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Lighting Observation

1) 2/17/20 at around 12:50pm in the Blackbox Theatre

2) The light in the lobby of the Blackbox theatre was incredibly bright. 

3) As I walked out of the dark Blackbox and into the lobby, the sunlight was streaming in from the large windows. The light was nearly blinding, and I had to step back and cover my face as my eyes adjusted to this new brightness. 

 

Lighting Observation 3

Date: 2/11/2016 Time: 6:42 p.m. Location: Hallway leading to the shop from the Green Room in the Blackbox

Objective Description: The hallway light had just gone out. The Green Room, scene shop, and Blackbox lights were all on and illuminated the hallway slightly.

Subjective Description: Sitting in the Green Room looking down the dark hallway made me feel like I was in a horror movie. Although the room I was in was well lit, the hallway was dim and barely illuminated by the surrounding rooms. The walls are painted black which did not reflect any of the light that was shining in and made the hall seem darker than an average hallway would be. Also the hall was full of chairs on racks covering the walls, which made everything feel smaller and constricted. This setting had a very eerie vibe and just looking down the hall made me feel like I was in the next Sinister movie.

Lighting Observation 7.1(Light in a black box)

1) DATE-TIME-LOCATION: 3/14/12 – 6:22PM – NAB Black Box Theater

2) OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: I was woking on the Cat set during 55 on wednesday evening. The garage in the scene shop was open and letting in the sunlight that was casting long shadows all the way into the blackbox.

3) SUBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: I was working in the blackbox during 55 on wednesday evening when I should have been outside enjoying the absolutely beautiful weather. Just to taunt everyone that was working on the show, and also to help make everyone happy, Lynn raised the garage door in the scene shop to let in the fresh air. As the sun began to lower itself in the sky the shop began to fill with a deep and vibrant flush of sunlight. I left the shop and moved into the black box to work on erecting the pillars.

At around 6:30 I finally looked up from the work I was doing to see that the light had shifted very low in the western sky. I looked toward the shop and the sunlight was coming through the garage door at almost a horizontal line. The sun passed through the shop and the hall way into the blackbox and then onto the house seats that we had constructed on monday afternoon. The light passed through the legs of the risers and the individual legs of each chair and cast long black shadows all the way down the risers. On the surface of each riser I could see where the sun was directly reflecting off of the semi reflective surface and beginning to light up the area where we were working. I had to take a double take and really look at how cool the light was that was shining into the theater. I am not entirely sure if it was the pure beauty of the way the light was entering the theater with its strong contrast and long shadows or if it was the fact that I was actually seeing sunlight, sunlight in the theater of all places. For most of us the sun was somewhat of a novelty as we are stuck inside from sunrise to long after the sun sets.