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Now many theaters are facing expansion and transformation. Having received many indents about configurating theater, so today let’s learn about how todesign and use theater lighting.

Theater lighting system is necessary to meet the lighting needs of both the performance of theatrical performances, but also to meet the parameter that national standards refer to, such as the average illumination, average color temperature, color rendering index and others light uses cold light source.

As a new or transformed theater, it needs to highlight the construction of the advance awareness, give full consideration to the number of stage lighting circuit in the lighting circuit design ,in order to meet the performing arts on the stage lighting flexible requirements, equipment configuration as far as possible is considered to meet both of large and medium-sized performances are given priority to, in addition to balacing the needs of other forms of performance. In ensuring the practical premise, pursue the economy, advance,, security and scalability.  

Let's focus on the theater's basic lighting configuration.

Theater-based light configuration is divided into face light, ear light, side light, top light, back light, sky background light,discharge light and some other parts. We divided into two, first to talk about the face light,ear light and side light collocation.

Face light as the main positive light in the show area, mainly used to illuminate front performance area, frontally light the performers on the stage.It generally uses the LED fresnel spotlights and LED profile spotlight to use character modelling or make the objects on the stage the stereoscopic effect.. Generly,there are the first line facelight polished rod and the second facelight polished rodin the large-scale theaters.And it need lighting engineers to see how to match in specific circumstance

Ear light is the light illuminate stage from the both sides of audience, used to enhance the three-dimensional characters and scenery, forming the front side of the lighting effect. Ear light the generally use LED profile spotlights. Ear light is the the auxiliary light of face light , use in character modeling.

The role of side light is causing by the sense of light direction from the stage side, creates levels and three-dimensional sense for actors in Starring area. But also can be used as an auxiliary lighting to illuminate the actor's face, and can enhance the level of scenery, render the characters and space environment. If it is a large stage, to use 200W LED threaded spotlight is the most appropriate. VanGaa Lighting Factory has the Pilot Burner series lights which are suitable for this design.

We will talk about top light, back light, sky background light,discharge light and some other parts in the coming days.

From: VanGaa Lighting Factory

Keywords: theater lighting, theater lighting design, vangaa lighting

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