Drama 16 Stage Lighting

2.http://www.akelstudio.com/blog/portrait-photography-lighting-when-one-color-is-not-enough/

3. portrait or strong central figure

4. I like how fun the colored lights are on her face. The colors are so saturated that is looks like she has hair died those colors. Even with all three colors, they each are able to remount the same and not blend. The three colors remain very distinct on her face. It is a really fun image and the color adds dynamic even though she is sitting still.

1. Flickr user: queenbee

2. central object

3. this woman is not only the centeral figure because she is the only thing in the fame but also because of the attention she is commanding as she plays up the shadows and highlights this side fornt lighting gives her. If she was an actor sitting on stage you would be waiting for someone to enter from the sides and step in her light.

1. Outside the NAB, Tuesday, 6pm

2. The sun against the glass

3. At a glance the light was simply blinding but it allowed for parts of the glass encased building to be seen into while other areas were used only as a reflective surface. The angle of the sun played against the horizontal wall to give extra dimension to the architecture. Since most of the building can usually be seen the fact that it can’t be seen, makes the NAB seem bigger than it is. When we know what to expect and can see in front of us its approachable while when we can’t seen what we expect it gains a larger than life imposing quality.

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THEME: Portrait or Strong Central Figure

Honestly, this was one of the first images that came up in my tumblr and I thought it was perfect. Maybe that was due to the lateness of the hour or the fact that I thought it was simply adorable, but either way, it fits the assignment so I’m not complaining. It’s pretty cute in it’s own right, but to an extent it can also say a lot about the story of Anakin/Darth Vader. He starts out as this unsuspecting boy who doesn’t realize the weight of his decisions and what he will become. Half of him is cast in shadow, giving the impression that he was, to an extent, predestined to eventually succumb to The Dark Side (they have cookies!). Though that could only be insofar as the potential everyone has to be either good or bad, light or dark – it all depends on the decisions one makes, and Anakin ended up making the choices that led him down the darker path.

13 February, 2012
South Campus
Around  5:00 pm

I’m walking west from work (the Plant Maintenance Facility south of the stadium) towards the NAB, just as the sun is setting over the top of the buildings on South Campus.

It had been one of those days, my busiest, with work and class and work and class and work (in that order). A day of accomplishment, of productivity at work as well as in my classes. The day had been warm and sunny and pretty much the beach weather I was used to. Overall it was a good day, full of things getting done and being happy and hopeful. I was on my way to the NAB to join Lee’s paint call for ‘Cat’, and the way the orangeish beams of sunlight spread away from the roof of the NAB was just so beautiful. It was a picturesque ending to a rather picturesque kind of day, and overall it made me feel really happy, despite the fact that I was on my way to do more work. I didn’t really mind, after having such a day with the easy breezes and warm sunlight. The hopefulness I felt (for whatever reason)  after that view seemed to make it okay that I wouldn’t get to bed for about eleven more hours.

1) 2012-03-16 1:00 AM

2) A flickering fluorescent light in liberty hall coming through a small window and reflecting off of multiple sources

3)I really hate fluorescent lights.  I hate how artificial they feel.  I hate the sickish tone they lend to a room when they’re too cheap.  Most of all, I hate what they do when they’re getting near the end of their lives.  This one is close to the end.  The bulb next to it is already out, and this one cycles on and off every few seconds, stuttering back on, the off again.  But what it’s doing is rather interesting.  I’m working in the study room with the lights off, just my laptop and the laptop of the girl next to me.  The flickering fluorescent is just outside the door.  The door has one of those standard 8″ * 24″ windows with safety glass that you see on every classroom.  Through this narrow window, the flickering light comes in at just the right angle to hit the ultra glossy iMac in the study lounge, and can again be seen (barely) on the white board directly across from me.  I’m reminded of images of lasers and mirrors in a sort of lab… certainly not as focused and refined, but the same physics, just distributed more.  I’ve always liked the tricks you can play with lighting and mirrors.  Mirrors are seemingly almost impossible to use in traditional theatre given the position of lighting instruments and danger of blinding the audience, but there is a large potential for use in environmental and more experimental theatre that I think should certainly be explored.

