Mastering Live Lightshows
The Art of Busking
Unlock the secrets of creating captivating lightshows in dynamic live environments such as concerts, festivals, and theaters with our comprehensive course, "Mastering Live Lightshows: The Art of Busking." Whether you're a seasoned light operator or a budding enthusiast, this course will empower you to excel in the exhilarating realm of live performances.
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Unlock the secrets of creating captivating lightshows in dynamic live environments such as concerts, festivals, and theaters with our comprehensive course, "Mastering Live Lightshows: The Art of Busking." Whether you're a seasoned light operator or a budding enthusiast, this course will empower you to excel in the exhilarating realm of live performances.
Unlock the secrets of creating captivating lightshows in dynamic live environments such as concerts, festivals, and theaters with our comprehensive course, "Mastering Live Lightshows: The Art of Busking." Whether you're a seasoned light operator or a budding enthusiast, this course will empower you to excel in the exhilarating realm of live performances.
In this course, you'll delve into the essence of "busking," a skill crucial for light operators in venues like music clubs, festival stages, and theaters. Busking is the art of creating live lightshows on the spot, adapting instantaneously to the music and the performers without the safety net of rehearsals or predetermined plans. Imagine yourself as an integral part of the performance, synchronizing your lights in harmony with the musicians on stage, all in real-time.
What You Will Learn:
Fundamental Concepts: Explore three fundamental concepts essential for creating adaptable lightshows in unpredictable live settings.
Busking Techniques: Master the art of busking, learning how to improvise and synchronize your lights seamlessly with live music performances.
Effective Preparation: Discover tricks and strategies for preparing a busking show, ensuring you can respond swiftly and creatively to any situation on stage.
Universal Applicability: Learn principles that are applicable across various lighting consoles, such as Ho(TM), Chamsys(TM), Avolite(TM), and MA(TM), allowing you to adapt the techniques to your specific setup.
Software Proficiency: Utilize MADot2onP(TM) software for hands-on practice, although the concepts taught are easily transferable to other software and hardware setups.
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Learning objectives
- Fundamental concepts: explore three fundamental concepts essential for creating adaptable lightshows in unpredictable live settings.
- Busking techniques: master the art of busking, learning how to improvise and synchronize your lights seamlessly with live music performances.
- Effective preparation: discover tricks and strategies for preparing a busking show, ensuring you can respond swiftly and creatively to any situation on stage.
- Universal applicability: learn principles that are applicable across various lighting consoles, allowing you to adapt the techniques to your specific
- Software proficiency: utilize madot2onpc™ software for hands-on practice, although the concepts taught are easily transferable to other consols and softwares.
- Fundamental concepts: explore three fundamental concepts essential for creating adaptable lightshows in unpredictable live settings.
- Busking techniques: master the art of busking, learning how to improvise and synchronize your lights seamlessly with live music performances.
- Effective preparation: discover tricks and strategies for preparing a busking show, ensuring you can respond swiftly and creatively to any situation on stage.
- Universal applicability: learn principles that are applicable across various lighting consoles, allowing you to adapt the techniques to your specific
- Software proficiency: utilize madot2onpc™ software for hands-on practice, although the concepts taught are easily transferable to other consols and softwares.
Syllabus
Introduction
This is the offical trailer of the course, not more not less than a teaser.
In this chapter I will talk about the structure and the general concept of this course.
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Syllabus
This is the offical trailer of the course, not more not less than a teaser.
In this chapter I will talk about the structure and the general concept of this course.
We download, install and prepare the software and the 3D simulation and load the first show into it. If you work with your own console, you also can skip this chapter.
In the attachement you will find the starting showfile "concertbusking.show.gz" for the next chapter. Follow the instructions in the video to load this file.
The first busking concept is a typical "daily bussines" job. A concert stage with fronttruss, backtruss and 4 floors. Here, in this video I will explain the general idea of the show.
In the attachement you will find the empty show with all patch, so you will be able to create this show from 0. The finished showfile will be availeble in the next chapter.
Ok, that is a very long video. We gonna programm the show from skratch. Have fun!!!
Here we got a stage with a lot of traditional fixtures, as fresnel, PAR64, profiler. Also some movinglights. In the attachement you will find the Showfile with the patch.
Here we gonna prepare the basic elements of the show. The general frontlight, some focus with profiler on the musicians, a reset button and so on.
Here we are programming the first design.
Now we do a colder design, the "Cool" design
And now a classical Rock n Roll design
Here is the general lighting concept for a small festival with fronttruss, centertruss, backtruss and some floors.
Here we take a look at our setup and create some groups
Now it is time to make some presets.
We create a matrix for our colors.
Now we gonna make some positions for our movinglights.
Let us do some effects fpr the spots, washs and beams.
Now we programm some chases
A shot chapter dedicated at the gobos.
We add a second cue to our first faderwing.
Some special executors for smoke, reset, strobe etc.
We dedicate two executors for some zoom crossfades.
