Lighting Design and Practice
The course brings together the practical and design interpretation skills necessary for aspiring designers and technical specialists in lighting for professional theatre. You will develop your practical expertise and understanding of the interpretation of design ideas of others, as well as skills in creative collaboration, as dual imperatives for the modern lighting designer and practitioner. This course will prepare you for professional life through work experience during your study coupled with the academic knowledge and skills you will develop whilst at the College.
Work placements have included Trafalgar Studios, Alexandra Palace, Battersea Arts Centre, The Old Red Lion, Merton Abbey Mills Theatre, Hilton Hotel, Wimbledon Studios, The Dorchester Hotel and Soho Theatre
The course also includes a unit on electrical installation which will give you necessary knowledge and preparation for future employment
You will be introduced to practical skills, protocols and safety in professional theatre practice, as well as the rigging, focus, plotting and control of lighting instruments. You will also learn fluency in the use of the computerised and programmable Compulite Blue control system in the College’s well-equipped theatre, as well as an additional performance space equipped with a Strand Gemini lighting control system. Considerable emphasis is placed upon your acquisition of IT skills focusing on lighting design software such as CAPTURE as well as AutoCAD and Photoshop.
Collaborative projects during the year include productions in the theatre, working in equal partnership with, and in support of, a peer group of Set Design and Costume Design students, as well as at least two periods of work based learning with one of the professional theatre partners associated with this course.
Graduates of the course may successfully go on to enter the theatre profession as designers or technical specialists in lighting for professional theatre or associated industries, or continue their studies through progression to the third year of a BA Honours programme at the College.
David Horn - Pathway Leader
WCA Theatre 2008
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