- Additional Authors
- Description
- 2 streaming video files (98 min.) : sound, color
- Summary
- Lighting designer Ken Billington discusses his career with a frequent collaborator, the director Walter Bobbie, from grade school plays to more recent projects, including the Broadway musicals Sweeney Todd, Footloose, and the revival of Chicago. Using Footloose as an example, Mr. Billington demonstrates how he begins with a floor plan given to him by the scenic designer and then creates the entire light plan on his drawing table, before any work is done in the theater itself. Mr. Billington cites lighting designers Peggy Clark and Tharon Musser as his mentors. Other topics covered include the changes wrought by theater technology, the nature of collaboration in theater, and the business side of the profession.
- Alternative Title
- Interview with Ken Billington at KB Associates, Inc. (Ken Billington's studio)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Access (note)
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at KB Associates, Inc. (Ken Billington's studio), New York, N.Y., December 22, 1998.
- Funding (note)
- Recorded with the financial assistance of United Scenic Artists.
- Source (note)
- Call Number
- NCOW 218
- OCLC
- 1325582873
- Title
Interview with Ken Billington / conducted by Walter Bobbie ; December 22, 1998 ; KB Associates (Ken Billington's studio), New York, N.Y. ; [video prod. company] Character Generators, Inc. ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.
- Production
New York: Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, [1998]
- Copyright Date
©1998
- Type of Content
spoken word
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
video
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Access
Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Event
Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at KB Associates, Inc. (Ken Billington's studio), New York, N.Y., December 22, 1998.
- Funding
Recorded with the financial assistance of United Scenic Artists.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Billington, Ken, 1946- interviewee.
Bobbie, Walter, 1945- interviewer.
Corwin, Betty L.
United Scenic Artists.
Character Generators/Video.
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
- Note
Title on tape: Interview with Ken Billington at KB Associates, Inc. (Ken Billington's studio)
- Other Form:
digital transfer of (videodisc): 1 videodisc ; 4 3/4 in. (OCoLC) b145394530 Interview with Ken Billington. New York:1998
- Research Call Number
NCOW 218