Small venue stage lighting

1. What are the lights called on a stage?
2. What are the 4 reasons for lighting a stage?
3. What is a fixture in stage lighting?

What are the lights called on a stage?

The bulbs used are referred to as lamps. Stage lighting instruments typically use incandescent lamps, tungsten-halogen lamps, encapsulated arcs, or LEDs. Most theatrical lamps are tungsten-halogen (or quartz-halogen), an improvement on the original incandescent design that used halogen gas instead of an inert gas.

What are the 4 reasons for lighting a stage?

Stage lighting provides four main functions at events: Visibility, Motivation, Composition, and Mood.

What is a fixture in stage lighting?

Theatrical stage lighting fixtures, also known as stage lighting units, are the paint brushes we use in creating the painting we put on stage. They vary in size, shape and output. Fundamentally there are wash fixtures and spot fixtures.