This part of the website provides background knowledge required to understand lighting design in theatres. It gives insights into different aspects of lighting design and how they are related.
In general, theatre can be understood as the communication of ideas between the performers and the audience. A play is mostly about telling a story, but the challenge is to tell the story in a convincing and exiting way so that the audience actually believes it. Designing the environment, in which the action of the play takes place, is an art which involves different disciplines as it is concerned with the total audio-visual effects of the production. To tell the story in a convincing way, four main elements of theatre design can be used to create the environment:
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In general, theatre can be understood as the communication of ideas between the performers and the audience. A play is mostly about telling a story, but the challenge is to tell the story in a convincing and exiting way so that the audience actually believes it. Designing the environment, in which the action of the play takes place, is an art which involves different disciplines as it is concerned with the total audio-visual effects of the production. To tell the story in a convincing way, four main elements of theatre design can be used to create the environment:
- Scenery
- Costumes
- Sound
- Stage lighting.
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