Fundamentals of Lighting Design for Concerts with Craig Rutherford - Webinar

Where do you start when tasked with developing a lighting design? What makes a design memorable and interesting? Led by expert lighting designer, Craig Rutherford, this webinar explores the fundamentals of visual design with a focus on lighting concerts and developing a coherent style.
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[@jaysonesguerra]

00:00 - Intro
01:55 - Craig Rutherford
04:22 - The Currency of Looks
08:18 - PART I - LIGHTING DESIGN
09:07 ---- Hard Edged
10:00 ---- Wash Lights
10:20 ---- Beam Lights
11:00 ---- Oddball Lights
11:18 ---- Three Point Lighting
13:15 ---- Lighting Angles
13:39 -------- Directly Above
14:37 -------- Low Backlight
15:19 -------- High Backlight
15:48 -------- Sidelight
16:37 -------- Uplight
17:57 ---- Even Distribution
18:45 ---- Dynamic Range: Two Extremes
19:17 ---- Forgetting Things Sucks
23:22 ---- Repeatability and Symmetry
24:33 ---- Symmetry and Asymmetry
25:34 ---- Audience Light
27:02 - PART II - LOOKS
27:20 ---- Leitmotif
28:43 ---- Balancing Novelty and Sameness
30:02 ---- Three Fundamental Concepts
32:42 -------- Coherence
35:01 -------- Contrast
38:55 -------- Coverage
41:30 ------------ Spot Lighting
42:18 ------------ Wash Lighting
43:15 ------------ Beam Lighting
44:04 ------------ Accent Lighting
45:12 ---- Special Considerations: Lighting the Talent
50:15 - IN SUMMARY
51:25 - Martin Swag Winners
52:01 - Q&A

[@mkpetersen1607]

Such a great video! Especially for someone who is new in the field!
It would be so helpful if the video (and the others) had timestamps! Sometimes it's hard to find specific information in an over 1 hour long video ;)

[@IlliaLevchenko]

Should be way more "thank yous" in the comments. What a great video!

[@andrwwaugh]

Excellent talk!

[@freshgino]

Where do I find the other Harman webinars on the audio, video and control that she mentioned in the beggining?

[@eekpaburabariwhyte2426]

Good morning sir, please how can I lean under you to be a good lighting designer

[@jordanhenshaw]

This could be condensed into 2 single points:
1. Yes, you need rim light.
2. Never light your main subject with colored light, light your main subject with white light to preserve accurate colors and light background with colored light if desired.
You need a really, really good, specific reason to break these rules, not just any reason. It's shocking how many LD's either don't know these rules at all, or do know these rules to some extent, but believe artistic license permits them to throw the rules out for any arbitrary "reason".