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Stage lighting requires certain parameters, like the intensity, form, colour, direction and movement. The widely adopted lights for stages are spotlight and floodlight. Spotlight fixtures are ideal for area and wash lighting applications. Floodlight fixtures include, Scoops, box floods and stripligh ts. Plano-convex spotlights are useful in providing acting area lighting and localized lighting to specific areas of the stage. They have no beam controls like shutters, iris, and barndoors. The ellipsoidal reflector spotlight is a common fixture for large stage lighting applications. The Fresnel Spotlight provides adjustable beam spreads, generally used as an efficient means of providing acting area or colour wash lighting.The spotlight with parabolic aluminized reflector fixtures, are highly efficient and these fixtures are particularly useful for acting area and wash lighting. They are also usually the fixtures of choice for colour wash and back lighting for entertainment productions. Pin spots can be very useful for providing accents, highlights and specials. Stage lighting fixtures are available in different ranges in wattage from about 300 watts to over 10,000 watts in size and capacity and various designs. A wide range of stage lighting fixtures is manufactured by a host of manufacturers.
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