Lighting Design
We are going to design a light show online, using music and the online lighting tools linked below. Our final product will be a video composed of screenshots of lighting design, set to your song selection, created on Canva.
NOTE: This project can be done as an individual, or in pairs.
Step 1: (We are probably going to use the music options that are already set in Canva in the 'videos' section, to make this easier). Choose a section of a song to be the soundtrack for your light show. The selection should be between 1-2 minutes, and should be school appropriate. You can cut or trim a song, or you can start in the middle of a song, etc.
Step 2: Spend a little time getting familiar with the online lighting tools linked below. (We will use the Dance Lighting Lab for this design, but I have included Gobo Lab and Color Lab as they can be good tools as well).
Dance Lighting Lab
Light Lab Interactive
Gobo Lab
Color Lab
Step 3: Using Dance Lighting Lab, create at least 10 lighting scenes (looks) for your lighting design show. When you create a lighting scene that you like for a moment in the song, take a trimmed screenshot to save the image.
To take a Trimmed Screenshot on a Chromebook:
*** Assignment 1: Create a Google Doc (or Google Slides) that includes the name of your song that you are using, and the (at least) 10 lighting scene screenshots. Upload this Doc/Slides for the assignment. NOTE: If you are working in pairs, make sure to include the names of both people who contributed to this assignment.
Step 4: Using Canva video maker (slideshow video is the best template for this project)
*** Assignment 2: Upload your final video to the Canvas assignment.
NOTE: If you are working in pairs, make sure to include the names of both people who contributed to this assignment on the submission. You can do this in the comments if you like.
NOTE: This project can be done as an individual, or in pairs.
Step 1: (We are probably going to use the music options that are already set in Canva in the 'videos' section, to make this easier). Choose a section of a song to be the soundtrack for your light show. The selection should be between 1-2 minutes, and should be school appropriate. You can cut or trim a song, or you can start in the middle of a song, etc.
Step 2: Spend a little time getting familiar with the online lighting tools linked below. (We will use the Dance Lighting Lab for this design, but I have included Gobo Lab and Color Lab as they can be good tools as well).
Dance Lighting Lab
Light Lab Interactive
Gobo Lab
Color Lab
Step 3: Using Dance Lighting Lab, create at least 10 lighting scenes (looks) for your lighting design show. When you create a lighting scene that you like for a moment in the song, take a trimmed screenshot to save the image.
To take a Trimmed Screenshot on a Chromebook:
- Press Shift + CTRL + Show Windows Simultaneously (the 'show windows' button looks like a rectangle with two vertical lines to its right.
- Your cursor will change to crosshair
- Click and drag to highlight the specific area of the screen you want to capture
- Release the mouse button to take the screenshot
- The selected portion is saved to your downloads folder
- Organize your screenshots into a separate folder on your Google Drive. This folder should ONLY have these screenshots in it (trust me, this will save you time for the next steps)
*** Assignment 1: Create a Google Doc (or Google Slides) that includes the name of your song that you are using, and the (at least) 10 lighting scene screenshots. Upload this Doc/Slides for the assignment. NOTE: If you are working in pairs, make sure to include the names of both people who contributed to this assignment.
Step 4: Using Canva video maker (slideshow video is the best template for this project)
- From the Canva homepage, click on the 'Video' icon (pink circle with a camera, labeled video).
- Under the 'videos' heading, click on the 'Slideshow Video (landscape)' icon.
- At the very bottom of the page, select the 'Add Audio' icon and select your song choice for the project.
- Next, click on 'file' at the top of the page, and select 'upload folder.'
- Select the folder with your screenshots to upload.
- Along the left side of the screen, select 'uploads' and then select 'folders.' Open the folder with your screenshots.
- Select the screenshots that you want to use and pull them into your project. Once you place a screenshot onto a slide, you can adjust the length of time for each slide.
- Use the video maker to create your video. Download your video to your computer and Google Drive.
- REMINDER: Your final video project should be between 1-2 minutes in length.
*** Assignment 2: Upload your final video to the Canvas assignment.
NOTE: If you are working in pairs, make sure to include the names of both people who contributed to this assignment on the submission. You can do this in the comments if you like.