminary Ground…