Drama 16 Stage Lighting

1. 4/27/12 2:00 a.m. Outside Student Center

2. Lighting inside Student Center in the section with the staircase.

3. Walking in front of the student center at night either means going or coming from a show or a party. Tonight it was coming home from the children’s show. I hadn’t had any lighting moments stick out to me and luckily, one just presented itself to me on my way home. I loved how the lighting combined with the staircase made it seem like the stairs were leading to another place, another destination and I was curious. Obviously I didn’t go up, but I caught myself wondering where it could lead, and it was probably nowhere near the truth.

2. http:/texasscribbler.com/images/Thunderheads.jpg, outer space blog

3. unreal

4. Unreal lighting seems mystic to me, something from another world that is entirely foreign to us. To achieve this, the lighting unifies the world in a dim blueish wash. The shapes of this other world are surprisingly similar and react the same way that it does on earth. This unreal landscape is actually created by clouds but its a picturesque we wouldn’t see. Being above the clouds puts you in another realm but light seems to unify them. I would say that light is a universal quality that is going to act in the same way everywhere but in creating unreal lighting, its more your color and brightness choices. The dim quality adds mystery that anything unreal and unfamiliar would have.

1. Wednesday April 25th 6pm NAB in the scene shop

2. Sunlight outside seen through the shop door

3. This moment caught all of us working in the shop off guard. As we are running about with lights and set pieces, I walked  into the shop to get steps and the garage door was open letting the breeze in. I just glanced at the door registering that it was open but the bright clarity made me stop. The day had been bright but the clouds were rolling in and ready to burst at any time. The reason it was so bright was because it was sun showering. The rain drops were enhancing the sunlight to become mesmerizing. It was only a sliver but that brightness in the corner was just what was needed for a busy afternoon in a dark theater. Its been seen before and its simple and not that uncommon but that’s what made it so mystifying. The view from the garage door is by no means a pretty one, it looks at Weed hall and the houses before hitting the turnpike but suddenly there was a filter between that drudgery and myself. Its always nice to find those little crystals during a long hard day and this lighting moment provided that uplift.

unreal

http://smashinghub.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Nature-unreal-Photography-7.jpg

I like this photo because the lighting is unnatural colors but natural light. I like how the boat looks like it is floating on the rocks.