Stage lighting

Lighting technology means any technological measures that are used to influence lighting conditions. In addition to the lighting through the use of lighting and directing of daylight in buildings is one of the signaling by light. The lighting technology is also important in the event technology, in particular the stage equipment, as well as in film production and photography.

Event Technology

In the light technology for events, the devices used are on one side divided into conventional and intelligent lighting equipment. The conventional effects in addition to traditional par cans are called blind, but also lens headlights (eg Fresnel or the German engineer jargon also called Fresnel lens ). The intelligent fixtures include on the one hand, the increasingly widespread Swivel head or moving heads and on the other hand, the decreasing importance in the scanner. Show laser for display of a show as a special form of lighting technology are strictly speaking also to the intelligent lighting devices. More and more and more important, the use of LED lamps, these find use both as a conventional lighting ( eg LED PARs ) or intelligent lighting ( LED video wall, surface LEDs, LED Tubes). A unique assignment falls here but hard. With the advent of LED technology is also increasingly taking place in some parts of a fusion of light and video technology in event technology.

Lighting technology in event technology but is also differentiated according to the intended use. Depending on whether the light artistically in the theater, on so-called rock and roll productions ( including especially large concert and touring productions ), in industry events ( annual general meetings, fairs and exhibitions), film and television recordings or in the disco are produces very different requirement. Along with this are partly traditionally justified (see stage equipment in the theater ) different terminology usual. Some of the limitations of this classification blur but, for example, more and more head swivels are also used in the theater, which was formerly rather unusual.

With most devices, lighting technology either one or more colors generated from the entire spectrum of visible light can be produced. Furthermore, let soft or hard light, producing light traveling, lightning or flash. Very varied the order can be generated effects and moods.

The lighting technology uses light sources (spotlights, Flash Light), aperture and filters, and (rarely ) with mirrors. The control is usually done electronically. Bus protocols used in the event technology, in addition to DMX -512, increasingly, Artnet and related protocols. Be changed various settings and lighting moods with the help of lighting consoles. In domestic and industrial installation area to EIB has established itself as the bus system.

An expert in lighting technology is the lighting designer or sometimes simply the lighting in the image production and the theater. For industry events and concert productions alike lighting designers are used for planning. The installation of the lighting technology then usually make professionals for event technology and event technology.