1) Thursday March 15th, 2012 – 6:00p.m – In front of Breslin.

2) Leaving class, the sun was going down and trees with newly sprouted flowers were swaying.

3) This was an odd find, Usually when I leave this class, the sun has gone down, but because of Daylight savings changes, the sun was still on it’s way down.  As I looked up and tried to get used to this, I noticed the trees that were in front of the sun were in silhouette and they just have the smallest sprouting flowers just giving them the slightest bit of texture. The wind was blowing and the silhouettes began to dance with one another; oddly they were not synchronized but each branch had it’s own rhythm which wasn’t abrupt, but peaceful.

Date: March 10th, 2012 – Noon – In front of the NAB

Objective: The NAB was casting a shadow on the ground in front of me.

Subjective:Athena decided to plan a scavenger hunt for all the production majors to bond with each other. We were told to meet in front of the NAB. It seemed like a good idea at the time, until I got to the NAB. There I was, staring at the NAB, with Meaghan the only one present. After a few phone calls and starting an hour later, we got a few more people to show up and play. Bryan Chess eventually joined us in front of the NAB, waiting for the game to start. We began to talk casually until we both caught ourselves staring at the ground. The NAB was casting a shadow in the shape of a staircase. It was very interesting. Bryan and I both knew that this was a quality lighting moment. I found myself looking at every step, climbing the stairs in my mind. I felt my eyes going around each corner, outlining the stairs as I climbed. I eventually could not climb anymore because the shadow of a nearby trashcan impeded my progress. I then started to work my way back down. I looked up at the NAB, trying to piece together the parts of the building that were creating this distinctive shadow. I want to be cliché and say I was climbing the stairway to heaven, but really let’s be honest, it’s the NAB; quite the opposite.

Masa Ushioda took this picture for seapics.com

Theme: Portrait or Strong Central Figure

I like turtles. It has been posted as my status countless times. My friends and I have a running joke that every time we hack someone’s Facebook we make their status “I like turtles”. I am not sure why, but it’s what we do. The thing is, I do like turtles. They are very majestic and protected creatures. I think it would be wonderful to just retreat into a shell whenever I felt threatened, a way to cut ties with the outside world and self-reflect for the time being. The only thing that I find wrong with that image is the fact that I face the world head on because I have no place to hide away, so I constantly fight to swim. The turtle in this picture is the focus and it shows all of his wonderful qualities such as his protective shell. The lighting gives him a positive effect. He is bathed in light from above and below, there is no darkness for him. He seems ready to fight anyone in his path and is not going to stop for anyone. The overcast light from the surface makes the focus that much richer. Even though this turtle has a shell, he is not using it to hide from the world, he charges on. He is not going to stop because he is fighting to swim. In many cases, I am this turtle and I can feel an attachment to this beautiful creature. This turtle is a survivor. He stops for no one. I like turtles.

2) Andrew Evans Photography (http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewevans/5050030522/in/photostream/)

3) Theme: Portrait or Strong Central Figure

4) Andrew is a fantastic Photographer who captures natural light and in this particular photograph, he perfectly captures rays of light coming through tree leaves, and silhouettes his self. I really love this picture because I am a huge fan of silhouettes and silhouetted expression. In that I mean, here stands this man, or at least the shape of the man. We do not know his race, age, he is almost completely blacked out because of his shadow; the great thing is there is so much expression given by his silhouette alone. This man seems at rest, the environment around him is completely tranquil and etherial, and he completely parallels that, even with no facial expression. The rays of light coming in are very powerful, yet they don’t overpower him, he is still the center because of the very high contrast. One subtle effect the lighting creates is this glow jumping right off of his body, giving the man more importance, even though all he is doing is standing alone in a field.