First of all we drew self portraits of ourselves. Then, in groups, we drew a huge picture of a theatre with everything you would expect in a theatre- a stage, front of house, lighting and sound block, dressing rooms, seating, a bar, refreshments, ticket sellers and also where the Deputy Stage Manager would be standing. We were then told to put our self portraits on the area that you were most interested in- I put mine on the dressing rooms as I am interested in costume. This gave us an idea of everything that is in a theatre and the amount of people that are involved and have jobs there.
We then went on the National Theatre website and viewed videos from the 'Discover More' pages. We watched an interview with the lighting designer at the national theatre who talked about moving lights and we also watched a video on flying- we watched a scene where actors were on harnesses and were floating as if they were underwater- moving lights were also used to give the effect of being under water. There was a big screen which enabled the lights to make it look like they were under water.
Research on Lighting, Costume and Directing Jobs in Theatre:
LIGHTING: lighting jobs in theatre may sound very simple but in fact they are VERY complexed! If a lighting engineer makes a mistake EVERYONE in the theatre will notice. You can get qualifications in lighting too- BTEC National Award (NA) in Stage Lighting, Rigging and Operation, BA in Theatre Practice in Lighting Design, BA in Theatre Practice in Production Lighting OR BSc in Lighting Design and Technology.
- ability to work as part of a team
- creative vision
- ability to follow instructions closely
- good at manual work
- good mathematical ability
- comfortable with heights
- good level of personal fitness and endurance
- great communication skills
Full time Lighting engineers can earn up £30,000 a year!!
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