Lighting design fundamentals

What you'll learn

1. 1

   Imagine you're designing the lights for a stage show 🎭. The most important job is making sure people can SEE the actors, not just making it look pretty.

2. 2

   What's the #1 job of stage lighting?

3. 3

   Drag the spotlight to light up the actor on stage. The actor is at position (3, 2) on this grid stage.

4. 4

   Let's plan a simple lighting setup for a scene. A character is standing centre-stage, another is sitting downstage left.

5. 5

   What does a backlight do?

6. 6

   Use the three-point lighting setup: place a key light (bright), a fill light (dim), and a backlight. Drag each to the right position.

7. 7

   Why do we use a fill light that's dimmer than the key light?