Drama 16 Stage Lighting

Date: 4/20 Time: 8pm

Location: Garden City 

Objective: I’m not sure exactly what the light was because I wasn’t inside the house but as if there was some party, the interior of the home glowed a deep purple. 

Subjective: When I first saw the house, along with the dark blue sky I immediately thought of the movie Monster House. The color inside of the house was hella ominous and the fact that 3 of the Windows glowed gave the impression the house was alive.

1) A Fall sunset in Vermont

Source photo by Paul O. Boisvert in November 2012, and can be found here. 14 lights used, detailed as follows.

2.) Spring Sunrise in Montauk

Source photo by Edward Reese in March 2014, and can be found here. Source photo (enlarged) used as backdrop. 18 lights used, detailed as follows.

3) Noon on a hot Summer day in Hawaii

Source photo by Dennis Oda in August 2013, and can be found here. Backdrop image source here. 9 lights used, detailed as follows.

4) Winter afternoon in Maine

Source photo by Thomas Schoeller in December 2012, and can be found here. 18 lights used, detailed as follows.

Fall Sunset in Vermont

Cyc Top: Red 75%

Cyc Bottom: Yellow 60%

G450 75% Side house right 51 degree elevation

AP5700 50% side house left 37 degree elevation

What I wanted to incorporate was the vibrant reds and oranges that are known to occur within the leaves during the fall, as well as some that have yet to undergo the change of seasons. Along with the sunset theme, I place the back drop to symbolize more of the trees during sunset and the model herself exhibits the sun’s rays upon herself.

Spring Sunrise

Cyc Top: AP5600 50%, Blue 75%, AP6150 29%

Cyc Bottom: NC 25%, AP5800 25%

NC: Top light 75%

AP6400 House left 50 elevation 50%

AP7750 House left 50 elevation 61%

AO5600 House right 29 elevation 50%

With this, I wanted to incorporate the clear blue skies along with the blooming green grass and plentiful colors from the flowers. Sadly, to my best ability I managed to get the grass vibe down and trying to get varied colors within the cyc proved to be challenging. Still, I feel I did a great job at portraying a spring sunrise as most of the light comes from the left.

Noon Summer

Cyc Top: AP4450 83%

Cyc Bottom: AP2120 23%,  NC 61%

NC Full Top

AP7570: backside house left 20 elevation 16%

AP2120: Top Right 68 elevation Full

NC: 75%

AP6400: House right 52 elevation 75%

With this, I thought of more of a beach vibe, like day off from work and hitting the beach with the friends. I feel it accompanies the theme well because as it’s noon the majority of the lights are really high and offset as (depending on location, primarily NY) the sun isn’t directly overhead at noon.

Winter Afternoon

Cyc Top: Blue 54%

Cyc Bottom: NC 84%

AP3100: 40% House left 34 degree elevation

AP6800 50% House right 52 degree elevation

With this one, I wanted to depict the frozen, almost barren wasteland that a winter afternoon seems to bring. With the sky just barely blue, almost engulfed by the whiteness of the clouds, the snow on the grind bring a stark contrast to the sky. With this, the lighting of the sun through the clouds is absorbed and the light shown on the model is significantly less than it’s true output.

Date: April 20th, 2016

Time: 12:53pm

Location: LIRR Train

Objective Description: The light entering the train window creates a shadow across my face, leaving a distinct diagonal line splitting light and darkness.

Subjective Description: The light from the windows of the train as it whirrs along flickers across everything it lands on giving in a glowy, illuminated section as the rest of the train exists only under dull fluorescent lights. The sunlight outside reminds each passenger that soon enough they will emerge into the sunlight and begin their adventure – whatever it may be.

Sunny day in Hawaii at noon

I chose to use different shades of blue and green for my cyc to represent the different hues in the ocean and in the sky, pair with sandy tan and yellow tones focused on the actors to represent the warm, pleasant sun light and sand.

Cyc light: top light at full intensity with a Gam 740 gel, bottom light at 50% intensity with a Gam 570 gel, light at 50% intensity with a Gam 690 gel. light at 50% intensity with a Gam 790 gel

• Light at 25% intensity with an Apollo 2120 gel at 29 degree elevation angle, 37 degree side angle
• Light at 50% intensity with a Rosco 388 gel at a 31 degree elevation angle, 29 degree side angle
• Light at 50% intensity with an Apollo 2140 gel at a 33 degree elevation angle, 21 degree side angle
• Light at 50% intensity with a Lee 159 gel at a 34 degree elevation angle, 11 degree side angle
• Light at a 25% intensity with a Rosco 321 gel at a 33 degree elevation angle, 21 degree side angle
• Light at a 25% intensity with an Apollo 2100 gel at a 29 degree elevation angle, 37 degree side angle
• Light at a 25% intensity with a Rosco 370 gel at a -31 degree elevation angle, 37 degree side angle

Winter afternoon in Maine

For this scene, I used blues, whites, and gray gels in my lights to show the cold temperature of the scene. In addition to this, I used a gobo in two of the light fixtures, which made it appear as if snow was falling onto the actors.

