Cambridge TECHNICALS LEVEL 3 PERFORMING ARTS Unit 19 – design and operation DELIVERY GUIDE Version 1

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CAMBRIDGE TECHNICALS IN PERFORMING ARTS LEVEL 3 UNIT 19 33 http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/ 2016 Suite New for suite firstteaching September2016 Externally assessed content Eligible Stage for 5 performance Key points from 2018 Designed meet to DfE the technical guidance • • • • Understand lighting equipment, design methodology and their equipment, design lighting Understand theatre purposes a brief plot to of planning a lighting process Understand the design performance lighting operations in a live facilitate Be able to performance and operations in live lighting design review Be able to LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 Unit 19 design and operation design lighting Unit 19 Stage UNIT AIM UNIT audience. These processes are to be found in the theatre, television and film industries television and in the theatre, be found to are processes These audience. possibilities. range of career a wide and stimulating offer of skills range an understanding of the diverse you these demanded by will give unit This lighting of and the role of the will learn about the role You processes. will also have You used. and methods that are techniques and the operations technician You an opportunity of them further. understanding your and develop these roles fulfil to brief and construct a design to a lighting plan or plot designs create will learn to how a into skillsThe transferable learn will are that you will use in operating a show. which you range of other professions. cambridge-technicals-performing-arts-level-3-certificate-extended-certificate-foundation- diploma-diploma-05850-05853-2016-suite Stage lighting design and operation is an umbrella term which describes the various umbrella and operation is an design Stage lighting and practical the stage to aspects in the creative of lighting for involved processes an to of it interpretation of the text the intentions director’s and the communicate To find out more about this qualification, go to: about this qualification, go to: find out more To

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CAMBRIDGE TECHNICALS IN PERFORMING ARTS LEVEL 3 UNIT 19 4 LO1 Understand set design and realisation processes and their purposes processes realisation and design Understand set LO1 and their purposes processes realisation and Understand design LO1 and their purposes processes realisation and design Understand set LO1 and their purposes methodology sound equipment, design Understand theatre LO1 and their purposes processes realisation and Understand design LO1 and their purposes processes realisation and design Understand set LO1 and their purposes processes and realisation Understand design LO1 and their purposes processes and realisation Understand set design LO1 a brief to process and realisation Understand the design LO2 a brief to process and realisation Understand the set design LO2 a brief of planning a sound plot to process Understand the design LO2 a brief to process and realisation Understand the design LO2 a brief to process and realisation Understand the set design LO2 a brief of planning a sound plot to process Understand the design LO2 LO1 Understand design and realisation processes and their purposes and processes and realisation design Understand LO1 Unit 22 Set design and realisation Unit 22 Set design and Unit 21 Character design realisation and realisation Unit 22 Set design and Unit 20 Stage operation and Unit 21 Character design realisation and realisation Unit 22 Set design and Unit 21 Character design realisation and realisation Unit 22 Set design and Unit 21 Character design realisation and realisation Unit 22 Set design and Unit 20 Stage sound design operation and Unit 21 Character design realisation and realisation Unit 22 Set design and Unit 20 Stage sound design operation Other units/LOs and Unit 21 Character design realisation Calculate power distribution loadings power Calculate Select gobos and filters system control Pre-programming Key practitioners Key terminology and operation Programming a basic lighting plot Drawing Make an inventory runs Cable Title of suggested activity of suggested Title Key properties of light of luminaries – key performanceTypes characteristics of lanterns systems of control Features

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CAMBRIDGE TECHNICALS IN PERFORMING ARTS LEVEL 3 UNIT 19 5 LO3 Be able to facilitate sound operations in a live performanceoperations in a live sound facilitate Be able to LO3 performance and operations in live sound design review Be able to LO4 performance live for processes and realisation design review Be able to LO4 performance live for set design review Be able to LO4 LO3 Be able to evaluate safe working safe evaluate a production practices to Be able for LO3 performance in a live sound operations facilitate to Be able LO3 operations and Unit 20 Stage sound design operations and Unit 20 Stage sound design operations and Unit 21 Character design realisation and realisation Unit 22 Set design Other units/LOs stage and Unit 18 Production process management and sound design Unit 20 Stage Review performance technical outcomes Review practices health and safety Title of suggested activity of suggested Title practicesSafety equipment Access Rigging Allocating channels presets Facilitating Setting fade times Review concept design Review materials and equipment Review method LO4 This unit (Unit 19) This LO3

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