Outcome
You will develop a useful and practical overview of how to devise a lighting concept for a show and follow through the steps needed to achieve your vision. Along the way you will cover the theory needed for basic lighting design and the practical steps required to safely assemble and de-rig your lighting equipment. Get advice and contacts about lighting technology, and further development.
Pre-requisites
None
Materials supplied
All relevant course materials are included.
Materials to bring
Leather Rigging Gloves (available from hardware stores); or cycling gloves; a Shifter (any size) - please note a Shifter is not compulsory.
Pen/pencil and notebook.
Award
Participants receive an RMIT Certificate of Completion
Additional notes
Completion of this course will not guarantee entry into an RMIT Program.
Facilitator
Deborah Hatton
Deb Hatton is an industry professional, starting out in the 1990’s and is still sought out professionally, on live productions, as a Lighting Designer / operator, Stage Manager and Production Manager / Co-ordinator. Deb is formally qualified, and has been teaching casually across the VE and private sectors over the past 18 years.
Career highlights include; Lighting Design for the ARIA nominated live DVD of The Go-Betweens’ “That Striped Sunset Sound” and the recent Lighting Design and Installation of MEMO Music hall’s in-house lighting system.
Deb was the Deputy Stage Manager at the Dark MOFO festival in Hobart in June 2018, and was the touring Lighting Director / Stage Manager and Production Co-ordinator for “Tapestry – The Songs of Carole King” – Australia-wide, in recent years.
Deb’s career spans through Live Theatre; Live Music Venues; Festivals; Exhibitions; Corporate AV; and Touring production.
She continues to be inspired by, and inspires others, while advocating for the live performance sector.
Niklas Pajanti
Niklas Pajanti is a multi-award winning lighting designer whose practice ranges across contemporary performance styles and art forms including theatre, dance, opera, circus, musical theatre, comedy, events, exhibitions and public spaces. His lighting designs have toured extensively around Australia and internationally.
Niklas has designed for a diverse range of leading Australian companies including: Dark MOFO, Melbourne Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare, Chunky Move, Victorian Opera, Sydney Theatre Company, Belvoir Theatre, Dancenorth, The Eleventh Hour, Ranters Theatre, BalletLab, Brink Productions, Dancehouse, Malthouse Theatre, Australian Centre For The Moving Image, Science Gallery, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Adelaide Arts Festival, Melbourne Commonwealth Games and Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Rebekha Naim
Rebekha Naim has worked in corporate audiovisual services for over two decades and before that the Theatrical and Music Industries. She has been an audiovisual technician, supervisor, manager, assistant manager, project manager and sales manager for a range of Melbourne AV companies over that time. She now coordinates and teaches in the Certificate 4 and Diploma of Live Production and Technical Services programs at RMIT University. For the past fifteen years she has worked hard at teaching and introducing new people to the Live Production and Broadcast industries while still working as a freelance lighting designer and operator on school productions and dance concerts. Rebekha Naim holds a number of qualifications, including a Master of Education (Teaching) with Distinction, where she wrote a thesis on why so few women study Live Production Event Technology, as she would like to see just as many women as men working in the Live Production & Events industry.
Testimonial
The facilitator's expert knowledge and excellent teaching style really helped me understand the more technical aspects. Erin
The practice scenarios were engaging and extremely helpful. Zoe
Balance between theory & practical experience; the range of equipment available for hands-on experience; the experience of Deb and her willingness to share. Robin
Building understanding of procedures and processes - some were reinforced, most were new to me. Having begun 35 years ago, my knowledge of DMX and LED is relatively 'nothing'; this has certainly helped me get more of a handle on this 'new' technology. Matthew
Both the theoretical and practical were excellent and useful for the workplace. Carlos
Deb was amazing. The basic overview of general systems answered a lot of questions I had. Mitchell
This course gave a really great overview & helped me to achieve a more thorough understanding of lighting for theatre. Deb was a fantastic facilitator. Dixie
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