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How to Become a Lighting Designer?
Stage lighting is not only a simple lighting tool, it is also a scientific and technological means to shape stage art. There are many types of modern stage shows, such as concerts, drama, opera, and dancing, acrobatics, etc.. Different plays have different requirements for lighting. An excellent stage lighting designer should design lighting according to the content of the repertoire, scenery, and stage space.
If you want to become a famous stage lighting designer, you need to learn from many basic aspects. First of all, you must be proficient in lighting equipment (common knowledge of equipment) and learn the corresponding optical common knowledge. Many basic principles such as reflection, scattering, superposition, and attenuation must be mastered (optical common sense). A good lighting designer is not only a technician but more importantly, he is also an artist.
1. What does a lighting designer do?
Stage lighting designers refer to practitioners who use various stage lighting systems and related audio equipment to perform art lighting on venues that require dynamic effect. The duties of stage lighting engineers are as follows.
• Responsible for the daily commissioning, maintenance, and maintenance of lighting equipment to ensure the lighting effect of the stage lighting. Before the event opening, the lighting control equipment should be inspected and tested to ensure the lighting effect during the show.
• Responsible for stage lighting layout, lighting control, and lighting effects during the show.
• Communicate with the stage supervisors, event management personnel, and dance choreographers in time, and arrange the lighting effects suitable for the stage according to the performance needs to enhance the appeal of the performance.
• Cooperate with the stage supervisor to record the lighting effects of daily performances, collect them regularly, adjust and maintain them timely, and follow up in time.
• Formulate basic specifications and procedures for lighting operations and systems for the use and maintenance of lighting.
• Regularly report the lighting equipment problems to the direct leaders in the form of weekly reports, so that the problems encountered can be resolved in a timely manner, without delaying the performance; communicate well with the material procurement personnel and department warehouse managers, and timely the lighting equipment that needs to be purchased. Fill in the form and report.
2. How to become a lighting designer?
The lighting designers should pay attention to adjust the distance between lamps and people, cooperate with different environments, and build different stage effects. The stage lighting designer must have such questions in the early, "As a professional lighting engineer, how do I start the stage lighting design?" Today, the Shining LED editor will analyze some considerations of the novice lighting designer in three steps.
Step 1. Do all the work you can.
Stage lighting construction and design experience can allow designers to better understand their own lighting and stage construction rules. The first step in the lighting industry is to stay busy. Many people in this industry are freelancers, so they can control their schedules, I want to say, compress it! When you first start to do this work, do everything you can. Every time you work, there are a lot of valuable experiences that you will definitely need in the future. You just never know what you want to learn, so go to work every day and go all out!
Step 2. Use every job, every company, and every show to grow.
Stage lighting designers not only need to learn the existing stage lighting control equipment, but also need to adapt to the rapid development of new equipment. Only continuous learning can ensure that they are not eliminated by the industry; now many companies on the market will hire some part-time lighting designers. Since it is not a full-time employee, the company will not let you learn a piece of equipment that you are not familiar with. So we need to seize every opportunity to learn!
Step 3: Observe the lighting effects of others' stage and try new things
Even if you don’t listen to the concert or watch other people’s stage lighting performances, you need to watch other people’s lights. It will keep you away from the troubles of innovation and keep your gears lubricated. Just a few years ago, I watched "America's Got Talent" on the Internet. The editor was very shocked about the lighting effects of this program and created some new ways of playing for domestic music programs. Therefore, continuous study and experimentation can create an excellent stage lighting designer.
3. Some useful resources for being a lighting designer.
• http://light-ca.com/blog/
This is a blog that features spotlight interviews of those in the Lighting Design industry.
• http://m.lightdirectory.com/blogs.php
Lighting Directory is an online hub of resources for those who work in the Lighting Industry.
• https://www.iald.org/About/About-the-IALD
Founded in 1969, this Chicago-based global organization is dedicated to fostering excellence in the Lighting Design industry.
• http://www.cld.global/
This is the organization that administers the Certified Lighting Designer examination. They have information about the exam on their website.
• http://www.aact.org/lighting-designer
This is a great organization for those looking to build a career in Theatrical Lighting Design.
• http://www.americanlightingassoc.com/
The American Lighting Association is a trade organization designed for Lighting Designers.
Shining LED Lighting Limited is a high-tech enterprise, specialized in the design, development, manufacturing, sale, and service of the professional stage lighting equipment. All staff of our company are expecting to go with you hand in hand, and cooperate win-win. I hope we go together for a “professional, safe, reliable” long time cooperation.
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