Cyc light: Top light at a 75% intensity with a Lee 710 gel, light at a 25% intensity with a Lee 299 gel, light at a 25% intensity with a Permacolor 43208 glass gel. Bottom light at full intensity with a Permacolor 43208 glass gel.

• Light at full intensity with a Gam 870 gel and a gobo at a 31 degree elevation angle, 29 degree side angle
• Light at 25% intensity with a Gam 920 gel at a 34 degree elevation angle, 11 degree side angle
• Light at 50% intensity with a Gam 870 gel and a gobo at a 14 degree elevation angle, direct back light
• Light a 75% intensity with an Apollo 3200 gel at a 34 degree elevation angle, 11 degree side angle
• Light at full intensity with a Lee 201 gel at a 29 degree elevation angle, 37 degree side angle

Montauk Sunrise

For this scene, I chose to focus primarily on the cyc, portraying light climbing up from the horizon and the sky still partially dark from the nighttime before. In addition, I chose to place my lights primary from the side, as to imply the sun rising from one direction and casting a shadow across the actor’s face.

Cyc Light: Apollo 3850 at full on top, Apollo 2190 at 70% and Apollo 3520 at 25% on bottom.

• Light at 50% intensity with an Apollo 3520 gel at a 37 degree elevation angle, 56 degree side angle
• Light at 50% intensity with an Apollo 3180 gel at a 37 degree elevation angle
• Light at 25% intensity with no color gel at 23 degree elevation angle, 56 degree side angle
• Light at 50% intensity with an Apollo 2120 at a 0 degree elevation angle
• Light at 25% intensity with an Apollo 2220 at a 0 degree elevation angle, 56 degree side angle
• Light at 75% intensity with a Lee 441 gel at a -19 degree elevation angle, 56 degree side angle

Vermont Fall Sunset:

For this scene, I used backlight to create a silhouette on the actor, as if they were looking at the sun setting in the background. I chose to use different hues of orange and red, to show the light fading into the horizon line.

Cyc light: Top Light at full intensity with an Apollo 2190 gel, light at 50% intensity with an Apollo 3000 gel, and a light at 10% intensity with no color gel. Bottom light at a 50% intensity with an Apollo 2190 gel and a light at 75% intensity with an Apollo 1800 gel

• Light at 75% intensity with an Apollo 2220 gel at 90 degree elevation angle
• Light at full intensity with an Apollo 2190 gel at a 37 degree elevation angle, 56 degree back angle
• Light at full intensity with an Apollo 2120 gel at a 37 degree elevation angle, 56 degree back angle
• Light at 50% intensity with a Rosco 22 gel at 32 degree elevation angle, 56 degree back angle
• Light at 50% intensity with a Rosco 22 gel at 32 degree elevation angle, 56 degree back angle

Date: 4/20/16

Time: 7:30pm

Location: Walking by Enterprise Hall

Objective Description: The sun is setting and the sky is many different colors, the clouds also are reflecting the light.

Subjective Description: The sun sinks lower in the sky and casts a warm golden glow over campus.  The light peaks through the trees and casts long shadows across the concrete path.  The sky itself is a mixture of blue, pink, orange and purple with the golden sun in the middle.  The clouds are in thin horizontal lines with ripples and peaks which are accentuate by the setting sun.

Fall Sunset in Vermont

I used mainly side light to complete this look with some floor light, some back light, and a teeny bit of front light. I forgot to save this as a scene before changing it and can’t list all the lights I used. My bad.

I used the silhouette of a forest on the cyc combined with a blue top light and orange bottom light to emulate a sunset. When I think of Vermont, I think of the mountains and woodsy views that are available there and tried to capture a moment of two people enjoying the view of a sunset from a peak somewhere.

Spring Sunrise in Montauk

Spring sunrises are gentle but bright and I imagined people hanging out on the beach watching the sunrise behind the lighthouse. I attempted to emulate the glow and energy that morning sunrises have as well as the muted quietness and tranquility that comes with them.

Cyc:

• Lighthouse silhouette image
• Top: AP3450 at 25% andG685 at 66%
• Bottom: G480 at 46% and G120 @57%

Model:

• G154 @ 20% – 34 degree elevation – 11 degree side
• AP4830 @ 27% – 52 degree elevation – 21 degree side
• Yellow @ 22% – 54 degree elevation – direct back light
• AP7330 @ 26% – 52 degree elevation – 21 degree side
• AP4720 @45% – -23 degree elevation – direct side light
• AP2090 @ 49% – 32 degree elevation – 56 degree back
• AP3450 @ 50% – 51 degree elevation – direct side light
• AP7670 @ 75% – 0 degree elevation – direct side light
• AP2190 @ 75% – -23 degree elevation – direct side light

Hawaiian Summer Afternoon

This one was challenging to re-create due to sunny afternoons having such an intense bright, near white light. I wanted to give dimension to the models while including a brightness. I added a fun silhouette of palm trees and a hammock to emphasize the illusion and continue the silhouette theme.

