User:Njitstu45/Spotlight operator
Responsibilities
[edit]Importance of Spotlight Operator
[edit]Followspot Controls
[edit]Choppers - Choppers are used to cut or shutter the top and bottom part of the beam. Used for giving the spotlight a different shape
Douser - Dousers are used to control the intensity of the spotlight
Iris - The iris is used to control the beam size of the spotlight
Trombone - The trombone is used to control focal length
Color frames - Color frames are used to control the color of the light. They are also known as a boomerang or a color magazine. Color magazines contain the color gels, which are counted from the rear of the follow spot forward
Cueing
[edit]Positioning
[edit]Sources:
- Relativity and The Moving Spotlight (https://www.jstor.org/stable/20620219)
- The Spotlight Effect and the Illusion of Transparency: Egocentric Assessments of How We Are Seen by Others (https://www.jstor.org/stable/20182597?searchText=ti%3A(%22spotlight%22)&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dti%253A%2528%2522spotlight%2522%2529%26so%3Drel&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_phrase_search%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A3570cf9602f5e468af240c7e948ec204)
- Beginner’s guide to follow spotlights: 4 key knowledge points. (https://www.beyondstagelight.com/news/beginners-guide-to-follow-spotlights-4-key-knowledge-points/)
- Lighting console operator (https://www.screenskills.com/job-profiles/browse/unscripted-tv/technical/lighting-console-operator/)
- Lighting Designer / Operator (https://powerhousetheatre.net/job-descriptions/lighting-designer-operator/)
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