Drama 16 Stage Lighting

1. 4/8/13- 6:45 PM, Outside Emily Lowe

2. The sun just beginning to set on the first warm spring day.

3. The sun is just setting but not in the wild, multi-coloured way that seems so common in winter. In spring and summer it becomes a much calmer, slower process, and is a very soothing way to enter the evening. The light lingers longer, and though dimmer, you never seem to notice when it becomes truly “dark”. To me, this makes the end of the day a much easier, happier experience.

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2. http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/134/1/e/choppy_waves_by_derail_and_crash.jpg

3. Storm’s Brewing

4. I like the uncertainty of this picture. It’s difficult to tell whether things are just about to get bad, or whether they are finally getting better. To me that’s the key element of the “brewing” of a storm, the uncertainty of just how bad it’s going to get. The light could be breaking through from behind the cloud, staving off the uncertain future, or the cloud could be moving in to block more and more of the sun.

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2. Photo found at http://www.orbitlightshow.com/images/orbitaction/larger/hulkaction3.jpg

3. Theme: Storm’s Brewing

4.  This photo reminds be of a storm brewing because of the colors and the layers. When I think of storm’s brewing I think of the clouds. I knew I wanted to find a dark blue, but I was also motivated to use green because of Sam Newby’s post about the coming of a tornado and how the sky turns green. The movement of the light in this photo is cyclical and layered which reminds me of the clouds before a coming storm. The picture overall makes me feel anxious, which is how I feel when a storm is coming. I think the lighting in this picture is effective in creating the same effect, only dramatizes as the sky does prior to a storm.

1. 12:42 AM April 7th 2013 – Netherlands Courtyard

2. I am outside smoking a cigarette. I look up at the clouds in the sky. they are glowing light blue from an unknown light source.

3. I am filled with a sense of wonder and excitement. I look up and see puffy light blue clouds glowing up the night sky. The moon is nowhere to be found. At first, I figure the clouds are being lit by the moon behind it. But when I look up, and really search, a ray of moonlight is nowhere to be found. Then I look at the clouds. I see light tints of amber and green, some yellow, and blue, even a hint of purple and pink. I realize that the light source is the world. I am living and breathing on a planet with the power to shine past the clouds and into the galaxies. I am filled with a never ending joy of power and excitement. Nothing can stop me for I am on the world and I am living. I too, like the globe, can shine.