Designing with Light

By J. Michael Gillett and J. Michael Gillette

Book Overview

An updated edition of Gillette's introduction to the practical and aesthetic aspects of designing stage lighting. Four new chapters have been added to broaden the technical and design concepts and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0767427335
• ISBN13: 9780767427333
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Text and Reference

This is an excellent academic textbook as well as a fine overall reference. I highly recommend this book for those who are looking at starting to design entertainment lighting. The balance of history and up-to-date references is excellent.

Good Review and Teaching Tool

This book offers a good review of the basics of stage lighting and design including information about the procedures that go into doing theatre lighting. This book also supplies more current information about projection and automated fixtures. Also, my boyfriend is the lighting designer of the show featured on the cover. Pretty cool. This is a great book and I know of many lighting design students who read it as a required text for their lighting classes in college. This is a good read for people wanting to learn about lighting design as well as refine their skills.

Good text for entry level designers and professionals alike

Well worth having in your collection. A good introduction to the art of lighting theatre productions, with good explanations and examples of the design process. Simple information on control systems and basic patching processes but quite useful colour theory chapter. Also covers luminaires and effects projection techniques. All in all a good text.