| Course Title: Lighting Design I |
| Start Date: 09/04/2024 End Date: 12/17/2024 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2024 |
| Description: An introduction to the art and practice of lighting design for the theater. This course will cover the basics of light, lighting equipment, and how to develop a design for a theatrical production. Students will have the opportunity to use the Black Box Light Lab to create their own lighting designs from selected scenes of plays and musicals and learn the basics of programming a computerized lighting board. Students enrolled in this class will automatically be signed up for the Theatre Arts Department Light Prep Crew for the semester, where students learn to hang and focus lights on the Rooke Stage for the department's mainstage productions. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Samantha Skynner | sskynner@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/04/2024 - 12/17/2024 | Lecture | Monday and Wednesday | 08:30AM - 09:45AM | THEA - Rooke Theatre | 104 | Weekly |
| 09/04/2024 - 12/17/2024 | Lecture | Monday and Wednesday | 08:30AM - 09:45AM | THEA - Rooke Theatre | BBOX | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 14 | Enrollment: 10 | Available: 4 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Introduction to Stage Lighting: The Fundamentals of Theatre Lighting Design Author: Swift, Charles I Copyright: 2004 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 1566080983 Publisher: Meriwether Publishing |
Required | 12.81 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |