Scenic Drafting and Lighting Plots with Vectorworks 2014; a 2-day exclusive workshop in Toronto
November 1 - 2, 2014
November 1, 2014 9:20 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Instructor Steve Ross will start the session by a brief discussion on customizing the workspace, command key assigning /changing and adjusting the lighting device manager to suite your needs. Learn how to create "smart" lighting positions, inserting instruments, and export/import to Lightwright. We will look his process of bringing in an existing set (or rental) into a theatre that he has worked in more than once by using base drawing (or template) of the permanent infrastructure and lighting equipment.
Look at other functions in spotlight such as PDF set plans, position summary boxes, and the new instrument key tool. He will also discuss utilizing some helpful 3rd party tools that are very useful from the beginning to end of the lighting design process. This session will start with the theatre plan and section from day 1, move through spotlight tools and functions and end with doing a practice plot.
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| La Boheme, produced at Lyric opera of Kansas City, lighting by Steve Ross | ||
About the instructors:
James McKernan is an Associate Professor of Theatre Technology in the Department of Theatre, York University. He has been teaching the use of Vectorworks and other CAD software for over 10 years. Previous to this he was head carpenter and construction co-ordinator on shows such as the Junos, Genies, MMVAs and the Geminis while working for McWood Studios.
Stephen Ross - Lighting Designer Steve first started lighting opera for Sarah Caldwell at the Opera Co. of Boston. Shortly after he assisted on a couple of operas at the Metropolitan Opera Co. in New York, where he met Lotfi Mansouri, the then General Director for the Canadian Opera Co. It was soon thereafter that Lotfi brought Steve to Canada to light for the C.O.C. He has since designed lighting for over 45 Canadian Opera Company productions including Lulu, The Tales of Hoffmann, Otello, The Emperor of Atlantis, Luisa Miller, The Bartered Bride, La Bohème. His work has been seen on stages throughout North America, at the opera companies of Seattle, Boston, San Diego, Baltimore, Houston, Dallas, Santa Fe, St. Louis, Palm Beach, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Chicago, New Orleans, Miami, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Vancouver and Orange County, California. Lighting designs for other productions include Canadian Stage Company’s The Threepenny Opera, Cabaret, Guys and Dolls, Toad of Toad Hall, Hedda Gabler, and Harry Chapin, Lies and Legends. Steve created the lighting design for the Mirvish production of Damn Yankees at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto, and also lit the revival production of Shenandoah in Toronto and on Broadway, as well as for Opera Pacific in California. He has also been teaching Lighting Design 1 at York University for the past 4 years.
Cost:
2-day member rate $500
2-day non-member rate $600*
1-day member rate $250
1-day non member rate $300*
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Location:
York University
4700 Keele Street
Accolade West - Room 102
Toronto ON M3J 1P3
For more information, please contact Victor Svenningson at 905 306-6129 or victor.svenn@gmail.com