Drama 16 Stage Lighting

4/28/24 – 1:46 PM – Playhouse Dressing Room

Objective Description: The lights around the mirrors are warm and light up the whole room without the overhead light.

Subjective Description: Moments before the last show of the run, the dressing room is unchanged despite the increasing nervousness as the start of the show gets closer. The warm ambiance provided by the lights around the mirror exudes a calming atmosphere, much more welcoming than when the harsh overhead light is on.

Photo from Pinterest

Photo Theme: Summer

I chose this photo because summer is about long days and appreciating the outdoors. This photo reminds me of summer’s nostalgia and brings back memories of beach days and watching the sunset. I love the warm sky colors and how the sun shines through the breaking waves.

1.) The fall sunset gave me the idea of a very warm atmosphere in both tone and color palette while still being a more intimate feeling space. I added a wide spread of gobo to emulate the crisp texture of leaves as the setting usually possess lot of brightly colored trees in the fall season. Also being a sunset having the position high and in front as it slowly sets in front of the acting space and becomes more dimly as it transitions into the ight.

1. 50%, soft focus, deep straw

2. 50%, soft focus, breakup gobo,

3. 50%, soft focus, breakup gobo, light red

4. 70% soft focus, deep straw

Scrim Top: Full, resh pink

Scrim Bottom: Full, gold tint

2.) For the sunrise in the cathedral, I took inspiration from light through stained glass and wanted to emulate the colors and break up of the shapes through gobos. Also, the angled lighting to establish the sense of movement from night to morning as well as contrast of warm color to the right was to illustrate the natural light and warmth of the space that visually illustrates the sun pushing the darker hues in the space.

1.Full, window gobo @ med focus, 26 degrees, Deep Lavender

2. Full, Parry Sky Blue, soft focus @ 50 degrees

3. 75%, Light Red, soft focus@ 36 degrees

4. 95%, golden amber, soft @ 10 degrees

3.) Summer in Africa. I took inspiration from the Lion King with the use of strong line patterns to give texture to the atmosphere. For a more playful tone I stuck with a bright, warm color palette and contrast light cooler undertones that captured the heat of the environment that still opened up the space for the more spacious and jungle-like appeal.

1. Full, Deep straw, lines gobo, med focus @ 50 degrees

2. Full, deep straw, lines gobo, med focus @ 50 degrees

3. Full Deep Straw, soft focus @ 50 degrees

4. 75%, Light Red, soft focus @ 70 degrees

5. 75%, Light Red, soft focus @ 70 degrees

6. 75%, Parry Sky Blue, soft focus @ 36 degrees

7. 75%, Parry Sky Blue, soft focus @ 36 degrees

Top Scrim- Full, Moss Green

Bottom Scrim- Full, Golden Amber

4.) North Dakota winter with the cold possessing the sharp light to emulate the crispness of the winter space. I always visuals the winter time as a vast plain of snow so I wanted to the space wider feeling of depth and ice-olation (get it like isolation tehe) as the actor is emphasized with a brighter lighter in the atmosphere.

1. 50%, soft focus, 36 degree, Full CT Blue

2. 75, soft focus, 70 degrees, primary blue

3. 50, soft focus, 36 degrees deep lavender

4. 50%, soft focus, 36 degrees Full CT Blue

5. Full. soft focus, 50 degrees, parry sky blue

6.75%, soft focus, 46 degrees, Full CT Blue

Upper/Bottom Scrim: full, primary blue

4/25, 5:00pm, outside of Bits and Bytes

Objective description: The sun is still shining brightly, but it is slowly getting lower in the sky. The light is a bit warmer and dimmer, but it still creates a lot of soft shadows through the trees and greenery.

Subjective description: The afternoon sun looks and feels warm and comforting, and it emphasizes the blue sky and green trees. It makes me want to lay outside and bask in the sunlight.

please note that I had trouble moving the photos around on this website! they are not directly next to their matches!

4/23/2024 – 6:35 pm – Inside black box theatre

Objective: The dark theatre is completely dark until a single light source is provided by the ghost light.

Subjective: In the black box theatre, the surroundings itself is a black hole. Everything inside the room is black, with no natural light source available to squeeze its way through the dark room. The ghost light, protects the theatre with its single source, providing a little light to all. This small light brings the newcomers into the space with ease and less tension when provided.

New England Sunset

I was inspired by the sunset beach photos I would take in Cape Cod. The best sunsets are in the beginning of fall.

Lights used:

1. G CC21, DS Right, full intensity, 36 degrees
2. G CC15, DS Right, full intensity
3. G CC15, DS Right, 75% intensity
4. G CC21, DS Right, full intensity
5. G CC21, US Right, 75% intensity
6. G CC21, US Right, full intensity
7. G CC26, DS Right, 75% intensity

Spring Sunrise in the Gothic Cathedral

This lighting sequence would represent the small sunlight beginning to rise through the windows of the cathedral.

