21T.221
Lighting Design
Explores the history, concepts, and techniques of sculpting space with light within a contemporary context. Students experiment with a wide range of approaches, tools, and skills to develop their own creative vision. Focuses on discrete forms that include live performance, installation, architecture, and developments in applied technologies. Studio projects alternate between conceptual studies and realized designs reflective of students' own unique interests and talents. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited.
Fall 2003 · Lighting Design for the Theatre
Topics
- “Introduction, Overview, Expectations” Availability
- Decipher Pictures/Create Plot from them
- Little Red Riding Hood - Script Analysis
- Meet in the Theater
- Betrayal Design Meeting
- A Basic Rep Plot for KLT - Working within Limitations/ Plot for Haiku
- “Mike Katz - Drafting/Drawings, Sections, CAD, Vectorworks”
- Guest Actors Present Scenes - Discussion/Cues/Perceptions/Interpretations
- Betrayal design meeting alternate
- Style and Color Connotations - Students Present Research
- Voice of the Prairie Discussion
- With Foundations Class - Discuss Book of Days
- Presentations of Plots and Paperwork - Discussion of Assignment
- Cues and Storyboards and Cue Synopsis Where, When, Why
- Begin Work on Dance Troupe Ensemble Plot
- Continue Work on Plot Dance Troupe Ensemble
- Finalize Plot and Paperwork
- Begin Load in Hang Dance Troupe Ensemble - Attendance as Possible throughout Day
- No Formal Class Meeting - Continue Hang and Focus
- Continue Hang and Focus - Attendance as Possible Throughout Day
- If on Campus, Possible Work/Focus/Cueing
- No Formal Class - Tech Continues
- Dress Rehearsal and Fixes
- No Formal Class Notes and Fixes at Theatre
- Final Class - Post Mortem
Readings
- CHAPTER: 1 · TITLE: Introduction
- CHAPTER: 2 · TITLE: First Steps in Lighting Design
- CHAPTER: 3 · TITLE: Next Steps · BOOK TITLE: The Lighting Art · PAGES: 43-52 · SUBJECT: Other Design Elements
- CHAPTER: 4 · TITLE: Thinking in Section · BOOK TITLE: Lighting and the Design Idea · PAGES: 165 · SUBJECT: Section
- CHAPTER: 5 · TITLE: Theatre Architecture andLD · BOOK TITLE: Illustrated Theatre Production Guide · PAGES: 1-5 · SUBJECT: Intro. to Theatre Types
- CHAPTER: 6 · TITLE: Color and Style · BOOK TITLE: Stage Lighting Handbook · PAGES: 84-93 · SUBJECT: Color
- CHAPTER: 7 · TITLE: Paperwork · BOOK TITLE: Practical Guide to Stage Lighting · PAGES: 53-69 · SUBJECT: Paperwork
- CHAPTER: 8 · TITLE: Focusing
- CHAPTER: 9 · TITLE: Cueing
- CHAPTER: Appendix
Prerequisites & course information
Subject meets with 21T.621 Prereq: None U (Spring) 4-0-8 units. HASS-A
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- MIT OpenCourseWare ↗Fall 2003
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.