1) Fall Sunset in New England
For this look I wanted to express the warmth of fallen leaves and a bright orange sun about to drop below the horizon. I used high intensity and focus to give the effect of streaks of light like those that are created as the sun moves down and comes through the New England leaves. I first added a warm straw (R15) light on full coming from the upstage left diagonal to act as our “sun”. I hen began layering red, yellow and orange toned light primarily from the side to bring the effect of the ambient light bu with the sunset still being behind the individual so they would not be brightly lit from the front. I used a stack of R52, R60 and R23 on each side to give this effect.
2) Spring sunrise in a Gothic Cathedral
For this look I wanted to bring the pinks and purples of a sunrise to the stage. I decided to have the light coming primarily from sage right as if we were seeing the light appear through the textured windows of a cathedral. I used gobos on some of the lights layering the dots and breakup gobos to give the effect of a textured window or light coming through trees. For this look i used a blend of warm and cool tones. he first two lights come from the high front diagonal (R52, dots) and high back diagonal (R60, breakup) with a soft focus to cast the texture over the stage. I then added a blue light on the low front diagonal on 75% (R68) to bring in the blue tone that to me brings in the coolness of a sunrise and the morning as opposed the warm nature of a sunset. I did use middel side light from both sides on full in the color R23 which is a warm orangy red to bring in the glow of the sun.
3) Noon on a hot Summer day in the Caribbean
For this look I wanted to express the hot, sticky and humid environment of noon on a summer day. I used a lot of warm toned lights totaling 9 instruments all together. I used the layering of front, side, and top light to create this look. I used angled top light in two different colors (R52 & R60) with a soft focus on full. R60 appears as light yellow but is in fact a no color blue that brings the layered effect to portray humidity when paired with the very light salmony R52. I used fron light no color on full to bring he bright nature o he stage. I used R60 for two more lights on a low diagonal from the front on 75% to bring this same bright nature. Finaly I paired the warm toned lights of R15 & L151 in stacked side light on 75% to bring the warm up the space.
4) Winter afternoon in Canada
For this look I used blue and no color blue to create a cool tone that would reflect the cold temperature of Canada. I started with two no color blue (R60) lights on full, slightly higher than head height on the back row to create the ambient light of the afternoon. I also added a no gel front light with a soft focus on also with the intention of giving the effect of ambient light. I then added a high front diagonal light with a soft focus and wide angle to cast the cool blue tone over the stage. I used R80 on 75%. Finally I added a light on each of the low front diagonals with the L201 (full CT blue) on 75% just to bring the correct light level to the stage to mimic a winter afternoon. To me a winter afternoon is a bit brighter than in other seasons as I usually witness a bright white sky that reflects any given light even more. I also used he cyc with blue top light to create the cooling effect.
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