A very powerfull technique is programming in Blindmode.
Here are some ideas how to practize busking.
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Activities
Review busking techniques
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Start preparing your skills in improvising and creating light shows by reviewing and practicing the skills required for busking.
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Review video tutorials on busking techniques
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Practice improvising light cues with different types of music
Explore DMX Lighting Control Systems
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DMX is the industry-standard protocol for controlling lights, so getting comfortable with it is crucial for any light operator.
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Find online tutorials or workshops on DMX lighting control systems.
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Practice using a DMX console to control different types of lights.
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Learn how to troubleshoot common DMX issues.
Collaborate with other students on lighting designs
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Engage with other students to share ideas, provide feedback, and learn from each other's approaches to live lighting.
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Lighting Design
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Join or create a study group or online forum for the course
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Share your lighting designs with others for feedback
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Collaborate with others to create a lighting design for a specific performance
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Practice busking with a variety of lighting consoles
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Familiarize yourself with the various lighting consoles you may encounter in real-world busking situations.
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Attend a workshop or tutorial on different lighting consoles
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Download and install demo versions of lighting software
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Practice creating and controlling light shows using different consoles and software
Design a Lighting Plan for a Live Event
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Creating a lighting plan will help you think through the entire process, consider different scenarios, and ensure a cohesive and effective show.
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Lighting Design
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Choose a specific type of live event (e.g., concert, play, corporate event).
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Develop a concept for the lighting design based on the event's theme, mood, and audience.
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Use a lighting design software to create a plot and elevations.
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Meet with the event organizers and other members of the production team to discuss your design.
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On the day of the event, work with the lighting crew to set up and operate the lights according to your design.
Collaborate on a Lighting Project with Peers
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Working with peers allows you to share knowledge, gain new perspectives, and refine your skills through constructive feedback.
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Find a group of peers who are also interested in lighting design.
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Choose a project to work on together, such as designing a lighting plan for a specific event or creating a lighting installation.
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Divide the work among the group members and set deadlines.
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Meet regularly to discuss your progress and provide feedback on each other's work.
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Present your final project to the group and discuss what you learned from the experience.
Create a lighting design for a live performance
Show steps
Apply your busking skills and knowledge to create a cohesive lighting design for a specific live performance.
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Lighting Design
Show steps
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Select a specific live performance or event
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Analyze the music, venue, and audience for the performance
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Create a lighting design that complements the performance and enhances the audience's experience
Review busking techniques
Show steps
Start preparing your skills in improvising and creating light shows by reviewing and practicing the skills required for busking.
Show steps
- Review video tutorials on busking techniques
- Practice improvising light cues with different types of music
Explore DMX Lighting Control Systems
Show steps
DMX is the industry-standard protocol for controlling lights, so getting comfortable with it is crucial for any light operator.
Show steps
- Find online tutorials or workshops on DMX lighting control systems.
- Practice using a DMX console to control different types of lights.
- Learn how to troubleshoot common DMX issues.
Collaborate with other students on lighting designs
Show steps
Engage with other students to share ideas, provide feedback, and learn from each other's approaches to live lighting.
Browse courses on
Lighting Design
Show steps
- Join or create a study group or online forum for the course
- Share your lighting designs with others for feedback
- Collaborate with others to create a lighting design for a specific performance
Practice busking with a variety of lighting consoles
Show steps
Familiarize yourself with the various lighting consoles you may encounter in real-world busking situations.
Show steps
- Attend a workshop or tutorial on different lighting consoles
- Download and install demo versions of lighting software
- Practice creating and controlling light shows using different consoles and software
Design a Lighting Plan for a Live Event
Show steps
Creating a lighting plan will help you think through the entire process, consider different scenarios, and ensure a cohesive and effective show.
Browse courses on
Lighting Design
Show steps
- Choose a specific type of live event (e.g., concert, play, corporate event).
- Develop a concept for the lighting design based on the event's theme, mood, and audience.
- Use a lighting design software to create a plot and elevations.
- Meet with the event organizers and other members of the production team to discuss your design.
- On the day of the event, work with the lighting crew to set up and operate the lights according to your design.
Collaborate on a Lighting Project with Peers
Show steps
Working with peers allows you to share knowledge, gain new perspectives, and refine your skills through constructive feedback.
Show steps
- Find a group of peers who are also interested in lighting design.
- Choose a project to work on together, such as designing a lighting plan for a specific event or creating a lighting installation.
- Divide the work among the group members and set deadlines.
- Meet regularly to discuss your progress and provide feedback on each other's work.
- Present your final project to the group and discuss what you learned from the experience.
Create a lighting design for a live performance
Show steps
Apply your busking skills and knowledge to create a cohesive lighting design for a specific live performance.
Browse courses on
Lighting Design
Show steps
- Select a specific live performance or event
- Analyze the music, venue, and audience for the performance
- Create a lighting design that complements the performance and enhances the audience's experience
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