![]() Fixtures also can be used to project images, such as scenery, on the stage. Lighting can establish a time of day-white light for broad daylight and blue lights for night or a low angle of light for late afternoon. Mood can be set by changing color with plastic film or gels. There also is focus: lighting that directs the audience toward a given character or stage element. Illumination, i.e., lighting the stage so the audience easily sees the characters, is pretty basic. While electrical contractors may not be experts in lighting theory, they would be served by having some background information to understand the tasks a lighting system must perform. The collaboration between the designer and contractor creates a performance space that brings the playwright’s intent to fruition. The lighting designer is an important member of a team however, it is the electrical contractor that makes it possible for the designer to distribute light on stage. Now lighting is measured in watts, amps, volts, beam lumens, field lumens and yes, candlepower, and it is still key to telling a story on stage or in film. “All the world's a stage,” Shakespeare once wrote, “and all the men and women merely players.” But if there is no light on the stage, is the actor really there? In Shakespeare’s day, lighting was measured in candlepower.
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