Drama 16 Stage Lighting

1) 4/18/2013, 11:45am, Spiegel Theater

2) A single Edison-style light bulb hangs from the ceiling backstage. Isaiah Stanley is standing directly in between my line of sight and the light.

3) Isaiah has a ring of light around his head. He is outlined by an angelic light. He is beyond the constraints of men now. The light has lent itself to him, bathing him in brightness, yet causing the rest of his body to become unimpressive. His torso and legs are blank, dark, but his head is radiant. He is like two separate people in this state.

1) 4/14/13 at 5:40am, on a film shoot

2) the sun rising behind the film lights

3) The light was quite annoying.  I had been up for four hours already working on a film shoot and had been waiting for the light to show up to make makeup easier to put on the actors outside.  So when the light finally started to show up, I was annoyed because I had waited for so long that when the light finally showed up, I was already done with my job.  I was wondering if that was possible to do on stage, to make the audience annoyed that a light showed up so late in the game.  I wonder if this is what color starvation feels like, but I don’t know.  I would find it so interesting to be watching a show and be annoyed that a color or light was introduced right at the end when I might have wanted it earlier.

2) taken from http://wildelycreative.wordpress.com/2010/03/16/bushcraft-the-spiritual-connection/

3) theme: In the Spotlight

4) I think that nature does some of the best spotlights.  I really like this picture because even though the rest of the forest is lit up and visible to the eye, there is a distinctive spotlight on the right side.  The sun penetrates the general fill lighting of the forest with a clear beam of white light that draws attention to it naturally.  The viewer realizes that the light is drawing the attention, but it is not as in your face about the spot as it could have been, especially if the forest had been completely dark except for the  beam of light.  I love that there is the spotlight that emphasizes a spot, but there is still visibility everywhere else.

Diagram:

1. 4/8/13- 6:45 PM, Outside Emily Lowe

2. The sun just beginning to set on the first warm spring day.

3. The sun is just setting but not in the wild, multi-coloured way that seems so common in winter. In spring and summer it becomes a much calmer, slower process, and is a very soothing way to enter the evening. The light lingers longer, and though dimmer, you never seem to notice when it becomes truly “dark”. To me, this makes the end of the day a much easier, happier experience.

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2. http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/134/1/e/choppy_waves_by_derail_and_crash.jpg

3. Storm’s Brewing

4. I like the uncertainty of this picture. It’s difficult to tell whether things are just about to get bad, or whether they are finally getting better. To me that’s the key element of the “brewing” of a storm, the uncertainty of just how bad it’s going to get. The light could be breaking through from behind the cloud, staving off the uncertain future, or the cloud could be moving in to block more and more of the sun.

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2. Photo found at http://www.orbitlightshow.com/images/orbitaction/larger/hulkaction3.jpg

3. Theme: Storm’s Brewing

4.  This photo reminds be of a storm brewing because of the colors and the layers. When I think of storm’s brewing I think of the clouds. I knew I wanted to find a dark blue, but I was also motivated to use green because of Sam Newby’s post about the coming of a tornado and how the sky turns green. The movement of the light in this photo is cyclical and layered which reminds me of the clouds before a coming storm. The picture overall makes me feel anxious, which is how I feel when a storm is coming. I think the lighting in this picture is effective in creating the same effect, only dramatizes as the sky does prior to a storm.

1. 12:42 AM April 7th 2013 – Netherlands Courtyard

2. I am outside smoking a cigarette. I look up at the clouds in the sky. they are glowing light blue from an unknown light source.

3. I am filled with a sense of wonder and excitement. I look up and see puffy light blue clouds glowing up the night sky. The moon is nowhere to be found. At first, I figure the clouds are being lit by the moon behind it. But when I look up, and really search, a ray of moonlight is nowhere to be found. Then I look at the clouds. I see light tints of amber and green, some yellow, and blue, even a hint of purple and pink. I realize that the light source is the world. I am living and breathing on a planet with the power to shine past the clouds and into the galaxies. I am filled with a never ending joy of power and excitement. Nothing can stop me for I am on the world and I am living. I too, like the globe, can shine.

Saturday 9am, Funeral Parlor in Westbury

The lights in the funeral parlor were very dim and some of the flowers were blocking the view of the lights

The lighting at the funeral parlor was most likely unintentional but still reflected the mood very well. it was a very sad time and the dimness of the room just made it sadder. I am sure they intentionally made it dim but the shadows casted by the plants was probably unintentional but added to the mood