Light Observation Devin Gee

1)   3/21/11- about 11pm- 10th floor of the library

2)   A fluorescent light shining down upon the brown carpet on the tenth floor of the library.

3)   This moment was interesting because the light that came from the fluorescent bulbs appeared white but made the carpet green.  The carpet is originally brown and everywhere where there isn’t light shining down it is easy to tell that the true color of the carpet is brown.  I think this lighting moment is significant because it was the first time I noticed light making some kind of material a different color.  I then immediately thought, what if the carpet were a costume?  It showed me that you have to be careful when choosing lights and costume fabrics because sometimes they wont mix well and your fabric will turn an ugly color you don’t want.  Lastly it made me think about fluorescent lighting and it led me to think that this is why we don’t use fluorescent lighting in theatre.  It also led me think that you could use this effect intentionally and through lighting make a costume or some thing look really terrible.

 

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