Light designer

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Light effects often dominate a show more than the stage design: Conchita Wurst at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014

The lighting designer (English: Lighting Designer ) designed the lighting of the stage sets and performers in opera - and theater performances , but also for shows in the circus , in the ice show , concerts and outdoor events , which after dark dusk take place.

job profile

A lighting designer should not be confused with a lighting technician or the lighting master . The latter have a more manual background. Professional lighting designers have existed in the USA and England since the 1960s. There and now also in continental Europe it is possible to study lighting design.

In Europe, the artistic-technical profession of lighting designer only took hold in the 1990s and was hesitant. Meanwhile, is lighting design and lighting design is a recognized part of a staging . The creative use of lighting technology supports the artistic intention of the director and author . Today, light designers of theater productions are seen as artists and are also mentioned on the program slips of the leading team (together with the director and outfitters).

Lighting designers are also used in architecture , both indoors and outdoors - both for reasons of ergonomics and effect .

education

The Wismar University of Applied Sciences offers a master’s degree in the architecture department. The Brandi Institute for Light and Design in Hamburg offers internationally oriented, part-time training for lighting designers. The program is designed as an additional qualification for architects, engineers and interior and landscape architects.

In addition, the HAWK (University of Applied Sciences and Art) in Hildesheim offers the Lighting Design course leading to a Bachelor's and Master's degree.

Some drama schools and academies of the performing arts now also offer training to become a lighting designer, for example Munich.

literature

  • Ulrike Brandi , Christoph Geissmar-Brandi : Light for cities. A guide to lighting planning in urban areas. Birkhäuser, Basel et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-7643-7628-4 .
  • Ulrike Brandi, Christoph Geissmar-Brandi: Light book. The practice of lighting design. Birkhäuser, Basel et al. 2001, ISBN 3-7643-6302-9 .
  • Ulrike Brandi Licht GmbH: daylight, artificial light. Basics, execution, examples. Edition Detail - Institute for International Architecture Documentation, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-920034-12-0 .
  • Max Keller, Johannes Weiß: The fascination of light. Light on stage. 3rd, revised and updated edition. Prestel. Munich et al. 2004, ISBN 3-7913-3235-X .
  • Marie-Luise Lehmann: lighting design. Manual of stage lighting in Germany and the USA. Reimer, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-496-01252-8 . (Textbook on the theory and practice of stage lighting in Germany and the USA)
  • Andreas Schulz (Ed.): Light design for architecture. = Lighting design for architecture (= light art light. Volume 1). avedition, Ludwigsburg 2005, ISBN 3-89986-051-9 .
  • Andreas Schulz (Ed.): Light design for architecture. = Lighting design for architecture (= light, art, light. Volume 2). avedition, Ludwigsburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-89986-057-3 .

swell

  1. ^ Deutscher Bühnenverein eV: Professional profile of a master for event technology
  2. ↑ Degree programs: ArchitecturalLighting Design. ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hs-wismar.de
  3. ↑ BA Design Lighting Design Hildesheim. In: University of Applied Sciences and Arts

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