NG2S806 - Entertainment Lighting Design 01 Jul 2017 - 31 Aug 2024 | Version 2
Associated Module Information
| Module Code: | NG2S806 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title: | Entertainment Lighting Design | ||
| Faculty: | Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science | ||
| Faculty Group: | Information and Electronics | ||
| Faculty Sub Group: | Electronics | ||
| Module Leader: | Rob Locke | ||
| Module Team: | Ian Williams | ||
| First Intended Intake: | SEP 2015 | Final Year of Intake: | |
| Date Closed: | |||
| Credit Value: | 20 | Credit Level: | 5 |
| Language: | English | ||
| Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: | 0 | ||
| Equivalent Module: | |||
| HECOS codes: | 100163 - electrical and electronic engineering | ||
| HECOS Code Weighting: | 100 | ||
Document Version Information
| Version | 2 |
|---|---|
| Valid From | 01 Jul 2017 |
| Valid To | 31 Aug 2024 |
Module Aims
To consolidate and develop ideas introduced in the first year. The lighting designer's palette is expanded with a focus on the processes and techniques required to create, develop and implement lighting schemes in a range of contexts.
As as a designer it is important that you understand how to developing creative concepts, collaborate effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and respond to external circumstances in a flexible manner. This module will give you the experience of working with constraints of time, budget, equipment and personnel. You will have the opportunity to research, design and implement an appropriate lighting scheme for a project.
Content Summary
In this module you will:
- Acquire further understanding of the role and responsibilities of a lighting designer.
- Examine professional lighting designers and their work within different mediums.
- Expand your knowledge of lighting technologies (choice and application), including luminaires, projection and show control systems.
- Study a range of different staging formats and genres, and the lighting techniques associated with them.
- Develop further the ability to analyse and interpret source material such as play texts.
- Develop skills in recording and communicating ideas with contractors, clients and within a design team.
- Investigate special effects available to the lighting practitioner.
- Develop skills in selecting special effects considering the development, technology, and safe and use of.
- Learn to develop designs that fit within environmental, budgetary and other constraints.
- Expand your ability to develop and communicate your design to other members of the creative and technical team(s).
- Work as part of a team to develop a creative response to the initial brief.
- Establish your role within a team and develop effective working relationships with other team members.
- Use a range of research strategies and resources to develop a design scheme.
- Plan, prepare and set up a production lighting system.
Learning and Teaching Methods
| Activity Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 16 |
| Practical classes and workshops | 32 |
| Independent Study | 72 |
| Directed Study | 80 |
| Total Hours Selected | 200 |
Learning Outcomes
| # | Learning Outcome |
|---|---|
| LO1 | Identify, select and justify processes and technologies appropriate to the artistic and technical requirements of a production in relation to established conventions and traditions. |
| LO2 | Present information, ideas and arguments using communication techniques appropriate to the intended audience. |
| LO3 | Specify the design and use of lighting technologies in written, oral or diagrammatic forms in response to a given brief. |
Module Requisites
N/A
Assessment Criteria
| Assessment Category | Assessment Type | Description | Duration | Word Count | Weight (%) | Best of? | Pass Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asynchronous Assessment | Project 1 | Lighting design realisation project | 0 | 2500 | 50 | No | 40 |
| Asynchronous Assessment | Essay 1 | Research project exploring lighting design techniques | 0 | 2500 | 50 | No | 40 |
Assessment Matrix
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LO1 | LO2 | LO3 | |
| Project 1 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Essay 1 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |