Why does a DJ use, Video 8, Lighting?

Alright folks, this is video number eight in a selection I'm doing entitled Why Does a DJ Use? In this one we're looking at lighting. Why does a DJ use, why does a DJ need lighting? Now, if you think about it, a DJ needs music logically for people to dance to and listen to. He needs the equipment to play the music through. Turntables, CD players, PC programs, etc., mixer, leads, cables, amplifiers, speakers. Now then, let's say all of a sudden he had only that amount of gear and he was playing in a room 11 o'clock in the evening in the winter when it's pitch black outside. If he doesn't have any lighting, he's got one of two options. One is to keep the room dark, no lights on, everyone would be falling over each other. They wouldn't be able to see what's happening. The other one is to basically turn the light on in that room and all of a sudden you've got white light and you've got very little atmosphere. Yes, the music's pumping, but...

You need some sort of atmosphere. Now that is the key word, that is what the lighting will do for you. Because basically now all he's got to do is turn all of the normal lights off that you'd have in that room, all off, and then by utilising actual DJ lighting you start to cause or you start to have an atmosphere. There's a feel, there's a vibe to the room. Now lighting comes in many sizes, smaller than this, bigger than this. Different kinds of bulbs, different kinds of effects, different colours, different formats. There are many, many to look at and choose from. I'm not going to start telling you names, makes and models, but these videos are dedicated and targeting the people who don't really know what certain things are. So in video number 8 we're looking at lighting.

Why does a DJ use lighting? He uses it basically to get an atmosphere, to get a feel in the room where he's playing. If we have a quick look here you can see the sort of effect you would get. If I just tap it now as well because this actually unit is sound to light. There you go, I mean you can see that strobing as well and if you imagine that in a room against the walls that is quite a nice effect and if you had five or six of these it would look stunning. Thanks for watching, video number 8. Practice and enjoy!

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