Drama 16 Stage Lighting

1)  02/03/11 at 10:00am in a classroom in the basement of Davison

2) Sunlight down a tunnel leading from the classroom window to the surface

3) As the light from the morning sun trickled down the damp, moss green, cracked concrete of the tunnel an uneasy anxiousness began to stir inside me. I felt trapped within in a cell with nothing but harmful flourscent light and this small glimpse to the world above. Escape, at this moment, seemed impossible. The urge to feel the sun on my skin and to look at the blue sky was incredible. The distance seemed infinite.

2) This photo is by Thomas Kinkade- http://rosselli.com/images/TKinkade2.jpg

3)  COLD

4)  The bare trees express a cold feeling and the snow also helps achieve the feeling of freezing or ice.  The fog in the background also reflects a cold and still environment.  The colors are muted and have a grayish tone that also contributes to the cold feeling.  There is some lighting effects but the light is white and not yellow so it is perceived harsher, highlighting the absence of warm soft yellow sunlight.

1) 1/28/11- ~7:35- Statue in front of Calkins

2) Side light on eagle statue in front of Calkins with snow falling.

3) This was an interesting lighting “moment” because the side light on the statue gave it a significant 3-D appearance.  The light was slightly an uplight  which gave the statue a feeling of confidence and strength.  The statue had several crevices and therefore cast very intricate shadows and it brought a flowing type of movement to the statue.  The light seemed to get absorbed by the  statue and gave it a naturalistic look.  The light also reflected off the snow that was falling and that also highlighted movement and the fact that it was snowing.  I thought the depth that showed in the statue from the light was really cool.

1.) 2/3/2011- 5:40 pm- My bedroom
2.) The reflection of light onto my ceiling off the water in my turtles’ tank.
3.) An unending ripple of pale yellow light pushing through shadow charging across the ceiling. Again and again it runs, bouncing ever so slightly against the farthest edge and dissipates. After but a moment of resonance the light escapes only have a new band of light race head long into the edge. A constant kamikaze the light charges across the ceiling, almost an aurora borealis, the light shows across in a brilliant array but it is starved of color, only the pale yellow has survived such constant battering. Soon the timer will click the light off and my light show will end, but now I witness the flight of the light.

1) 2/2/11- ~10:45- Driving on Hempstead Turnpike

2) Objective: Four lights in a row on a building shining up on a Bank of America sign.

3)  Subjective: This was a lighting “moment” for me because I saw a lot of meaning in it.  At first the light had a mysterious effect about it because there were long drawn out shadows cast from the sign.  The other reason it looked scary is because it was a yellowish light instead of a bright white light so it appeared dimmer and more spooky.  Something that I thought was interesting was that the straight up and down vertical light made the building seem taller at the time and going back the next day I realized its actually not that tall of a building.  Also the lights were lined straight in a row and it created a column effect that really gave the feeling of authority or power.  The light was very crisp and straight which helped make the building look very modern and important as well as aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

2.) Photo from: http://darkdex52.deviantart.com/
3.) THEME: Cold
4.) The grey/ blue quality of the light gives the image a cold, abandoned, heart broken feeling. The color is starved as though the rose has been left behind to wither and die in the snow. The sepia tones on the rose add an aged and deprived feeling to the photo while the grey light quality feels cold, and isolated. Like a love long abandoned, a wound too old to sting so fresh.

Light through Ice

When the river in my hometown froze over, I took a walk on the ice with my camera and a flasslight. I shown the flashlight at an angle down into the light to accent the formations in the ice.

Theme: COLD

Besides the obvious (that this picture is of ice, and ice is cold), the blue-ish tint of the light shining through the ice promotes a cold feeling, as well as the isolated beam of light and the fact that you cannot really see the bottom of the ice.

1.) 2/3/2011- 4:30 pm- My bedroom
2.) Sun light shining through half closed blinds filling room with golden/ orangey light.
3.) The room glows with golden, amber light, a happy and peaceful light, as though the room basks in warmth even when I’m not home. There is warmth to the light, as though the sun would never set, the clouds never run rampant and the snow could not come. Inside this space filled with cozy amber warm fuzzies I forget the foreboding winter, the ice that coats the ground and the dirty snow outside stained by a dog’s pee.

When: Wed Jan 2

Objective: A dark room where the only light shined through the side window

Subjective: It was early morning, and I walked into a classroom that was empty, and the only light shone through the window, hitting all the desks and chairs and casting shadows across the room. This gave me a very eerie and cold feeling. The shadows would create random shapes in the room that catch your eye and make you wonder what caused them, which gives a very lonely and creepy feeling.

When: Tues Feb 1

Objective: Sun reflecting off snow

Subjective: After the snow melted and then re-froze, the surface of the snow was very smooth, and reflective. As the sun was setting, it hit the snow from a low angle and the light reflected up and hit a friend of mine from behind, creating an aura around her. This felt very hopeful to me, and made me feel as if spring was finaly coming. Also, the sun gave my friend a very beautiful and radiant glow making her seem almost transient.