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CHIEF ELECTRICIAN
The senior member of the theater's stage lighting teamalthough not necessarily the lighting designer. Known in the US as MASTER ELECTRICIAN.
In common with many theater jobsthe actual duties of the Chief Electrician vary from theater to theater. Some chiefs are responsible for electrical maintenance of the buildingsome design the lighting for nearly every in-house productionsome design no lighting at allsome have a team of eight staff under themsome have two. Many theaters employ casual staff to assist on lighting rigging sessions. Some theaters have a separate sound departmentsmaller venues have the lighting team also running sound for shows (and doing sound design for some).
CHINAGRAPH PENCIL
Usually whitewax-based pencil used for marking magnetic tape prior to splicing. Also used for marking identifying numbers on lighting gels.
CHOPPERS
Two horizontal masking shutters used in followspots to shape the beam above and below.
CHROMATICITY
The dominant or complementary wavelength and purity aspects of the color taken togetheror of the aspects specified by the chromaticity coordinates of the color taken together.
CID
(Compact Iodide Daylight) A high intensity discharge lamp that produces a light similar in color temperature to daylight approx. 5500K). A 1000W CID lamp produces 2.5 times more light than a 2000W tungsten halogen source.
CIE
(Commission Internationale d'Eclairage) International lighting forum which has produced a series of universally recognized symbols for lighting plans.
CIRCLE FRONTS
A permanent front of house lighting position in older proscenium theaters. A number of spotlightssometimes fitted with color changersare recessed into the front of the circle balcony above the stalls. Sometimes known as the Balcony Rail position.
CIRCUIT
- The means by which a lantern is connected to a dimmer or patch panel. Numbered for reference.
- A complete electrical "loop" around which current can flow.
- An electrical connection to control a lighting fixture.
- An electrical circuit. In theatrical lighting terms a circuit usually refers to the part of a lighting circuit which extends from the dimmer to the lighting instrument. In permanent installations where this is a fixed relationship (dimmer-per-circuit) the terms dimmer and circuit are often used interchangeably.
- An electrical connection to control a lighting fixture.
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