Concert lighting

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In order to design lighting for a concert production, we need to understand some of the basic math and science behind it.

In addition to general math skills, we need to understand color, optics, electricity, weights, forces and other subjects.

These videos will demonstrate how real world applications of basic math and science help us to design and pre-engineer a concert lighting system.

The two basic type of lighting fixtures are soft edge and hard edge lighting.

In order to produce the desired effect, we have to understand the basic principles of optics.

An example of hard edge fixture would be a spotlight.

A soft edge fixture would be a flashlight, it still produces a beam, but the edges are not defined.

In order to determine the proper lighting equipment, we must first calculate how far our light is from the object that is to be lit.

In order to determine the proper lighting equipment, we must first calculate how far our light is from the object that is to be lit.

Once we have calculated the distance from our light to our object, we can determine which fixture to utilize.

This video gives a brief introduction to lights, the types of beams and their distance capabilities.

Once we have calculated the distance from our light to our object, we can determine which fixture to utilize.

This video demonstrates the basic beam fields created by different fixtures from the same position.

This video introduces us to the basic optics of a soft edge lighting fixture.

This video introduces us to the basics of a hard edge lighting fixture.