Today we started the BOP (Broadcast Operations) Circus, which is designed to teach us the basic in many operational roles. Today, my group started on Lighting with Graham Jaggers, an industry professional Lighting Director.

With lighting already being my specialist subject, after transferring from a theatre environment, I found I was only looking out for the differences between live theatre and live broadcast. The main difference i found was the huge requirement for Backlight, this isn’t such a requirement in theatre world.

Other little tips and tricks I have picked up from today, include:

  • 3 Point Lighting / The importance of shadows
  • How to use a Pantograph
  • The idea of bouncing a hard light of something white to create a large soft light