Lighting design- The concept that a designer creates to provide light onstage to support the mood or atmosphere of the play

Light plot- The map that shows where all of your lighting instruments are placed and where they will be lighting

Lighting grid- Up above the stage, it is the system of bars and electric that power the light

Lighting board- The control panel that powers the lights when they turn on and off and at what intensity

Cyclorama- The large white “sheet” at the back of the stage that can be lit of projected on

Backlight- Lighting from the back

Sidelight- Lighting from the side

Toplight- Lighting from above

Frontlight- Lighting from the front

Footlight- Lighting that is placed on the floor in the front

Spotlight- A single source of light focused on a single subject

Fill light- Light sources that add lighting in and around the set/scenery/stage- they “fill in”

Wash- A large group of lighting that can “wash” the stage in the light that you can bring up at once together

Lighting angle- The angle of the lighting instrument in relation to the subject; usually 45%

Gobo (or pattern)- A pattern (in olden days it was a circle of metal) that blocks light to give you a shape onstage

Gel (or color gel)- The color that you want the instrument to throw onstage (or light onstage)