Drama 16 Stage Lighting

1) Thursday March 1st, 2012 – 10:00 pm – Alliance Hall

2) Outside my Window, I peer onto the Hempstead Turnpike where four police cars have gathered their light clashing brightly and quickly.

3)  The Lights strobe in a pattern, red blue, red blue with white in between and it’s weird how to some people, these may look like party lights, but to us, we automatically think police lights which is immediately associated with danger and accidents. Still, it is quite rhythmic and chaotic at the same time, three of the same beat playing at different times.

2) Joshua Raymund (http://www.flickr.com/photos/73758787@N00/2828476840)

3) Theme: One Light Source

4) This Tunnel looking thing, with a man at the end is actually a paper towel roll with a figurine at the end with a lamp illuminating the figure from behind. I love this image because you could easily be fooled into believing that this was a full scale man inside a tunnel behind him. This is because he is being backlit, and only a silhouette is presented. Another thing I love about this is the way that the shadows cling on to the folds from the tube, it’s something seldom noticed about a paper roll, but this image catches it quite nicely.

Edgard Garrido/Reuters – http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1PxBd7/www.guardian.co.uk/news/gallery/2012/mar/01/24-hours-in-pictures/

Single Light Source

This dog seems trapped, limited to the space that the light touches. He stands out in his red outfit, while surrounded by the monotonous businessmen at the top. The area is like a spotlight, the dog is the topic of this photo. He may not pick the best outfits, but it is this outfit and this lighting that makes the dog a hot subject. Design Choices. The dog seems confused on where to go, where does he walk to, can he escape? There are so many questions that could be running through this dogs head. I don’t think this dog is sad. The light is natural and the illumination gives a positive tone. The shadows of the business men are reaching out towards the dog, but just barely miss him. The sun is glowing vibrantly behind the businessmen, casting these long shadows. There is a battle between the dogs and the shadows, but the dog, with his vivacious costume, is winning. I guess he is the WIENER! (bad pun, sorry)

1. Thursday February 29th 1:00am Lowe 201

2. Street lamps on Adams quad shining in the windows

3. Due to the time of night and clouds the light seemed to be contained within the four buildings around the quad and when that go let into the classroom there were so many angles that the shadows overlapped making the wall look more like a forest rather than just one tree’s shadow. I liked this moment because I first saw it as spooky but as I saw each branch’s shadow it became mysterious, demonstrating the multiple impressions of shadows.

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Theme: Single Light Source

I do love me some chiaoscuro.  When I began looking for photos with a single light source, I was instantly drawn to the black and white photos I discovered.  The best thing about black and white is that the photography becomes all about the light.  Film noir, chiaoscuro, however these element are interpreted, The play of light and shadow is the simplest thing a lighting designer can do, and many times to the greatest effect.  In this case, the source of the light is unclear, but the cast of the shadow gives us the angle and the intensity of the light.  The crossed shadow is sharp across her face, suggesting an intense light that doesn’t have a change to diffuse or illuminate “her” face from any other angle.  The focus of the photograph draws your right to the face, where the most compelling contrast of light and shadow takes place, directly on top of the most compelling element of any human (real or fake) body.

  2.http://www.flickr.com/photos/besiaman/5867059658/

Flickr, Luca Bettarini

3. One source

4. When  you strip things down to one vantage point you assume that you need to see the image but what I like about this is that it is lit from behind which you would assume would make the subject in shadow. This is the exact opposite the shadows is what make the front details come out. The thin spots in the rine create contrast with the thicker areas. One source eludes some mystery and simplicity which can be taken in any direction in a lighting design.

1)      March 1^st, 2012, 10:00PM, Second Floor of Lowe

2)      I was walking back from the bathroom when I got a glimpse of Rych’’s computer screensaver through his window. There was a multitude of colors spinning in a pattern.

3)      After another fun night in Lowe, I was ready to leave when I was coming out of the bathroom. I was worrying that I wouldn’t find a lighting moment until I got a glimpse at a plethora of color. I spotted Rych’s screensaver through the window of his office when walking to the Design Studio. There were so many colors spinning it a set pattern. The hypnotic effect trapped me for a while as I studied the pattern and the neon lights spinning around. The lights moved with grace while constantly changing color. As I caught myself staring, I was wondering what it would have been like if Rych was still in the office and caught me staring at his computer. It would be creepy. I couldn’t help myself though, the lights were calming me in a rather stressful situation. For a quick second, I had no worries and thought to myself, it’s not the end of the world. After I broke free, I ran back into the design studio yelling “I had a lighting moment”. No one was amused. I then realized at that moment, that the end of the world was coming.

1) 2/29/11 8:32AM Quadship Enterprise.

2) The room was very dimly lit through the window by the grey, cloudy sky outside.

3) As I woke up, I rolled over towards the window expecting to be blinded by a bright ray of sunlight. Instead I was greeted by a dark, dreary morning. The sky was grey, the greyest shade of grey you can imagine. Not the bright white light of a beautiful sunny day, and not the dark grey, almost black sky before a storm, but grey, the most dreary, dreadful, indecisive grey. The sky could not decide whether or not it was going to rain, so a blanket of fog hung over the tops of the buildings and trees. The sky also could not decide where the sun was, so all of the clouds emanated what little, dull light they could. This was going to be the start of a no good very bad day.

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THEME: Single Light Source

A lot of my free time is spent on tumblr, reblogging pretty pictures and entertaining animations. This picture came up from one of my favorites, which is dedicated to books and the beauty therein. I have a huge thing for books, and flowers are generally nice as well. What I love about this picture is how old the books look, how torn and dusty and slightly broken they all are, and yet they are still beautiful. They maintain the story and the subsequent effect it can have on the reader, despite their age. The rose is the same way. It’s old and dried and kind of wrinkled, but it still maintains its beauty. I like how soft and subtle the light in the picture is. For all that it’s a single source coming from behind, the shadows aren’t overbearing and everything is still visible. The way the light kind of fades away around the edges of the object and everything is the dusty yellow of worn but still alive.

(tried to show the angle color concept diagram from the point of view of the camera)

2.http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-79Kak7WoUG0/TlC9pwJLn9I/AAAAAAAAASc/MvCoHcapf-s/s1600/_RON8338-Edit-Edit.jpg by Ronaldo Santiago

3. Single Light Source

4.I really like this picture because it’s obviously one source of light, but tells a story. It shows a guy doing what he loves to do in the dead of night, with only one street light on him, and that is all he needs. Being an actor, I’ve learned your work starts when there are no lights, no makeup or sets or anything. It comes in solitude, with maybe one light on in the room as you work to figure out how to best portray a character. That is where the homework happens. This guy exemplifies that: hard work when no one is watching is the work that ultimately leads you to succeed.