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STAGE CABLE
A cable used to connect lighting instruments to circuits or dimmer racks. Standard stage cable is type SO, 12 gauge, 3 conductor cable. This is abbreviated as 12/3 SO.
STAGE ELECTRICIAN
Member of the electrics staff whose responsibility it is to set or clear electrics equipment during scene changes. May also carry out color changes on booms etc.
STAGE LEFT / RIGHT
Left/ Right as seen from the Actor's point of view on stage. (ie Stage Left is the right side of the stage when looking from the auditorium.)
Stage Right = OP (Opposite Prompt) French: Coté Jardin, Netherlands: Toneel Links (translates to Stage Left!)
Stage Left = PS (Prompt Side) French: Coté Cour, Netherlands: Toneel Rechts (translates to Stage Right!).
NB: The Netherlands, Portugal and Germany use the opposite to the rest of Europe; i.e. Stage Left UK = Stage Right. The directions are seen from the director's and audience's perspective, NOT the actors. In Portugal Isquerda (left) is the equivalent of UK Stage Right and Direita (right) is the equivalent of UK Stage Left.
STARLETTE
Range of 1000W lanterns produced by CCT in the UK.
STATE
In lighting terms, a lighting "picture" ; each lighting cue results in a different state (or a modified state).
STEEL
- Refers to a steel blue / pale blue lighting gel. (Lee 117) (e.g. "Use the Steel General Cover for the scene in the castle").
- Many set construction now uses steel frames with timber cladding. Steel is stronger and lighter weight compared to timber of the same size.
- Generic term used for a plain wire rope sling. Also used when referring to roof structural steel and individual steel beams or scaffold materials and so on.
STEP
- A control on some lighting effects boards which enables the operator to "step" through a chase effect in time to music etc.
- Each separate component of a lighting effect is called a step. A chase effect with four channels flashing on will have four steps.
STERADIAN
The solid angle subtended at the center of a sphere by an area on the surface of the sphere equal to the square of the sphere radius.
STRAND
Maker of lanterns, lighting desks and dimmers in the UK and Worldwide.
STRAW
Refers to a pale yellow lighting gel. (e.g. Use the Straw General Cover for the garden scene).
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