Stage Lighting Basics Pdf

Lighting can seem hugely complicated and intimidating to the neophyte and it has a lingo and procedure all its own.

Stage lighting basics pdf.

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You know the old saying the show must go on. Basic purposes and functions of stage lighting. Many engineers learn how to run lights through trial by fire. Led moving light maintenance and repair on stage lighting.

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