Lighting Observation
1) March 15, 2012 about 3:00pm in Breslin Hall
2)Lights coming through the blinds of an accent wall in Breslin
3) Today I was in Modern and Royston was prepping the computer to watch the German Expressionist film “Metropolis” I turned around to look at the back wall. I never noticed that there was a pale blue accent wall in this room of Breslin before, which was the first startling thing about this observation. Also, the light was streaming through the windows, making them appear dark by contrast and spilling out against the walls. I thought it was funny, as we have spent so many class periods talking about the Expressionists, and were about to watch one of their films, that a prime example of expressionistic lighting (angles and shadows) was right behind us the entire time.
The lighting also had that “film noir” feel to it, which I felt expressed the dramatic feeling of the sometimes drawn-out Modern Drama class. It was a very simple lighting, and lighting that has been done countless time before, but the fact that it so perfectly represented the mood of the room was a coincidental added bonus.