| Nightclubs frequently require jazzy, modern lighting and | | | | projection elements, plot, and selective visibility. |
| special effects, such as flashing lights of many colors, | | | | Nightclubs can adopt some of these light effects to |
| moving light beams, and smoke machines. A disco ball | | | | create the right kind of ambience needed for it. |
| is an important feature of nightclub lighting. A disco ball | | | | Illumination means ability to see what is happening |
| is a rotating football-sized spheroid hung from the | | | | onstage. Any illumination plan will be unsuccessful if an |
| ceiling, covered with numerous small flat light-reflectors, | | | | audience has to strain to see characters, unless this is |
| with a light beam aimed at it. Light reflections produce | | | | a clear intention. Revelation of form means changing |
| a large number of moving light spots on the floor and | | | | the perception of shapes onstage, mostly |
| on people. Some nightclubs arrange foam parties | | | | three-dimensional stage elements. Focus denotes |
| where a dance floor is filled with soap lather that may | | | | directing the audience's concentration to an area of a |
| not be too slippery. | | | | stage, or distracting them from another. "Mood" means |
| Modern stage lighting is a versatile tool in production of | | | | the tone of a view or environment. For example, harsh |
| opera, dance, theater, and other presentation arts. | | | | red light has a completely different effect than soft |
| Various kinds of stage lighting devices are used to | | | | lavender light. Colors of lights can also achieve a |
| highlight stage effects, provide dramatic background | | | | desired effect of depicting time. Blues usually denote |
| scenes and so on. There are some general principles | | | | nighttime while orange and red can imply a sunrise or |
| for lighting a stage, but no rigid rules can be applied in | | | | sunset. Lighting may also be used to project a specific |
| order to allow imaginative special effects for a | | | | view, or to act as scenery onstage. Special effects |
| nightclub. Some of these principles are illumination, | | | | may be employed to show areas of a stage, which a |
| revelation of form, focus, mood, location and time, | | | | designer wants an audience to see. |