Entertainment and Lighting Design with Vectorworks Spotlight

by Kevin Lee Allen

This book, written by award-winning scenic and lighting designer Kevin Lee Allen, explores the use of the Vectorworks Spotlight with Renderworks program for use in the entertainment industries. While the methods and techniques described are applicable to film, television, concerts, exhibits, and themed architecture or interiors, this tutorial focuses on a project that creates lights and a set for the stage, the root of entertainment design. From one step beyond traditional pencil thumbnails, this guide outlines a process of design development and collaboration with other designers and technical staff. The text is tutorial-based and directs the user to create two projects, each supported by a series of simple exercises. The first project is the creation of a simple 3D form, and the second project entails the creation of a scenic and lighting design for a theoretical production of Romeo & Juliet. Recommendations and * This tutorial is intended for use with Vectorworks 2012 software and is most applicable for Vectorworks Spotlight and Designer users. * This hard-copy workbook includes a companion CD with exercise files that demonstrate the steps described in the tutorial. * This book assumes basic working knowledge of computers and Vectorworks software. New users may find the Vectorworks Essentials Tutorial Manual helpful as an introduction to the program. * Design and construction theory are outside the parameters of this tutorial.

180 pages, Spiral-bound

Published January 1, 2012