Stage lighting is the use of lighting means for stage lighting, and for the characters, scenery modeling art, also known as stage lighting. The role of stage lighting is according to the requirements of the performance, in accordance with the overall concept of stage art, the use of stage lighting technical equipment and means to cooperate with the actors to perform, shape the visual image on the stage, and create a unique stage atmosphere.

Stage lighting is an important part of the composition of the performance space. It is the lighting design of the characters and the required specific scenes in an all-round visual environment according to the development of the plot, and the design intention is reproduced to the audience in the form of visual images. Stage lighting design should comprehensively and systematically consider the characters and plots, highlight the visual focus, and use light to express the storyline and character feelings.

Stage lighting basics: The origin of lighting

Early plays had a history of being performed in open or semi-open air, with daylight as the source of light.However, as performance venues moved indoors or performed at night, stage lighting began to appear.

Europe in the 16th century, a bonfire made of rope soaked in resin was used as a light source for outdoor night performances.

In 1755, when the opera "Yeo" was performed at the Dresden Theater, 8,000 candles were lit on the stage as stage lights.

Since the 18th century, it has been customary to turn off the auditorium lights and leave only the stage lights when performing.

At the beginning of the 20th century, after the advent of tungsten light bulbs, they provided a spotlight for the stage to shine, and did not provide favorable conditions for the performance of the stage space and the creation of the stage atmosphere

In the 1950s, studio lighting gradually developed on the basis of stage and movie lights.

In the 1960s, scientific and technological workers used the principle of semiconductor PN junction luminescence to develop LED light-emitting diodes. At that time, the LED developed, the material used is GaASP, its luminous color is red. After nearly 30 years of development, we are very familiar with the LED, has been able to emit red, orange, yellow, green, blue and other colors of light. However, the white light LED required for lighting was developed after 2000. In recent years, many stage lamps have used LED lights, and LED stage lamps have gradually become one of the important stage lighting lamps.