Drama 16 Stage Lighting

1. A Fall sunset in Vermont

Front

~NC SR&SL @25%, 33 degree elevation, 21 degree side, with template
~R25 SR @10%, 24 degree elevation, 37 degree side
~R43 SR @10%, 17 degree elevation, 37 degree side

Top

~R23 @25%, 54 degree elevation, direct back light, with template
~R10 SR @50%, 61 degree elevation, with template

Sidelight (SR)

~R22 SR @FULL, 43 degree elevation angle, with template
~NC @50%, 23 degree elevation, 56 degree side
~R4990 @25%, 27 degree elevation
~RE022 @25%, 0 degree elevation, 56 degree side
~R39 @25%, 0 degree elevation
~NC @50%, 0 degree elevation angle, 56 degree back angle

Backdrop

~NC @10%, R @40%, G @30% on top
~NC @10%, R @40%, G @10%, B @20% on bottom

For this sunset, I wanted the fiery pinks, purples, and reds of a brilliant sunset combined with light filtering through burning oranges and yellows of a New England forest in fall, as the leaves have yet to drop.  The woman is facing “south”, resulting in light hitting her almost only from the west, just before the light disappears from the horizon.

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2. Easter sunrise in a Gothic Cathedral

Front light

~L111 @ 25%, 34 degree elevation/11 degree side, either side, with template
~NC @ 50%, 14 degree elevation, direct back light, with template
~L079 @ 25%,  14 degree elevation, direct back light, with template
~L015 @ 20%, 13 degree elevation, 21 degree side angle, either side, with template

Top Light

~NC  @ 48 degree elevation, 37 degree side, both sides
~R20 @ 61 degree elevation, both sides
~R51 @ 51 degree elevation, both sides

Backdrop

~RE220 @ 25%, AP2320 @ 10%, AP2310 @ 25%, RE 211 @ 25% on bottom

One of my favorite elements of cathedrals and grand churches is the play of light through stained glass.  early in the morning, my church would be alight with every color imaginable streaming through the rose window at the back, filling the church with beautiful hues below the amber glow of the chandeliers hanging above.  The lights are broken up so to fall together in pieces rather than blending into a single wash across the figure.

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3. Noon on a hot Summer day in the Caribbean

~R3203 @25%, 35 degree elevation, direct back light
~R310 @25%,  90 degree elevation
~R20 SR @50%, 13 degree elevation, 21 degree side
~R20 SL @50%, 48 degree elevation, 37 degree side
~R55 SL @FULL, 13 degree elevation, 21 degree side
~R55 SR @FULL, 48 degree elevation, 37 degree side

Backdrop

~R3203 @FULL, R368 @ 50% on top
~R386 @25%, R4460 @50% on bottom

Summer at noon means picnics in the grass.  it means sitting in lawn chairs reading outside, the light so bright even the reflection of sun off your cheap paperback blinds you.  Summer at noon means sparkling light off of the water before you, sinking your toes into the cool grass below.  The clouds few and far between as the sun beats down above you.  Your body basks in the glow of afternoon, your only worry begin when the cabana boy is going to bring you your next drink.

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4. Winter Afternoon

Front Light

~LHT020 SR @10%, 31 degree elevation, 29 degree side
~G847 SR @50%, 13 degree elevation, 21 degree side
~LHT020 SL @10%, 13 degree elevation, 21 degree side
~G847 SL @50%, 31 degree elevation, 29 degree side
~AP2330 SL&SR @25%, 17 degree elevation, 37 degree side

Top Light

~L210 @50%, 57 degree elevation, direct back light

Backdrop

~R360 @75%, R361 @25%, R373 @25% on top
~NC @25% on bottom

I love those frosty winter days when the air is crisp and clean, but you know the snow is only hours away.  Breathing in bites at your lungs, but it’s a breath of clear cold, a feeling you don’t want to stop.  The wind might be there, but it isn’t strong, it isn’t needling into your face or hurting your eyes.  You can taste the cold in your mouth, you can see the fog your breath in a perfect cloud whisping away, each and every time you breathe out.