NG3S857 - Lighting Practice 01 Jul 2017 - 31 Aug 2024 | Version 2

Associated Module Information

Module Code: NG3S857
Module Title: Lighting Practice
Faculty: Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science
Faculty Group: Information and Electronics
Faculty Sub Group: Electronics
Module Leader: Rob Locke
Module Team: Philip Hughes, Ian Williams
First Intended Intake: SEP 2015 Final Year of Intake:
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 6
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

Building on skills and knowledge acquired in previous years this module will advance students knowledge and experience of lighting. Students will have the opportunity to experiment practically, design or critically interpret lighting and make a substantial contribution to the artistic, technical and other aims of a project. Work will be developed to a standard that meets industry expectations.

Students will take a high level of responsibility for the planning and management of project resources within real factors of time, budget, equipment and personnel.

Content Summary

Through this module you will:

  • Build on and consolidate your learning at level 5 and demonstrate your ability as a lighting specialist.
  • Take a high level of responsibility for artistic, technical and managerial aspects.
  • Address the collaborative development of a design, formulating and interrogating a concept, as well as addressing issues of leadership, teamwork, logistics, budgeting, compliance with industry standards and norms and health and safety.
  • Develop an appropriate lighting scheme for a project or projects that is both an expression of your own response to the source material or brief but also a component part of an overall creative work.
  • Plan and manage the preparation of equipment, venue, the fit-up, focusing and plotting sessions, rehearsals and performances (where appropriate), and the post-production processes of returns and well as completing financial processes.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 12
Practical classes and workshops 36
Independent Study 72
Directed Study 80
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Produce lighting design solutions to a standard that meets industry expectations while demonstrating clear in-depth understanding of the design process.  
LO2 Select, combine and apply existing ideas, techniques and processes to solve unfamiliar problems in situations of uncertainty and ambiguity.
LO3 Take responsibility for selecting and deploying appropriate techniques and processes for the planning and realisation of lighting in response to given artistic and technical requirements and production environments.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Portfolio 1 aery 0 4000 100 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2 LO3
Portfolio 1

Reading List

Morgan, N. (2003) Stage Lighting for Theatre Designers, Entertainment Technology 

Moody, J. (2013) Concert Lighting: Technique, Art & Business, Focal Press; 3 edition

Vasey, J. (1999) Concert Sound and Lighting Systems, Focal Press Third Edition

Landau, D. (2014) Lighting for Cinematography (The CineTech Guides to the Film Crafts), Bloomsbury Academic

Moody, J. (2013) The Business of Theatrical Design, Allworth Press; 2nd Revised edition edition

Hess, A. (2012) All Access: Your Backstage Pass to Concert Photography, John Wiley & Sons; 1 edition

Cadena, R. (2010) Automated Lighting: The Art and Science of Moving Light in Theatre, Live Performance, and Entertainment, Focal Press