NZQA registered unit standard
Title
27700 version 3
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Demonstrate and apply knowledge of stage lighting design and process for a performance context
2 Credits 4 Level
Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of stage lighting design for a performance context; design the lighting states for a performance context from a given brief; and set up and operate stage lighting equipment to produce a sequence of lighting states to meet the design requirements of a specified performance context.
Classification
Available grade
Entry information
Performing Arts General > Performing Arts Technology
Achieved, Merit, and Excellence
Recommended skills and knowledge
Criteria for Merit
Unit 26686, Demonstrate and apply knowledge of simple stage lighting for a performance context .
In demonstrating and applying knowledge of stage lighting design and process, the candidate uses technical language to make links between the technical and artistic requirements of the performance context, their lighting state design, and their selection and operation of equipment.
Criteria for Excellence In demonstrating and applying knowledge of stage lighting design and process, the candidate uses technical language confidently in justifying links between the technical and artistic requirements of the performance context, their lighting state design, and their selection and operation of equipment.
Explanatory notes
1 This unit standard can be awarded with an Achieved, Merit or Excellence . For the
Achieved grade to be awarded , all outcomes must be achieved as specified in the outcome statements . For Merit or Excellence grades to be awarded, the candidate must meet the Merit or Excellence criteria specified above.
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2 Definitions
A brief is defined as a clear description of both the desirable outcomes sought and the constraints to be met by the solution. It contains specifications against which the success or otherwise of the lighting design can be evaluated. The brief for the design will be supplied to the candidate.
Communicating image means using lighting to visually enhance the shape and form of the performance space and the performer.
Luminaires means a complete lighting unit including its casing, lens or aperture, reflector and lamp, and may include LED lighting systems.
Technical language means the specialised terminology associated with lighting design for performing arts and may include but is not limited to – specifications, direction or position on stage, relevant jargon, trade names, acronyms.
3 Candidates must be given access to lighting equipment that has been certified as safe in order to complete assessment against this unit standard. The assessor must ensure that the power supply used in practical activities has sufficient capacity for the connected equipment. Equipment must be checked and verified by the assessor as being connected correctly prior to power up.
4 Candidates being assessed against this unit standard must demonstrate safe working practices at all times. These may include but are not limited to safe working practices in situations involving – working at heights, working with electricity, using certified equipment, lifting, securing equipment safely, replacing and storing equipment, use of tools, use of supplied safety equipment, following manufacturer's instructions. Evidence of this may be provided by a teacher/tutor attestation or candidate’s reflective statement. A useful reference for safe working practice is the
Entertainment Technology New Zealand publication A Guide for Safe Working
Practices in the New Zealand Theatre and Entertainment Industry , 2011, which can be accessed at http://www.etnz.org
.
5 Legislation
Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, and its subsequent amendments.
6 Range
Performance context may include but is not limited to a performance scenario or an excerpt from – theatre, dance, kapa haka, music performance, performance art, fashion show. The context the candidate is being assessed in must be specified by the teacher/tutor.
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of stage lighting design for a performance context.
Evidence requirements
1.1 Stage lighting design is described in terms of the technical and artistic requirements of the performance context.
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Range
27700 version 3
Page 3 of 4 technical requirements include but are not limited to – physical aspects of the venue, lighting equipment used, lighting states created; artistic requirements may include but are not limited to
– visibility, manipulate dramatic focus, communicate themes and/or time, communicating image, manipulate feelings and moods, create texture, create depth, highlight costume and/or set.
Outcome 2
Design the lighting states for a performance context from a given brief.
Range a minimum of three different lighting states are required.
Evidence requirements
2.1 Lighting state design is documented in terms of the types of luminaire, stage location, channel(s) and intensity; colour filters (Gel) and cues.
2.2 Lighting state design is consistent with the requirements of the brief.
Outcome 3
Set up and operate stage lighting equipment to produce a sequence of lighting states to meet the design requirements of a performance context.
Range a minimum of three different lighting states are required.
Evidence requirements
3.1 Equipment is selected, rigged, patched and labelled according to the requirements of the design and safe working practices.
Range equipment includes but is not limited to – luminaires, dimmer pack, power source, cables, lighting desk.
3.2 Lighting desk is operated to produce the lighting states on cue and in accordance with the artistic requirements of the performance context.
Range lighting desk operation may include but is not limited to
– cross fade, fade to b/o, snap to b/o, use of preset, timed or slow build.
Planned review date 31 December 2020
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment
Registration
Revision
1
2
19 April 2012
17 July 2014
31 December 2017
31 December 2017
Rollover and
Revision
3 21 April 2016 N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference 0226
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do
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Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
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