Lights used:

1. G L151, DS Right, full intensity, window gobo effect, soft focus
2. G CC15, CS Right, full intensity, window gobo effect, soft focus
3. 100, US Right, full intensity, window gobo effect, soft focus
4. G L151, DS Left, full intensity, window gobo effect, soft focus
5. G CC15, CS Left, full intensity, window gobo effect, soft focus
6. 100, US Left, full intensity, window gobo effect, soft focus

Noon on a hot summer’s day in Africa

The surrounding area in Africa is very warm and hot as if the sun’s color was the temperature of the area.

Lights used:

1. G L151, DS Right, full intensity, 90 degrees
2. G CC15, CS Right, full intensity, 90 degrees
3. G CC21, US Right, full intensity, 90 degrees
4. G L151, DS Left, full intensity, 90 degrees
5. G CC15, CS Left, full intensity, 90 degrees
6. G CC21, US Left, full intensity, 90 degrees
7. 100, DS Right, 50% intensity, 90 degrees
8. 100, DS Left, 50% intensity, 90 degrees

A winter afternoon in North Dakota

For winters, there is this natural feeling where people would associate winter colors with the cold being just blue. I wanted to show more of the very light white-blue color effect during one of the aftermath of a blizzard.

Lights used:

1. G L201, DS Right, full intensity, 90 degrees
2. G L201, CS Right, 50% intensity, 90 degrees
3. G CC68, US Right, full intensity, 90 degrees
4. G L201, DS Left, full intensity, 90 degrees
5. G L201, CS Left, full intensity, 90 degrees
6. G CC68, US Left, full intensity, 90 degrees
7. 100, DS Right, 25% intensity, 90 degrees
8. 100, DS Left, 25% intensity, 90 degrees
9. G L201, US Right, 50% intensity, 90 degrees
10. G L201, US Left, 50% intensity, 90 degrees

New England Sunset:

1. Light salmon, full intensity
2. Straw, 85% intensity
3. Red diffusion, 75% intensity
4. Gold tint, full intensity
5. Deep straw, 85% intensity
6. Golden amber, full intensity
7. Gold tint, full intensity
8. Deep straw, full intensity
9. Congo blue, full intensity
10. Cyc: Flesh pink, full intensity

I was inspired by photos I saw of sunsets in the White Mountains and how vibrant the colors of the sky were without the buildings and air pollution of the city.

Spring Sunrise in Gothic Cathedral:

1. Full CT blue, full intensity, window gobo
2. Full CT blue, full intensity, window gobo
3. Full CT blue, full intensity
4. Full CT blue, full intensity
5. Full CT blue, 75% intensity
6. Flame, 75% intensity, breakup gobo
7. Full CT blue, 75% intensity
8. Flame, 75% intensity, breakup gobo
9. Cyc: Primary blue, full intensity

I looked up photos to see the inside of Gothic Cathedrals, and there were often very geometric arches and designs across the ceiling, and there were lots of tall, decorative windows. I took inspiration from the darkness of early sunrises and tried to create geometric patterns with the lights through the air.

Summer noon in Africa:

1. Deep straw, full intensity
2. Deep straw, full intensity
3. Deep straw, full intensity
4. Full CT blue, 70% intensity
5. Full CT blue, 70% intensity
6. Full CT blue, 70% intensity
7. Full CT blue, 70% intensity
8. Cyc: Moss green, 75% intensity

I wanted to emulate the bright sun that happens at noon and also include the greenery of the jungles in Africa with the green cyc.

Winter afternoon in North Dakota

1. Hemsley blue, full intensity
2. Hemsley blue, full intensity
3. Hemsley blue, full intensity
4. Full CT blue, 70% intensity
5. Full CT blue, 50% intensity
6. Full CT blue, 70% intensity
7. Full CT blue, 45% intensity
8. Full CT blue, full intensity
9. Cyc: Parry blue, full intensity

I wanted to show how bright and white the sun feels in the winter compared to when it feels warmer in the summer. I wanted to use bright cooler toned lights for the sun, and then I made the cyc blue for the sky.

Objective: 4:00 PM, outside of the hofstra library, I noticed the sunlight reflecting off of the library windows and it was very warm.

Subjective: The warm light reflecting off of the windows made me feel invited and welcomed at this school. I had a moment of gratitude and it evoked a very inviting and nice tone.

Fall- Although I loved the traditional golden hour for this staging, I wanted to incorporate some blues for depth and overall aesthetics. I loved how, in the original photo, you can see the hazy sky, so I tried to incorporate it using the cyc in the background.

Spring- This was my favorite season because I loved choosing the colors for the individual windows, and using gobos in the design was also really fun. It was also the most straightforward in terms of light direction and fullness.

Summer- I actually couldn’t find a picture of Africa in the summer time, so I went with the coolest picture I could fid. I really loved making this one with all of the fun shadows and different gels of warm yellows and oranges.

Winter- This is one is probably the prettiest one that I made. I really tried ot incorporate the pinkish sunset in the background. Mkaing all of the different pink, purpke, blue, and white gels in the back blend together was also really fun.