Lighting and Sound Design in Performance
Students will explore how lighting and sound manipulate audience perception and enhance dramatic effect.
Key Questions
- Design a lighting plot that creates a specific mood or emphasizes a character's internal state.
- Evaluate how sound effects and music can foreshadow events or heighten tension in a scene.
- Predict how a change in lighting color or intensity might alter the audience's emotional response.
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