Theatrical Lighting Fixtures, Specialist lighting, where mood and atmoshpere is key.

Theatrical Lighting Fixtures are meant to show off to the highest degree a particular setting, whether it be a Stage Setting, Film Setting, or Television Setting. These settings could be indoor or outdoors.

The functions that for example Film Lighting Fixtures should achieve are many but include the ones that follow:

“Illuminating” a setting such as a stage setting so that the subject matter can be seen with ease without having to strain ones eyes.

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“Mood.” A low level of light for instance could be best used where a night time scene is shot or when the weather might be portrayed as overcast..

“Focusing” the audiences attention to a certain spot or area of the “Set” concerned.

“Revelation of Form” Changes the look (or appearance) of a person or thing so as to give a particular desired effect.

Below are some names of fixtures that may sometimes be associated with Theatrical Lighting Fixtures:

• Task Lighting Fixtures
• Commercial Lighting Fixtures
• Cable Lighting Fixtures
• Monorail Lighting Fixtures
• Industrial Lighting Fixtures
• Outside Lighting Fixtures
• Unique Lighting Fixtures
• Film Lighting Fixtures
• Stage Lighting Fixtures
• Flooldlights

Another name or “term” for a fixture in the same family is the “Top Hat”. The purpose of the Top Hat is to shield glare and direct light from the audience`s eyes. It is shaped like a Top Hat (hence the name) and has a hole in the top for the light to pass through shielding any glint or glare from the eyes of the audience, so as to enhance their viewing experience.

Stanley McCandless was a great innovator where Theatrical Lighting is concerned and showed great interest and a love for anything artistic in nature related to the theatre and stage. McCandless designed house lights for the Centre Theatre in New York`s Radio City and was seen to be a great pioneer in the field of Theatrical Lighting Fixtures.

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Other activities and areas where this category of fixture are used are: Opera, Performance Arts, (such as Dance), Concerts and Cinemas etc.

Like many of our differences in language terminology, Theatre Lighting is no different. The UK know these fixtures for instance as “Luminaies” or “Lanterns” and in the USA they are called “Instruments or “Units.”

Great care, dedication and organization is needed to bring together the correct mood and atmosphere when it comes to this class of fixture so the next time you go to see a show or visit the theatre spare a thought please for the production team and the great job that they do year on year:-)

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