An array of lighting mounted to the front of the stage floor and directed back to illuminate the cast. Used today only for special effects due to more powerful overhead lighting.
Long strip of lights along the front of the stage
Once a common feature in theatres, this row of lights across the front edge of the stage is rarely employed today. Even so, you may still hear someone say of an actor: "He really projects across the footlights."
A compartmentalised batten sometimes recessed into the front edge of the stage, used to neutralise shadows cast by overhead lighting. Modern lighting equipment renders footlights virtually obsolete except for period/special effects.
An electrical batten at the front of the stage at floor level.
Recessed, low-wattage lighting instruments usually located in a metal trough or sconces mounted along the lip of the apron.
Luminaires set into the stage floor to provide uplighting.
In a proscenium theatre, a row of lights across the front of the stage, used to light the actors' faces from below and to add light and color to the setting. Footlights were used universally in previous centuries but are employed only on special occasions today.
theater light at the front of a stage that illuminate the set and actors
A set of striplights at the front edge of the stage plateform used to soften face shadows cast by overhead luminaires and to add general toning lighting from below.
A series of floodlights placed on the stage floor along the front of the stage. Traditional in variety theatres, foots are nowadays rarely used.
Lights that are sometimes recessed into the front edge of the stage, used to stop shadows made by overhead lighting.