Overview

Discover the transformative power of lighting design with NIDA Open’s foundational online course. Led by a NIDA teaching artist, explore how lighting forms an integral part of the design process. 

Collaborate in a supportive and inclusive online community as you learn about the role of the lighting designer within the creative team and how lighting contributes to the layers of meaning in a performance. Develop an understanding of the technical tools available for to create a design from a dramatic source material. Gain insight into effective strategies used to define the tone of a narrative concept and the techniques for articulating and refining your design vision.  

Whether you’re a budding designer or a storyteller seeking to enhance your craft, this course provides the essential skills required to utilise light as a dynamic storytelling tool from the initial stages of a production to the final moments in performance.    

Components

• Explore the collaborative nature and dynamic interplay between various creative stakeholders in the design process. 
• Develop skills in visual storytelling and how to articulate ideas through key elements of lighting 
• Learn methods for extracting key dramaturgical elements from a dramatic text to understand the production’s requirements, themes, and mood 

Level

This course is Beginner level.

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