Drama 16 Stage Lighting

I took this photo last spring break in Washington D.C.

The theme is fun; this photo fits this theme, not because sun rhymes with fun, but because sunshine has many positive associations with it.

The sun beats down on the land illuminating everything and making shadows small and scarce. It is the big white, hot monster come to scare away the night. The vibrant colors of the world dance in this mass illumination; all the details of objects that in the dark or gloom would not be seen invite the eyes to come and play with them. “Frolic, skip, dance from one place to the next,” they shout. “Marvel, embrace this warm light, and bathe in it,” the light beckons the eyes. The brightness and apparent whiteness of the light glimmers off of the surfaces it touches causing parts of them to appear as white as a pearl. It is a treasured light; it is playful fun. Children at school who look out the window will crave to feel its rays. Some working people will want to throw off their hats and run out into it. If they do, then they might cartwheel with joy and excitement as the light sparkles around them. “The light! The light!” In winter when such light is scarce, are not some people depressed? Do they not feel bored and incapable of happiness? Thus, when the sun returns, the fun also returns. The sunlight, the light source that first gave us the ability to delight in what we see and that gives the eyes so much to play with, is a fun light.

http://weheartit.com/entry/group/185103

Theme: Fun

Description: An amusement park is filled with bright, flashing, neon colors. At night these colors are enhanced by the contrast of the dark night sky. This photo is a perfect representation of fun lighting because of all the neon colors that draw a person in. If the lights were dim or dark, boring colors people would not be so attracted to everything that is going on, but because they are obnoxiously in a person’s face they get sucked in and hold the person until the lights are turned off.

http://www.nightlightshq.com/audubon-society/new-night-lights-show-begins-jamestown-audubon-center-and-sanctuary/

Theme: fun

Description: The lighting in this photo gives off the feeling of fun by all the different colors.  I enjoyed the various colors and that there weren’t concrete lines separating them, all the edges just merged into one another.  I also thought it was fun because it took an object in nature that is typically neutral tones and made it appear abnormal and silly.  When I first looked at this photo I didn’t realize it was a tree until I looked at it more closely.  I enjoyed that the lighting changed the appearance of an everyday object and made it more fun and whimsical.

Theme: Night Life

Source: https://40.media.tumblr.com/24efcc86f67c428d1b8b16b23c588425/tumblr_ncshu103MD1syvcbdo1_500.jpg

I chose this picture because it invited me into a fun story. The intense neon colors, the cracks in the pavement and walls, the steps leading into the dark–all of it screams debauchery and vice. What I see here is a trashy hole-in-the-wall venue that may be fun, scary or both. The picture is taken in such a way that the “WATCH YOUR STEP” is shown, but the actual letters on the sign aren’t. The irony of those words combined with the blur of the sign and the blackness of what’s beneath make this photo feel dangerous, but the myriad of color suggests a fun danger. This is enticing. The lights create a clever color fade effect, as they get colder the farther down you go. I think walking through this would feel like walking from a pink daylight (a time of routine and structure) into a blue night (a time of fun and release).