Photo Observation 7

Posted on March 19, 2015 by previousstudent

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Source:  http://photography.tutsplus.com/tutorials/the-complete-beginners-guide-to-shooting-low-key–photo-3427

Single subject, single light source

This is an image I pulled from a low key lighting photography tutorial. Low key photography is famous for utilizing a single light source in order to create dramatic photos. Although the subject of this photo is a bunch of apples (a pretty harmless group of objects) the dramatic lighting and popped color makes me think they are an important plot device somehow– perhaps the apples the Evil Queen gives to Snow White?

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Possessed Kitty

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Rych

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Photo taken by Rych

Single Subject Single light source

This is a still from a camera video of my cat Sophie. The room was completely dark so I had the LED on my camera on and this reflection off of her eyes resulted. I almost used this for spooky; she looks evil and possessed.

LIGHTING KEY:

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Blue Light

Posted on March 8, 2015 by previousstudent

There is a wireless router on the ceiling in my room. It’s a tiny blue light that casts a glow on my face when I go to bed at night. It’s like an annoying night light. I had a night light when I was little, but it had a comforting warm orange glow. This glow just makes the room feel cold.

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Spoopy Orphanage

Posted on March 6, 2015 by previousstudent

 

 

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Theme: Spooky

Source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/388294799096769934/

I think the spook factor in this picture comes mainly from the lack of light and color. The colors are dull and monotonous, and light only exists in certain spaces. It gets blacker deeper down the staircase. The black shape on the left wall looks like some sort of shadow, but when examined more closely, you can see it’s a window to a dark place. There is an air of mystery about the entire photo. I can’t tell what’s at the bottom of this staircase or beyond these rusty walls. A lot of what’s here is hard to identify due to the lack of light.

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Spooky

Posted on March 6, 2015 by previousstudent

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Photo taken by Peter Charney

THEME: Spooky

DESCRIPTION: First of all, this shot reminds me of a scene from Shutter Island, which is one of my favorite movies. The lighthouse itself looks very abandoned and not inviting. The rocks around it make it feel dangerous and difficult to get to. But I think the light does a lot to create the feeling of horror as well. The shadows in the lighthouse and the rocks reflects the fear of the unknown. The water looks dark and ominous. My favorite part of the lighting is the sky, which vanishes into an overexposed pure white. I am pleased that I was able to take a poorly shot image, and use that to my advantage in created a different mood. The lack of color as a whole, with the exception of a blueish tint, makes the image feel even scarier. Spoooooooky.

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Photo Observation 6

Posted on March 6, 2015 by previousstudent

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This photo terrifies me. I think there’s a theme in images that scare me– I’m afraid of lack of visibility and even though this area is well lit, the visibility for what’s around the corner at the end of the hallway is not available. I also hate fluorescent lights because they make me feel self-conscious, nervous, and under pressure. I think the lights in this hallway are also set up to encourage movement– I get the sense that there’s no choice when you enter this hallway, you can’t go back. You have to go to the end.

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Photo Observation 5

Posted on March 6, 2015 by previousstudent

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Lack of visibility is something that really scares me. The fog in this picture detracts from the visibility, and the swirling of the abandoned roller coaster makes me feel dizzy and uncomfortable. I also feel like the color in this photo is so washed out and monochromatic that it makes everything disorienting and spooky.

 

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Light Observation 9

Posted on March 6, 2015 by previousstudent

1) March 2, ~9:00PM; Adams Playhouse

2) The lighting design for Richard II, Act 3 scene 3

3) In 3.3, I am part of the group that watches Richard and Aumerle at the top of Flint Castle. I understood the concept of the McCandless “warm and cool” lights, but I’m glad I got to see it in action (I am right, right??) At the top of Flint Castle, Richard and Aumerle are lit by a blue-white light and a yellow-white light. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think the blueish light is the warm and the yellowish is the cool. I always associate blue with cool and yellow with warm, so it was exciting to see them working in reverse.

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Lighting Observation

Posted on March 5, 2015 by previousstudent

3/4/15, 10:30pm, Adams Playhouse

I really adore the lighting for 5.5 of Richard II — the scene where Richard is alone in his cell. The choice to have the light pour in from the floor instead of the ceiling reinforces that his world has been turned upside down. It is so cathartic and actually very helpful as an actor to have such ambient lighting to find the headspace of the character.

The lighting is intense, as it shoots through the trapdoor, but also warm and gentle. It lends itself to introspection and rite of passage; perfect for a man finally realizing that no man will “be pleas’d / Till he be eas’d with being nothing.”

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Spooky Lighting: Throwback to BATBOY

Posted on March 5, 2015 by previousstudent

spookyThis lighting (a la Nic Christopher) always makes me think “spooky.” It was chosen for the final scene of “Bat Boy,” after all the murders and the sick revelations. I call this “spooky,” as opposed to “scary,” because there is something mysterious and ominous about it. There is nothing popping out — no red to suggest lots of blood and gore — but there is something unsettling about the blue and purple hitting the faces of the actors. The shadows on Deanna and Tyler are particularly effective, as we have seen them go from a seemingly normal husband and wife to liars, phonies. That, and the eerie musical finale to the show, will always feel “spooky” to me.

 

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