Lighting Operator

Stage Lighting – Suggested Settings

Before we look at effects lighting, let’s look at Stage Lighting.

Stage lighting is in reference to the Stage Lights (white wash lights) and House Lights (ceiling lights).
Our lighting console here is a LSC Minim. This is a small 12ch, 2 preset console.

Image showing NBCs Stage Lighting console. The LSC Minim.

You can see there are 2 rows of faders, known as ‘Fader Banks‘. One bank is Yellow and the other is Red. They allow you to have one ‘Preset‘ set in Yellow, and another in Red. You can flip between these ‘Presets’ by using the ‘Master Faders‘, located in the bottom right corner of the console. You can also use both ‘Presets‘ at the same time.

A typical use for this at NBC is Stage Lights on the Red preset, and House lights on the Yellow. This allows you to use the Master Faders to adjust all the lights on each preset at once.

The image above shows a graphical representation of how each Fader Bank is linked to the Master Faders and finally the Output.

Notes:

  • When turning lights ON, let them warm up at 20% for 2 mins before increasing to full intensity.
  • When turning lights OFF, bring all faders down before switching off power at wall.
  • Set channel faders 1-6 to 100% and channel faders 10-12 to 50% (use faders 7-9 as needed).
  • The settings in table below refer to the MASTER FADER level for given HOUSE/STAGE lights.
ItemStage LightsHouse LightsNotes
Prelude   
Loop AnnouncementsSTAGE – OFFHOUSE – 75%Bring STAGE up when countdown reaches 0:02
Introduction   
WelcomeSTAGE – 100%HOUSE – 50%Then slow transition to OFF over 30 seconds
Song Set 1   
Opening SongsSTAGE – 100%HOUSE – OFF 
PrayerSTAGE – 100%HOUSE – OFF 
Miscellaneous   
InterviewSTAGE – 100%HOUSE – OFF 
SharingSTAGE – 100%HOUSE – 50% 
Series LaunchSTAGE – 100%HOUSE – OFF 
Kids TimeSTAGE – 100%HOUSE – 50% 
Information   
What’s HappeningSTAGE – 100%HOUSE – OFFDim STAGE lights to OFF if playing a video
What’s H – OFFERINGSTAGE – 100%HOUSE – 50%Go to this level when host talks about offering
Offering   
VideoSTAGE – OFFHOUSE – 50% 
BandSTAGE – 100%HOUSE – 50%Dim HOUSE to OFF when offering completed
Song Set 2   
Song(s)STAGE – 100%HOUSE – OFF 
Message   
Bible ReadingSTAGE – 100%HOUSE – 62% Set HOUSE halfway between 1/2 and 3/4
Video (if required)STAGE – OFFHOUSE – OFFThis is the standard video setting
SermonSTAGE – 100%HOUSE – 37% Set HOUSE halfway between 1/4 and 1/2
Response SongSTAGE – 100%HOUSE – OFFLight floor near mercy seat if person leading this segment is down there (CH 7/8/9)
Close   
BlessingSTAGE – 100%HOUSE – OFF 
Final SongSTAGE – 100%HOUSE – OFF 
Playout VideoSTAGE – OFFHOUSE – 75% 

Effects Lighting

The following video is a good introductory guide on how we operate effects lighting at NBC.

Lighting Branch Manager
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