Monday, 27 January 2014

My Experience As A Lighting Designer 1


For my research documentation I decided that some of my own knowledge and experience within Lighting Design would be appropriate to talk about although my lighting designs are very basic (Paint) and based theatrically I still believe that my designing ability is good I've attached 1 of my lighting plans for an Evening of Dance that I produced the lighting plan was pretty straightforward to design it was a matter of covering the stage and making it well lit. Also in terms of lighting design I tried to incorporate "Dance" lighting because types of productions have core lighting styles, to elaborate the lighting for a Dance show is more so lit from the side or the flats this gives more definition and depth to the dance it will depend on the type of dance but this is a key Dance lighting technique. 

For my lighting planning process this is the stages I took to plan them:

Stage 1 - Assessing the current rig and available lanterns.
Stage 2 - Mapping out the current rig and lantern setup.
Stage 3 - Mapping in the available sockets on the Gantries.
Stage 4 - building up the rig starting with fixed colour lanterns.
Stage 5 - Adding in the wash lights for the stage.
Stage 6 - Finishing lights.
Stage 7 - Profile lights and specific spots.
Stage 8 - Mapping the lanterns to the associate socket numbers.























- Tony <(")

Monday, 13 January 2014

Specialism Skills

For my specialism as a "Lighting Designer" I currently have the following skills base for this role that are technical or related specifically to the role.

- General Lighting Understanding
- Gel, filter and Gobo knowledge
- Theatrical, Studio and Effects Lighting knowledge
- Basic planning diagrams
- 2-5 point lighting
- Bulb and LED lighting understanding
- Rigging
- Scaffold + Ladder knowledge
- Digital cue programming
- DMX 512 knowledge

My life skills that I have that are relevant to this role are:

- Organisation
- Time management
- Planning
- Team leader
- Working Individually or as part as a team
- Imaginative/creative
- Good communication

These are all my current skills that relate to my specialism choice of "Lighting Designer" however my skills base will need improvements as I begin my journey into freelance media. So some of the skills I have identified that need improving for the role specifically are:

- Lighting understanding
- Colour Frequencies  (Hz)
- Rigging + Ladders (Safety and Usage)
- Studio Lighting and Sound stage lighting
- Planning Diagrams

My life skills that I want to improve for this role are:

- Organisation
- Planning
- Working individually
- Verbal communication
- Social interaction

- Tony <(")



Thursday, 9 January 2014

The link below is a link to my freelance CV show-reel, it is a short 1 minute video I created to show off my editing and media skills in practical and technical formats.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofgye-9lL0s

- Tony <(")
Below is a poster image that myself and Ben created on a Freelance Camera Operator:

















- Tony <(")

Welcome to Tony's Blog

This blog will be starting with a brand new unit of "Working in Freelance"
featuring all different parts and aspects of working the media industry as a freelancer!

Enjoy!

- Tony <(")