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What stage lighting actually does
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What stage lighting actually does
Starting moment
Set layout
Editing
Lighting only
Lighting + staging
Full design
Move actors & set
What the script actually specifies
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Choose a performer or movable furniture item, then drag anywhere on the stage to move it. In Full Design, hidden set pieces stay listed here so you can restore them. Double-clicking a movable item from the normal stage view opens this editor and selects it.
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Live controls
Light 1
Lighting desk
Light 1
Light 2
Light 3
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Lights 1–3 are independent. Leave several on to build a complete lighting state, then select a light to edit it.
Lantern
Profile
Fresnel
Par Can
Birdie
Moving Head
Followspot
LED Batten
Practical Lamp
Flood Light
PC Lantern
Position
Front / FOH
Front left
Front right
Midstage bar
Upstage bar
Stage left side
Stage right side
Focus
Actor A
Actor B
Centre stage
Chair
Platform
Backdrop
Colour
#FFFFFF
Intensity 60%
Beam width 32°
Gobo
None
Window
Foliage
Dots
Bars
Compare two states
A / B
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Show A
Save B
Show B
Crossfade A → B
Teacher workflow
Before you put this on the projector
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This set-text lesson works best when you have tried the student scene first. A quick run-through makes the live classroom lesson much easier to steer.
Try Student Explore first. Run through the street, field and wood examples, then test group pressure and the stage-configuration comparison before presenting them to the class. Try Practise next. Attempt a few student challenges so you know what pupils will be asked to change and explain. Use the purple teaching notes. In Teach mode, the Teacher prompt suggests questions, comparisons and misconceptions for each topic. You can still change anything live. Switch to Presenter view with the class. Presenter view gives the stage almost the whole screen. The Lighting Desk starts closed; open Controls only when you need to adjust a state, then hide it again. Use A/B states when you want the class to compare two choices.
The default camera now opens front-on from the audience. Side, overhead and fixture views are there when a particular teaching point needs them.
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Interactive DNA teaching reconstruction with street, field, wood and abstract starter layouts, movable performers and set pieces, editable lighting, and end-on, thrust, in-the-round and traverse stage configurations.