Drama 16 Stage Lighting

4/25, 5:00pm, outside of Bits and Bytes

Objective description: The sun is still shining brightly, but it is slowly getting lower in the sky. The light is a bit warmer and dimmer, but it still creates a lot of soft shadows through the trees and greenery.

Subjective description: The afternoon sun looks and feels warm and comforting, and it emphasizes the blue sky and green trees. It makes me want to lay outside and bask in the sunlight.

please note that I had trouble moving the photos around on this website! they are not directly next to their matches!

4/23/2024 – 6:35 pm – Inside black box theatre

Objective: The dark theatre is completely dark until a single light source is provided by the ghost light.

Subjective: In the black box theatre, the surroundings itself is a black hole. Everything inside the room is black, with no natural light source available to squeeze its way through the dark room. The ghost light, protects the theatre with its single source, providing a little light to all. This small light brings the newcomers into the space with ease and less tension when provided.

New England Sunset

I was inspired by the sunset beach photos I would take in Cape Cod. The best sunsets are in the beginning of fall.

Lights used:

1. G CC21, DS Right, full intensity, 36 degrees
2. G CC15, DS Right, full intensity
3. G CC15, DS Right, 75% intensity
4. G CC21, DS Right, full intensity
5. G CC21, US Right, 75% intensity
6. G CC21, US Right, full intensity
7. G CC26, DS Right, 75% intensity

Spring Sunrise in the Gothic Cathedral

This lighting sequence would represent the small sunlight beginning to rise through the windows of the cathedral.

Lights used:

1. G L151, DS Right, full intensity, window gobo effect, soft focus
2. G CC15, CS Right, full intensity, window gobo effect, soft focus
3. 100, US Right, full intensity, window gobo effect, soft focus
4. G L151, DS Left, full intensity, window gobo effect, soft focus
5. G CC15, CS Left, full intensity, window gobo effect, soft focus
6. 100, US Left, full intensity, window gobo effect, soft focus

Noon on a hot summer’s day in Africa

The surrounding area in Africa is very warm and hot as if the sun’s color was the temperature of the area.

Lights used:

1. G L151, DS Right, full intensity, 90 degrees
2. G CC15, CS Right, full intensity, 90 degrees
3. G CC21, US Right, full intensity, 90 degrees
4. G L151, DS Left, full intensity, 90 degrees
5. G CC15, CS Left, full intensity, 90 degrees
6. G CC21, US Left, full intensity, 90 degrees
7. 100, DS Right, 50% intensity, 90 degrees
8. 100, DS Left, 50% intensity, 90 degrees

A winter afternoon in North Dakota

For winters, there is this natural feeling where people would associate winter colors with the cold being just blue. I wanted to show more of the very light white-blue color effect during one of the aftermath of a blizzard.

Lights used:

1. G L201, DS Right, full intensity, 90 degrees
2. G L201, CS Right, 50% intensity, 90 degrees
3. G CC68, US Right, full intensity, 90 degrees
4. G L201, DS Left, full intensity, 90 degrees
5. G L201, CS Left, full intensity, 90 degrees
6. G CC68, US Left, full intensity, 90 degrees
7. 100, DS Right, 25% intensity, 90 degrees
8. 100, DS Left, 25% intensity, 90 degrees
9. G L201, US Right, 50% intensity, 90 degrees
10. G L201, US Left, 50% intensity, 90 degrees

New England Sunset:

1. Light salmon, full intensity
2. Straw, 85% intensity
3. Red diffusion, 75% intensity
4. Gold tint, full intensity
5. Deep straw, 85% intensity
6. Golden amber, full intensity
7. Gold tint, full intensity
8. Deep straw, full intensity
9. Congo blue, full intensity
10. Cyc: Flesh pink, full intensity

I was inspired by photos I saw of sunsets in the White Mountains and how vibrant the colors of the sky were without the buildings and air pollution of the city.

Spring Sunrise in Gothic Cathedral:

1. Full CT blue, full intensity, window gobo
2. Full CT blue, full intensity, window gobo
3. Full CT blue, full intensity
4. Full CT blue, full intensity
5. Full CT blue, 75% intensity
6. Flame, 75% intensity, breakup gobo
7. Full CT blue, 75% intensity
8. Flame, 75% intensity, breakup gobo
9. Cyc: Primary blue, full intensity

I looked up photos to see the inside of Gothic Cathedrals, and there were often very geometric arches and designs across the ceiling, and there were lots of tall, decorative windows. I took inspiration from the darkness of early sunrises and tried to create geometric patterns with the lights through the air.

