Drama 16 Stage Lighting

1) 3/24/11-5:30pm- Dempster Studio A

2) While on a film shoot in we were setting up to lights, I was the Camera Operator, the Grip was deciding how high the second key would go.  One of the keys was making the face of the actor too hot, so they were turning it on and off to find the right height.

3)While the light was being turned on and off, it reminded me of “Two Face” from The Dark Knight.  While the light was on  she looked normal with little shadows.  When the light was turned off half her face became dark and her long hair created shadows which added an element of fear.

1) 3/25/11- 4:30pm- Dempster Studio A

2) A “Baby Junior was shinning on the Cameras’ Matte Box Creating an old fashioned look.

3)  I was taking part in a film shoot and as we were setting up the lights one of the “Baby Juniors partially shown onto the Matte box of the Camera.  This camera being an ARRI SR1 which is a 16mm camera, can give you the feel of old fashioned movies.  The light gave an old fahioned look to things.  Such as when the lights’ intensity was on the Matte Box but the rest of the camera body was still light.

1) 3/10/11- 5:00pm- Dempster Studio A

2) During a “tech” shoot we were setting lights up for a scene.  The light hit the camera on an angle and did not shine the way intended too.

3)The light was being bounced towards the actors from a “Baby Jr.” and for a second it the camera on an angle.  It looked old fashioned in a way.  The light exposed the detail to parts of the camera which made it look interesting.

1) 1:00pm – 11/28/10- Office in the city(film shoot)

2) Dark office with windows all around, there was one Omni shining down on the desk with the actor sitting in the chair in front of it.

3)It was dark in the office there we were still setting up the lights we had one at the time, it was directed down onto the glass desk.  The actor was sitting in the chair  and it created just the right amount of shadow to made it look amazing.

1) 10:30pm – 10/21/11- outside between Alliance and the Student Center

2) There was a full moon outside, but it was also cloudy.  The clouds were covering the moon just enough for light to show through.

3) The moon was full and with the clouds somewhat covering it and the smoke coming from the chimney of the building, it gave it an eerie feeling.  It made it seemed as if I was in a vampire or werewolf movie.  There was just enough light shining through to make it look cool.  What began to happen is the clouds started to clear out and the full moon was in full sight.

1) 12/18/10- 11:00pm –Leonard’s Great Neck

2) Two strobe lights hitting a glass object (at the same time) and they mixed together and then dispersed.

3) I was DJing with a friend at Leonard’s in Great Neck, the strobe lights go on every so often each time in a random direction.  Randomly two different color strobes(I cannot remember the colors) mixed together as they hit a piece of glass.  The main lights were dimmed all the way down nearly completely off.  The strobes refracted the light just so the light hit a table full of people at an angle.  It just looked different because no shadows were being cast yet there was only one beam on light.

1) 1/16/11- 6:30am – my room

2) I was woken up by golden light coming into my window.

3) I woke up and there was golden light coming through the shades on my window.  It was not just a little patch of gold in the sky it was all golden.  It just made me think that it was going to be a good day.

1) 12:00am 2/4/11- Dounkin Doughnuts parking lot

2) One car was there with frost on it user a lone flickering light.

3) In walking by the Dounkin Doughnuts in the parking lot there was one light in the middle and it was shining down on one last car in the lot.  The car had been sitting there for a while because it was all frosted over.  It gave a irrie feeling like you do not know what is going to happen next.  The areas behind the Dounkin Doughnuts was not lit and a few times you could see shadow figures moving back and forth.  The light was reflecting off the frost on the windows so you could not see who was in the car if their was someone in there at all.

1) 3:30pm 2/5/11 driving on a road adjacent to West Hampton Beach

2)Driving down the road next to beach when sun is starting to set, and is casting shadows upon everything.

3)Driving down the road adjacent to West Hampton Beach, it was later on in the day about 3:3opm the sun was starting to set.  Just the positioning was amazing the way sun caste shadows gave everything a menacing feeling.  It felt like a horror movie in a way.  The atmosphere was aided by the empty beach parking lots and closed up lifeguard towers.  As the farther I drove there was close to no one there at all.

1) 1/30/11-10:00pm-My backyard

2) It’s completely dark out, at the end of the yard there is a wooded area.  Two spot lights shinning on the snow that is covering everything, you can see the thick cigar smoke in the light as it slowly dissipates.

3) It was a late night outside so everything was dark there was snow covering everything the snow had a glaze over it, there was little light coming from the surroundings and two spot lights on the house shinning on a 45 degree angle away from the house, these lights showed the glaze on the untouched snow.  The woods were considerably darker then the yard area, you could see the reflection of the light in animals’  eyes as they scurried above the snow.  After lighting a cigar the thick smoke could be seen through the light and gave the atmosphere a relaxing yet slightly spooky feeling.  The smoke in the light made it seem as if something completely unexpected was going to happen suddenly.