Course: Light Design 2

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Course title Light Design 2
Course code KAPT/MD7LD
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
Course content
1. Studio UTB Fénix and its rules of use. 2. Getting to know the technologies of the UTB Fénix studio. 3. Excursion to the Light of Valmez. 4. Excursion to SIGNAL festival Prague. 5. Light sources, their functions and parameters. 6. Audiovisual technology, projection, LED wall. 7. Excursion with a lighting engineer to the scenes of KC Zlín. 8. Functional lighting vs. scenic lighting. 9. Stage lighting, set design and decoration. 10. Character lighting and dynamic lighting. 11. Production lighting design in the studio. 12. Design of set lighting on the scene. 13. Documentation and lighting scenario.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecturing, Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming), Demonstration, Activities related to graphics and visual arts, Practice exercises, Individual work of students, Educational trip
  • Participation in classes - 24 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
- optical imagination, visual perception
- optical imagination, visual perception
- knowledge of the basic needs and requirements of lighting in the studio and on stage
- knowledge of the basic needs and requirements of lighting in the studio and on stage
- awareness of basic compositional principles
- awareness of basic compositional principles
- theoretical assumptions - light, shadow and color
- basic knowledge of ergonomics and typology
- theoretical assumptions - light, shadow and color
- basic knowledge of ergonomics and typology
Skills
- creation of drawing documentation, layout and operating diagrams
- creation of drawing documentation, layout and operating diagrams
- basic art techniques of graphic processing
- basic art techniques of graphic processing
- control of scale, perspective
- control of scale, perspective
learning outcomes
Knowledge
- an overview of the requirements for processing the design of the lighting plan
- an overview of the requirements for processing the design of the lighting plan
- knowledge of common light sources and systems
- knowledge of common light sources and systems
- an overview of the principles of stage and studio lighting design and implementation
- an overview of the principles of stage and studio lighting design and implementation
- knowledge of practical examples (scenography)
- knowledge of practical examples (scenography)
- orientation in the basic typology of scenography in the studio
- orientation in the basic typology of scenography in the studio
Skills
- decoration design, set design in the studio and on the stage, including partial requirements of the lighting atmosphere
- decoration design, set design in the studio and on the stage, including partial requirements of the lighting atmosphere
- preparation of partial documents, documentation and decoration visualizations, set design of the scene
- preparation of partial documents, documentation and decoration visualizations, set design of the scene
- the skill of organizing and dividing the space of the scene according to the needs of the user
- the skill of organizing and dividing the space of the scene according to the needs of the user
- the ability to produce a model or mock-up to design a scene or decoration
- the ability to produce a model or mock-up to design a scene or decoration
- the ability to control basic light sources on stage and in the studio
- the ability to control basic light sources on stage and in the studio
teaching methods
Knowledge
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Demonstration
Educational trip
Educational trip
Demonstration
Activities related to graphics and visual arts
Activities related to graphics and visual arts
Skills
Practice exercises
Practice exercises
assessment methods
Knowledge
Analysis of creative works (Music, visual arts, literature)
Analysis of creative works (Music, visual arts, literature)
Grade (Using a grade system)
Grade (Using a grade system)
Workplace supervision
Workplace supervision
Recommended literature
  • ALBERTOVÁ, Helena. Josef Svoboda - scénograf. Praha: Institut umění - Divadelní ústav, 2012. ISBN 9788070082904.
  • HABEL, Jiří. Světlo a osvětlování.. FCC Public, 2013. ISBN 9788086531213.
  • KLANG, Michael. Televizní konfese.. Ve Zlíně: Univerzita Tomáše Bati, 2018. ISBN 978-80-7454-808-6.
  • LOU, Michel. Light: The Shape of Space: Designing with Space and Light.. New York: Wiley, 1996. ISBN 0471286184.
  • MORAN, Nick. Světelný design: pro divadlo, koncerty, výstavy a živé akce.. [Praha]: Institut umění - Divadelní ústav ve spolupráci s Institutem světelného designu, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7008-246-1.


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