Drama 16 Stage Lighting

Fall Sunset in New England:

I really wanted to focus on the colors I see within a New England sunset, especially leaning into the reds, oranges, and blues that I typically see. I started with a soft focused red color using gel R25 at the top middle of the stage at a 70 degree angle at full to create that softening of redness in the sky and around the sun. Then I put in the same spot an orange using gel R21 at a sharp focus at a 50 degree angle at full to represent the sun. I then put the other colors from side points around this spot light to represent the reflections and distribution of the other colors as the sun sets. I put a light in the back stage left top corner of the stage with the gel R49 at 75% (red-pink), a light in the front bottom stage left corner of the stage with the gel R358 (purple) at full, and a light in the back bottom stage right corner of the stage with the gel R80 (blue) at full. All of these I set to 90 degree angles and with a soft focus so that they had a softness to them similar to how the colors of the sunset melt and blend together in the sky.

Spring Sunrise in a Gothic Cathedral

My goal for this lighting was to create that idea of mist and dew one finds on a spring morning. I felt the lighting for a gothic cathedral would be more dark and shadowing, so I focused on using less color as well. I started by putting some cool tone lighting in. I placed on the stage right back top corner a light at 90 degrees at 75 percent, a light at the middle back at 90 degrees at 50 percent, and another light on the stage right bottom middle at a 90 degree angle at 50 percent. All of these used the gel L201 and used a soft focus. I then placed at the front stage right bottom a light with the gel R60 at 75 percent. Then, in order to get more of a misty and grassy feeling, I added a little green. Using the gel L116, I put one light in the back stage right bottom corner at a 26 degree angle with a soft focus at 75 percent and another light in the middle top stage left at 36 degrees with a sharp focus at full. 

Noon on a hot Summer Day in the Caribbean:

To me, the Caribbean feels very colorful and bright, so that was my main focus for this lighting. I started with a yellow light on the floor to represent the sand. Using the gel R15 at full at 90 degree angles, I placed one light in the middle front, one light at quarter left middle, and one light at the stage right side top middle. Then, to represent the leaves, I added green. Using the gel L80 at full with the breakup gobo, I placed both lights in the stage right back top corner, one at 90 degrees and one at 36 degrees. Then, I wanted to emphasize the blue of the ocean in the Caribbean, so I added four lights using the R80 gel at full. Two I placed at the top stage left front corner, one I placed at the top stage left middle, and the last one I placed at the back stage left top corner. All of these I did at different degrees, all with a sharp focus, so that they had a shape on the stage while also radiating blue all over the stage right side of the stage. Lastly, for one last pop of color, I added in the top middle a light using the R80 gel at full at a 50 degree angle to light the exact middle of the stage. I focused my light to be more centered because the light from the sun would be directly from the top at noon.

Winter Afternoon in Canada:

For me, a Canadian winter meant snow and green forests, so that is what I wanted to create with this lighting. I placed four lights at full using the L89 gel with the breakup gobo at 90 degrees to represent the trees and foliage. These I placed at the bottom stage right front corner of the stage, at the front middle, middle, and back middle of the stage. Then, I wanted to add some cool white light for the snow and the afternoon sunlight reflecting off of it, so I added two lights using the L201 gel at full also at 90 degrees. These I placed at the front and back corners of the stage right side. I put these specifically at the one side because the sunlight would be coming from one side at this point in the day. Lastly, to create more of a snowy aesthetic, I added one minty color using the gel L116 at full at 90 degrees placed in the bottom middle of the stage right side.