Summer noon in Africa:

1. Deep straw, full intensity
2. Deep straw, full intensity
3. Deep straw, full intensity
4. Full CT blue, 70% intensity
5. Full CT blue, 70% intensity
6. Full CT blue, 70% intensity
7. Full CT blue, 70% intensity
8. Cyc: Moss green, 75% intensity

I wanted to emulate the bright sun that happens at noon and also include the greenery of the jungles in Africa with the green cyc.

Winter afternoon in North Dakota

1. Hemsley blue, full intensity
2. Hemsley blue, full intensity
3. Hemsley blue, full intensity
4. Full CT blue, 70% intensity
5. Full CT blue, 50% intensity
6. Full CT blue, 70% intensity
7. Full CT blue, 45% intensity
8. Full CT blue, full intensity
9. Cyc: Parry blue, full intensity

I wanted to show how bright and white the sun feels in the winter compared to when it feels warmer in the summer. I wanted to use bright cooler toned lights for the sun, and then I made the cyc blue for the sky.

Fall- Although I loved the traditional golden hour for this staging, I wanted to incorporate some blues for depth and overall aesthetics. I loved how, in the original photo, you can see the hazy sky, so I tried to incorporate it using the cyc in the background.

Spring- This was my favorite season because I loved choosing the colors for the individual windows, and using gobos in the design was also really fun. It was also the most straightforward in terms of light direction and fullness.

Summer- I actually couldn’t find a picture of Africa in the summer time, so I went with the coolest picture I could fid. I really loved making this one with all of the fun shadows and different gels of warm yellows and oranges.

Winter- This is one is probably the prettiest one that I made. I really tried ot incorporate the pinkish sunset in the background. Mkaing all of the different pink, purpke, blue, and white gels in the back blend together was also really fun.

1. A Fall sunset in New England- To evoke fall, I selected a very warm color pallette with a soft discipline. To me, fall in New England is soft and comfortable, and as such I sought to create some softer, more ambient lighting. I also heavily used the breakup gobo to indicate the concept of fallen leaves on the ground.
2. Spring sunrise in a Gothic Cathedral- For this setup, I knew that I wanted to use gobos- and I was lucky to find the Apollo glass gobos. As for the rest of the scene, I imagined the cathedral rather dark, lit dimly by ‘candelight’, represented by Chan 4, and its cool shadows tinted blue by Chan 5-6. I took a lot of inspiration from the design of La Sagrada Familia.
3. Noon on a hot Summer day in Africa- For this scene, I wanted to use warm and neutral tones with a large amount of ambient illumination without over-lighting the scene. I used a lot of top-lighting to indicate noon and to make the lights feel almost obtrusive. However, due to the lack of bounced-light within the program, I realised that I needed to add front lights to light the subject. I also put a gradient on the cyc to accentuate the “heat” from above.
4. Winter afternoon in North Dakota- My main goal was making the scene feel cold. I think back to snow and the bright light reflected off of it, resulting in the high contrast lighting seen. I also chose to follow the cultural association of blue with cold to boost the feeling.

4/19, 10:00pm, Crumbl Cookies

Objective description: The room is very bright with the bright white paint and tiles combined with bright white LED lights. The lighting coming off of the order screens is another light adding to the already bright lights in the store.

Subjective description: The lights are reflecting so strongly off of the tile that my eyes hurt; the amount of white in the store is almost giving me a headache. This annoyance from the lighting is adding to the pressure of not knowing what I want to order. However, the fully white walls and light makes the store look very new and clean, so I trust the cookies I’m about to get are going to be delicious.

4/23/24 – Outside of Breslin Hall – 9:50 PM

Objective: The full moon is shining brightly down from the sky, but it looks slightly fuzzy due to the clouds, and its moon rays are dispersed.

Subjective: The moon is very bright tonight, and on a clear day, it would be a perfect photograph. Yet, the moist air and the misty clouds in the sky cause its appearance to spread. The moon, usually so detailed, is just another white light in the sky.