Cucolorises differ in that they are used farther away from the lighting instrument, and therefore do not need to be as heat resistant.

The cylinder allows light to pass through but takes away the glint of a lighting instrument facing the audience.

Hard light sources cast shadows whose appearance of the shadow depends on the lighting instrument.

Practical experience is required to know the effective use of different lighting instruments and color in creating a design.

Instead, it drifts out over the audience and rises to hover around the lighting instruments.

The light plot specifies how each lighting instrument should be hung, focused, colored, and connected.

The instrument layer contains all the information relating to the lighting instruments.

The specific location of each lighting instrument represented by a unique symbol.

A spotlight is general term for any lighting instrument used in theater to create a pool of light on the stage.

"We have 100 lighting instruments in the air, while a Broadway house has 1,000, easily," she said.