Cyc:

• Palm tree silhouette image
• Top: AP4500 @ 56% – AP6300 @ full – G685 @ 50%
• Bottom: AP5500 @ 25% and AP4850 @ full

Model:

• No Color @ 50% – 0 degree elevation – direct side light
• AP3300 @ 75% -32 degree elevation – 56 degree side
• AP4830 @50% – 52 degree elevation – 21 degree side
• AP2140 @ 25% – 51 degree elevation – direct side light
• No Color @ 50% – 32 degree elevation -56 degree side
• AP6150 @ 50% – 23 degree elevation – 56 degree back
• AP6400 @ 50% – 0 degree elevation – direct side
• AP7250 @ 25% – 0 degree elevation – 56 degree side
• AP3800 @ full – -19 degree elevation – 56 degree back

Winter Afternoon in Maine

For this scene, I had the challenge of creating a white/grey yet dimensional lighting. Winters up north are full of snow and a bright mystical atmosphere. I used an image of a snowy roadway in the background to enhance the lighting as well as establish a location. Yay snow!

Cyc:

• Snowy image
• Top and bottom: NC @ full

Model:

• AP3450 @ 50% – 33 degree elevation – 21 degree side
• AP4850 @ 22% – 52 degree elevation – 21 degree side
• NC @ 75% – 35 degree elevation – direct back light
• NC @ 25% – 34 degree elevation – 11 degree side
• AP7300 @ 22% – 27 degree elevation – direct side light
• AP7330 @ 17% – -23 degree elevation – direct side light

Date: 4/20 Time:8:00 Location: California Avenue

Objective: the lights that light up Monroe and the statue really makes that side of the street less scary to walk on.

Subjective: as i was walking to monroe with my friend to practice songs for an upcoming show, i couldnt help  but notice the lights that were lighting up the statue and also the actual building. it makes that side of the street more inviting since it is so scary at night

Fall Sunset in Vermont

I included these different colors because when i think of a sunrise i see a picture of darkness that starts at the top and the colors become to change and become brighter as you look down the cyc. I also took some mental pictures that i have when i saw sunsets in Vermont.

Cyc Lights:

Top: G889 at Full

Bottom: G460 at 21%, AP8350 at full and G480 at 42%

Model Lights:

AP6800 at full, -19 degree elevation angle, 56 degree back angle(2x)

AP76000 at full, 0 degree elevation level, 56 degree back angle(2x)

NC at full, 23 degree elevation angle, 56 degree back angle (2x)

NC at full, with texture, 48 degree elevation angle, 37 degree back angle (2x)

NC at full, 54 degree elevation angle, direct back light

NC at full, 90 degree elevation angle

A Spring Sunrise in Montauk

This reminds me of the sunrise because right before the sun comes up there are beautiful shades of red and blue that fill up the sky. In this picture the sun is starting to come up that is why she is lit the way she is. She is lit in all white to show the brightness of the sun.

Cyc Lights:

Top: NC at 18%, AP3520 at Full

Bottom: NC at 13%, AP8320 at 75%, AP6300 at 20%

Model Lighting:

NC at full, 0 degree elevation angle

NC at full, 0 degree elevation angle, 56 degree back angle

NC at half, -19 degree elevation, 56 degree side angle

NC at full, -23 elevation angle

NC at full, -19 degree elevation, 56 degree back angle

Noon on a Hot Summer Day in Hawaii

When i think of a hot summer day in Hawaii i immediately go to the beach. I lit my actors like they were at the beach with the backdrop being the sky that is right over the water. There are some turquoise colors that are on the cyc that show how tropical the area is.

Cyc Lights:

Top: AP1900 at Full

Bottom: AP4900 at 57%, AP4950 at 75%, AP3450 at 75%

Model Lights:

NC at 25%, 23 elevation angle, 56 degree back angle

NC at 50%, 32 degree elevation angle, 56 degree side angle

NC at full, 48 degree elevation angle, 37 degree side angle

NC at 50%, 14 degree elevation angle, direct backlight

NC at full, 48 degree elevation angle, 37 degree back angle

NC at 50%, 0 degree elevation angle, 56 degree side angle

AP3540 at full, -19 degree elevation angle, 56 degree back angle

Winter Afternoon in Maine

To me, winter in Maine could be very beautiful. There are still blue skies that have some white in it because of the light reflecting off the snow. This man is walking on a very cold day with snow on the ground

Cyc Lights:

Top: NC at 25%, AP4680 at Full

Bottom: NC at 75%, AP2310 at 25%

Model Lights

NC at 50%, 0 degree elevation angle. 56 degree back angle

NC at 50%, 37 degree elevation angle, 56 degree side angle

NC at 50%, 42 degree elevation angle, 48 degree back angle

NC at 75%, 54 degree elevation angle, direct back light

NC at 50%, 23 degree elevation angle, 56 degree back angle