Drama 16 Stage Lighting

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2. Photo found at http://www.orbitlightshow.com/images/orbitaction/larger/hulkaction3.jpg

3. Theme: Storm’s Brewing

4.  This photo reminds be of a storm brewing because of the colors and the layers. When I think of storm’s brewing I think of the clouds. I knew I wanted to find a dark blue, but I was also motivated to use green because of Sam Newby’s post about the coming of a tornado and how the sky turns green. The movement of the light in this photo is cyclical and layered which reminds me of the clouds before a coming storm. The picture overall makes me feel anxious, which is how I feel when a storm is coming. I think the lighting in this picture is effective in creating the same effect, only dramatizes as the sky does prior to a storm.

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THEME: Vibrant, Colorful, Saturated

After a few bland ideas, I remembered Coney Island being a big deal in the lighting world, as well as my own fond memories of visiting it once upon a time. I searched ‘Coney Island’ tags on tumblr and when this one came up I knew it was perfect. Not just because it fits the theme, but because of how alive it is – and it’s all unnatural lighting. Nathan’s has been around since 1916 (1), so it’s essentially a Coney Island staple. The landmark mentality of all things Coney is perpetuated by the fact that everything is pretty much still there. What I love is that that combines with the fluorescent and neon of the contemporary world to show that it has adapted, for all that it will always retain it’s classic Coney feel. This picture combines the carnival-esque innocence of what Coney was with the bright and busy of the contemporary world, showing that Coney Island has withstood time and will continue adapting as long as there are people around to appreciate the history.

(1) http://nathansfamous.com/PageFetch/getpage.php?pgid=39

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2. Burn Night Blur – By Flickr user Peanut

3. Nightlife

4. This photograph was taken at burn night of the Burning Man Festival in 2006. It is a yearly, week long arts and community festival in the Nevada Desert. The event is colorful, crazy, inclusive, and most of all bright. During the day, the light is all too-bright hot hot sun, washing everything out with its heat. Though colorful during the day, the participants really come alive with neon excellence after dark. On this night the participants are front lit by a bright orange fire, giving them all an warm tangerine glow. They all have manic smiles and bright neon glow necklaces laced around their bodies. They are bright against a black night sky, throwing their arms into the air with exuberance, and moving too fast for cameras to catch them. Their purple and orange blurs can exist only in in the night, coming to life as the sun sets. Their nightlife is characterized by far too many clashingly bright shades of teal, blue, violet and gold. Bright, rich shades that live for the night. Bright, rich people that live for the night.

2. Cadillac Mountain Sunrise by Chuck Kime, http://www.flickr.com/photos/30652603@N07/4904579623/

3. Sunrises/Sunsets

4. This photo was take of the sunrise view from Cadillac Mountain in Bar Harbor, Maine. The top of Cadillac Mountain is the first place in the continental US to see the sun every morning, and people gather there at 4:00 AM to meet and greet the day. The lighting in this photo is especially incredible as it moves in solid layers of bright color all the way down the view. The top is the new-day blue of sky just touched by the sun, on top of an almost greenish patch that is so light as to be unnoticeable. Under that are the true sunshine colors of sunflowers, blood oranges, lilacs, and just at the center is a spot of the hottest pink ever seen in nature surrounding the tangerine half circle of the sun. Below that the blue of the atlantic is covered by a layer of early morning mist, creating a dull greyish blue that makes the near neon of the above colors stand out even more. the bottom of the picture is framed with the bright green of spring trees, which creates the final stripe of color. This view in itself is astonishing because of the nearly unreal richness and brightness of the colors. While many sunrises are thought of in swatches of pastels, they can be just as bright and overwhelming as bloody red sunsets.