Lighting technician

Occupation

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Statue of a lighting technician on the Avenue of Stars, Hong Kong. Lighting technician (ljustekniker) at the Peace & Love festival in Borlänge, Sweden.

An electrical lighting technician, or simply lighting technician, is involved with rigging stage and location sets and controlling artificial, electric lights for art and entertainment venues (theatre or live music venues) or in video, television, or film production.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

In a theater production, lighting technicians work under the lighting designer and master electrician. In video, television, and film productions, lighting technicians work under the direction of the gaffer or chief lighting technician who takes their direction from the cinematographer. In live music, lighting technicians work under the lighting director. All heads of department report to the production manager.

Lighting technicians are responsible for the movement and set up of various pieces of lighting equipment for separation of light and shadow or contrast, depth of field or visual effects. Lighting Technicians may also lay electrical cables, wire fixtures, install color effects or image patterns, focus the lights, and assist in creating effects or programming sequences.

## See also

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* Light board operator
* Television crew

## References

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1. ^ Stage Lighting Design: The Art, the Craft, the Life, by Richard Pilbrow on books.google.com
2. ^ Stage Lighting Design: A Practical Guide, Neil Fraser, on books.google.com
3. ^ A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting, By Steven Louis Shelley, on books.google.com
4. ^ The Lighting Art: The Aesthetics of Stage Lighting Design, by Richard H. Palmer, on books.google.com
5. ^ Stage lighting design in Britain: the emergence of the lighting designer, 1881–1950, by Nigel H. Morgan, on books.google.com
6. ^ Scene Design and Stage Lighting By R. Wolf, Dick Block, on books.google.com

## External links

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* Ald.org.uk, A comprehensive list of UK Lighting Designers
* Danceusa.org, How to Work with a Lighting Designer
* Stagelightingprimer.com,Stage Lighting for Students
* Northern.edu, A brief history of stage lighting
* The Lighting Archive Thelightingarchive.org, online complete lighting paperwork for West Side Story, Porgy and Bess, Sweeney Todd, Martha Graham, Alvin Ailey, by lighting designers Nicola Cernovich, Jean Rosenthal, Ken Billington, and Gilbert Helmsley
* New York Public Library – Theatrical Lighting Database online complete lighting paperwork for Hair (musical) by Jules Fisher, A Chorus Line by Tharon Musser, Sunday in the Park with George by Richard Nelson, and Fall River Legend by Thomas Skelton.

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Film crew (filmmaking)

Above the line

* Actor
* Leading actor
* Supporting actor
* Ensemble cast
* Character actor
* Child actor
* Cameo actor
* Bit actor
* Under-five
* Voice actor

Film director
* Screenwriter
* Film producer
* Executive producer
* Line producer
* Casting director

Below the line

| Pre-production/
Production|

* Unit production manager
* Production coordinator
* Production accountant
* Assistant director
* Production assistant
* Script supervisor
* Script coordinator
* Location manager
* Location scout
* Storyboard artist

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Photography|

* Cinematographer / director of photography
* Camera operator
* Focus puller
* Clapper loader
* Steadicam
* Digital imaging technician
* Second unit
* Gaffer
* Best boy electric
* Lighting technician
* Key grip
* Best boy grip
* Dolly grip
* Grip

Production
design|

| Sets|

* Production designer
* Art director
* Set decorator
* Set dresser
* Swing gang
* Matte painter
* Scenic design
* Greensman

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Props|

* Property master
* Weapons master

Wardrobe|

* Costume designer
* Wardrobe supervisor

Special
effects|

* Special effects supervisor
* Visual effects supervisor

Other|

* Hairdresser
* Make-up artist

Sound|

* Director of audiography / sound director
* Production sound mixer
* Boom operator
* Utility sound technician

Animation|

* Animator
* Visual effects
* Modeling
* Rigging
* Layout artist

Talent|

| Acting|

* Acting coach
* Body double
* Dialect coach
* Movement director
* Choreographer
* Extra
* Talent agent
* Stand-in
* Acting instructor
* Intimacy coordinator

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Stunts|

* Stunt coordinator
* Stunt double
* Stunt performer
* Stage combat

Other|

* Animal wrangler

Post-production|

| Picture|

* Film editor
* Colorist

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Sound|

* Sound editor
* Dialogue editor
* Re-recording mixer
* Foley artist
* Voice foley
* Dubbing
* ADR
* Subtitles

Score|

* Composer
* Music supervisor
* Music editor
* Orchestrator

Visual
effects|

* VFX creative director
* Visual effects editor
* Compositor
* Computer-generated imagery
* Rendering

Other|

* Technical director

Other|

* Unit still photographer
* Craft services

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Stagecraft and scenography

Scene shop

Theatrical
scenery|

| Fields|

* Set construction
* Scenic painting
* Scenic design
* Rigging
* Technical direction

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Hardware|

* Batten
* Curtains
* Flats
* Fly system
* Scenery wagons
* Weights

Stage lighting|

| Fields|

* Lighting design
* Lighting technician
* Master electrician

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Hardware|

* C-clamp
* Color gel
* Color scroller
* Cyclorama
* Gobo
* Lighting control console
* Socapex connector
* Snoot
* Stage pin connector
* Theatrical smoke and fog

Instruments|

* Beam projector
* Ellipsoidal reflector spotlight
* Fresnel lantern
* Intelligent lighting
* Parabolic aluminized reflector
* Scoop
* Striplight
* Spotlight
* Accessories

Stage
management|

* Blocking
* Cue
* Prompt corner
* Prompt book

Other fields|

* Costume design
* Running crew
* Sound design
* Prop
* Theatrical makeup
* Video design

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