Stage lighting is the most direct part for us to appreciate stage art and the most powerful medium for us to accept art infection; It is also an important artistic means to shape characters, plot changes and conflicts. In a word, stage lighting is an indispensable part of stage variety art, and its position and role in the creation of stage art can not be ignored.

Since the stage came into being, stage lighting has become a part of the stage. Stage lighting is important to highlight the four elements of vision, realism, aesthetics and performance. The success of theater lighting design is marked by the proper treatment of stage lighting. Stage lighting is not only to illuminate the actors, so that the audience can see the facial expression, manner and action, but also to make full use of lighting technology, mobilize lighting operation and other means to strengthen the artistic effect, so that the audience has a sense of being on the scene.

1.Lighting can create space on the stage

People may say that space exists in the beginning, but on the stage, without the gathering and projection of lights on the stage, the audience can't see the space. Moreover, the light is like the baton of the audience's eyes, where the light is projected, the audience's eyes will see. The size of the space on the stage is controlled by the light. Because the illumination of the light on the stage is spliced by blocks, it can expand and shrink freely, as small as a person's face, as large as the audience can see every corner of the stage, and the light can also create a separate and unrelated space on the stage, The light can be changed in an instant.

2.Lighting can create environment

On the stage, due to the needs of the plot, there will be all kinds of environments that people can see and imagine. The scenery can shape the environment on the stage. It can draw and create the environment with houses, mountains, woods, rivers and so on. However, the lighting can give it life and vitality, and create the reality that the audience imagined. The same environment, due to different plots, can show a variety of simulation environment in front of the audience, which is one of the biggest functions of lighting. Lighting can irradiate a group of scenes from various angles, with different brightness and color, so that the scenes can be displayed in a specific environment, such as day, night, night, sun, cloudy day, rainy day, lightning, lighting, fire, tree shadow, etc. as long as people can see in the real environment, lighting can be created on the stage. For another example, lighting can create a special feeling and atmosphere in the same environment. For example, the hilarious scene, the solemn scene, the emotional scene, the exciting tense scene and so on. Lighting can also create a variety of regional characteristics of the atmosphere of the environment, such as: farmhouse atmosphere of the mountains, noisy metropolis, quiet farmyard, high-rise buildings in the city and so on.

3. Shape the appearance of the characters

The characters in the play, on the stage, can be shaped by the light in different environments and different plots, so that the appearance of this image can be integrated into the specific environment, the specific scene, the specific characters, thrown into the audience's vision, embedded in the audience's feeling, Such as: a pair of lovers, an innocent girl, a resolute soldier, a young woman with rich makeup, a simple youth, an experienced old man, a slovenly young man, a well-educated intellectual and so on. In addition to packaging an actor with costumes, the appearance of these people can be vividly displayed in the eyes of the audience.

4. Reveal the psychological changes of the characters

On the stage, the actor's performance is revealed according to the script. The characters in a play are expressed by the speech, expression and action of the actors. According to the psychological changes of the specific characters in the play, lighting can assist the actors to perform. The psychological changes of the characters in the play can be displayed on the external view of the actors with the unique means of lighting, so as to help the actors express the emotions and psychological changes of the characters in the play more thoroughly, More outward looking. Such as the characters' joy, pain, melancholy, sadness, anger, timidity, madness, ferocity, kindness and so on.

The above is just a description of the main functions of lighting on the stage. It can be seen that the function of lighting on the stage is not small, so what is the means of lighting to create these functions? It is a kind of lamp with various characteristics. It refers to the position and quantity of the lighting device set by the lighting designer, the various angles and colors of the light, the various light and shade degrees and their changes, that is, the changes in the position of the lighting device, the angle of the light, the color of the light, the light and shade changes, and all these interconnection and application, There are also various functions provided by the lighting control equipment, more importantly, the creative imagination of lighting designers and the flexible use of lighting equipment. It is often said that the light starts to speak in the stage performance. It's not exactly. It should be the lighting that helps the scene to show, the characters to speak, and the script to tell fascinating stories to the audience.

Lighting is the soul of the stage, in fact, lighting is the finishing touch, icing on the cake, but also gives vitality to the stage.