GCSE Drama Lighting Design Info Lesson

A presentation lesson on Lighting Design for GCSE drama. The basic info your students need to know about lighting to access all aspects of the course. Also a good foundation for A level students. The presentation includes visuals and practical exercises to feed-back on the students understanding of the material along the way, and keep them engaged in the lesson. Can be squeezed into a single period or stretched into a double lesson.

Areas of focus:

1. Focus and Direction of Lighting (sidelighting, backlighting, frontlighting, uplighting & toplighting explained with example photos, including 3-point lighting explained with diagram)
2. Types of Lantern (Fresnels, Parcans, Profile Spotlights, Floodlights, Birdies, LED’s, Moving Lights) & Special effects (Gobos, Gels, Smoke/Haze machines)
3. Intentions/Styles of Lighting Design (Naturalism vs Expressionism)

In addition, lighting terminology such as cue/state/wash/fade/crossfade etc is explained.