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Term
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Abbreviation
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Description
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Auto Follow
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AF
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Immediate transition from one
cue
to the next.
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Balance
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The relative levels of the lighting elements which comprise a lighting state
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Blackout
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DBO
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Dead blackout. A state in which all lights are turned off.
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Build
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Gradual increase of a lighting state.
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Chase
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Switching rapidly between lights in a looped sequence
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Close
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Transition from a widely lit
stage
to a concentrated and defined area.
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Counts
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C
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Indicating the length of a change in the lighting, the duration of a lighting
cue
based on one second units.
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Crossfade
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XF
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A gradual transition from one lighting state to the next, the first fading out and the next fading in simultaneously
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Cue
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A general theatrical term specifying a change or the indication for such change. A
Light
Cue (LX cue) indicates a transition of the lighting from one lighting state to another.
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Dipless Crossfade
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Synchronous transition from one lighting state to the next.
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Dissolve
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1) Fading the light on a scrim while building light behind it. Also: Bleed
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2) Crossfading between different projections
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Fade Down
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A gradual decrease of light
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Fade In
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A gradual increase of light
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Fade Out
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FO
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A gradual extinguishing of light
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Fade to Black Out
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FTBO
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A decrease of lighting levels terminating in a blackout.
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Fade Up
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A gradual increase of light
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Full Up
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FU
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The brightest
level
of a lighting look
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Full Up to Finish
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FUF
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Increasing the lighting
level
to its brightest, usually over the last bars of a musical number.
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Lighting State
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A composition of lighting which is arrived at after the execution of a light
cue
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Repeat
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Moving to a lighting state which has already been used in the show.
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Reverse
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Return to the previous lighting state.
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Segue
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A lighting
cue
which immediately follows the preceding lighting cue.
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Sequence
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A number of lighting cues which are effected in sequence
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Snap/ Cut/ Bump
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An instantaneous change of lighting
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Split Crossfade
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Non synchronous transition from one lighting state to the next.
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Spread
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Transition from a concentrated area to a widely lit stage.
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