Lighting Observation #5
1) March 1, 2012, around 8:00pm
Calkins room 139
2) The rows of fluorescent lights were reflected on the mirror and through the windows behind my head.
3) We were in a little bit of a lull during rehearsal tonight, so my attention was suddenly drawn to the reflection of the light in the window behind me. It was a very cool industrial look, and also made the space seem bigger.
Though the light made me feel rather small and slightly insignificant, it also provided me an inspiration to show onstage. A mirror with a reflection of light has the ability to make a stage appear deeper and the actor to feel small and insignificant compared to it all as well. Also, the lights I saw were florescent tubes, giving the space an industrial feel, but onstage you could use a variety of different lights/colors/sizes to get different effects.