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Theatre lighting bingo cards with fresnel, three-point lighting, and gel terminology.
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Theatre Lighting Terminology Bingo Cards

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These bingo cards introduce 39 theatre lighting terms for high school students in grades 9–12. The word list covers fundamental equipment and techniques: fresnel, flood lights, three-point and four-point lighting, Kelvin color temperature, and key light, fill light, and back light. Use them to review lighting vocabulary during a theatre or technical production unit, or edit as a template for similar technical-arts bingo.

Subject:
Art
Topic:
Performing Arts
Grade Level:
9th – 12th Grades
Updated March 2025

Word List

  • essential area
  • spotlight
  • fresnel
  • flood light
  • scoop
  • Barndoors
  • flood light
  • light hit
  • flag
  • incandescent lamp
  • Fluorescent lamp
  • Floor stand
  • grid
  • C-clamp
  • raceway
  • Kelvin Color Temperature Scale
  • 3200K Kelvin
  • gel
  • diffusion
  • scrim
  • bounce lighting
  • dimmer
  • light plot
  • basic hang
  • Three-point lighting
  • instrument
  • lamp
  • key light
  • fill light
  • back light
  • background light
  • four-point lighting
  • cross-key lighting
  • honeycomb
  • limbo lighting
  • hard light
  • soft light
  • principle of color white
  • principle of color black

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