Drama 16 Stage Lighting

1. Date / Time / Location: April 6th, 8:45 pm, LH Comm
2. Objective Description: I was in LH Comm for a dance rehearsal on Wednesday night from 8 – 9:30 pm. Although the room has windows, the darkness from outside crept into the space and gave the room a dim mood. Moreover, the lights inside the room are not a bright white and did not add much of a contrast to the natural lighting from outside. Only half of the lights were turned on as well, so there were several shaded areas within the large studio.
3. Subjective Description: The past two weeks, I have been on-and-off sick and genuinely did not want to go to that studio for rehearsal. Nonetheless, when I walked into the room, the dim-lit lighting and subtle moonlight emanating from the windows calmed my nerves. I noticed that the moonlight tends to effect me in a way that relaxes my body. At first I thought I associated darkness with sleepiness, but now I realize how I absorb energy from light. When I am in ballet class in the mornings I have much more vigor in my steps and prefer large thrashy movements due to the sunlight. However, in this moment I felt tranquil and ready to move through the dance with ease.

1) DATE-TIME-LOCATION:  This past Wednesday, the 17th, and the bottom of my stairs around 9PM.

2) OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: The lighting moment I captured was directly on the wall at the bottom of the stairs. All the lights were off, and the light was a reflection from the moon through the window. Tree branches appear as a shadow from the light.

3) SUBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: Typically, I run up the stairs when it is completely dark because I am still convinced a monster could chase me to my room. However, right before I started running, I noticed a gloomy light peaking through a window onto the stairs. My fear then shifted into being mesmerized by the magic of the moonlight. The moonlight created a silhouette of the tree branches that were moving from a gust of wind.  I was so mesmerized by this square of light because it created a picture that was not originally there. Normally, when I run up the stairs, I just see a black wall. But on that very night, I imagined a background setting from a movie my dad used to make me watch all the time, Dracula. Ironically, the reflection was not scary, even though it reminded me of Dracula, but the feeling of comfort ran through me. That night, I walked up the stairs.

Date.Time.Location- 4/26/19. 6:12 AM. Upper East Side Manhattan

Objective Description- Yesterday I was hired to act in a short psychological horror film. Filming took place in the Upper East Side in Manhattan in the form of an overnight shoot outdoors. As we neared the end of filming, the sun began to rise, lighting up the sky.

Subjective Description- It is an absolutely joy to be able to work on a film in any capacity. No matter how many times I’ve done it however, I never seem to get used to the long hours. I spent most of the night and early morning outside and the night sky blanketing the city made me feel the weight of my eye lids as I struggled to stay awake in between takes. The darkness served to create the illusion of endless night, of perpetual waking dream in which it seemed as if the light would never come. This was until slight glimmers of light began to show themselves as the blackened sky began to roll over into gray as the raindrops continued to fall. The light was returning, the sun although hidden, had ascended to its peak once again. Although the sun didn’t appear immediately within my sight as it was concealed behind the clouds, the death of the darkness replaced the gloomy feeling in my chest with that of hope, of determination, and it even brought a smile to my face. We all knew how long we had been out her filming and the light not only signaled the end of a long night of filming, but it also filled us all with gratification as we heard the director yell “that’s a wrap!”. The shadows of the night had faded and now we knew it was time to truly celebrate a job well done. The night had come to an end and the escalating brightness filling the sky meant that a new day was just beginning with new chances and opportunities beckoning.

2/7/19; 1:30 AM; my bedroom

Objective: The room was completely dark and the window shades were drawn down. However the shades do not cover the windows edges which create almost a halo effect around the window shade.

Subjective: The halo effect on the blind was a cool, moonlight glow that made the rest of the shade completely invisible in dark. It almost looked liked a completely dark opening/passage to another hallway or room.

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3. Spooky

4. Owls are spooky creatures. They hunt their prey at night, they can rotate their head 180 degrees, and they’re silent when in flight. what makes this photo spooky, however, isn’t the owl itself. the way the owl is lit is very eerie. Its lit from behind with a faint white light from the moon. You can tell its an owl only from its silhouette. The light doesn’t show any of its gorgeous features only the dark mysterious body of this spooky creature.

1. 11:14 PM April 27th, 2013 – Netherlands Courtyard

2. My friends and I just got back to campus from a lovely but short visit home for Spring Break. I look up at the sky and I see a full moon beaming down at us, filling the sky with a blue haze, accenting the edges of the clouds.

3. It is cold outside. Campus feels like a ghost town. As my friends and I lug our bags all the way through the never-ending courtyard, I feel the eyes of Big Brother watching. His beaming eye see’s past the clouds and through the tree’s. Though nature is obstructing, nothing can hide from his sight, for the cold light blue of his eye pierces through everything, twisting itself through the branches casting shadows against the pavement and frozen grass. We are freezing and it is late. We’ve been traveling for the entire day. All we want is to lie down and rest, but Big Brother is awake and refuses to allow darkness take over the land. He has made it known that only a roof and a window with blinds will provide us with a truly peaceful slumber.

1. 3:30 AM, March 9th, 2013 Calkins Quad

2. The moonlight, helped by a single white spotlight, stretches out across the quad.

3. My friend and I decided to go for a walk late at night because we felt like being spontaneous. We wanted to go on an adventure. A journey. We found ourselves walking along south side campus, nothing out of the ordinary until we reached Calkins Quad. Finally, the moment we had been waiting for was right in front of us. Discovery. Although we both knew the effect was caused by a light frost and the moonlight, the quad looked as though a billion stars had fallen from the sky and landed on the ground. It was enchanting. We slowly walked step by step to the center of the abyss of stars. Looking around we saw millions of little prisms of light flickering like glitter. It was magical, as if we had walked into a fairy forest. Standing in the quad, in the early hours of the morning, we were filled with the joy and excitement one gets while on a journey. Although, we were no Harry Potter or Frodo Baggins, looking at the sight of our surroundings, you would have thought we were in an enchanted forest.

1) 2/24/11, 2:23am, My room

2) Objective: The moonlight shining on my ceiling.

3) Subjective: As I’m laying in bed, completely in the dark and looking up at the ceiling, the moonlight has my attention. It shines through my closed blinds and on my ceiling. It’s so bright and luminous that I can’t turn away.It draws my attention in a room so dark that all I see is the light. It turns a dark room into a bright cooling sensation.