Four Seasons Project

Posted on April 4, 2012 by previousstudent

1. Fall sunset in Vermont

Backdrop Top (House L to R): AP4720 30%, NC 0%, AP4970 75%,

Backdrop Bottom (House L to R): AP8400 20%, AP7850 10%, AP7450 75%, AP8350 10%

Front light (House L to R):
NC 25%, 14 degree elevation angle, direct back light
AP7450 20%, 13 degree elevation angle, 21 degree side angle

Back light (House L to R):
AP4970 75%, 54 degree elevation angle, direct back light
AP4720 50%, 37 degree elevation angle, 56 degree back angle

Stage Left (top to bottom):
AP2200 75%, 37 degree elevation angle, 56 degree side angle
AP7770 50%, 32 degree elevation angle, 56 degree side angle

When thinking of sunsets, I think of the moment right as the sun is dropping and the blue of the night sky is just starting to stretch across the sky, the horizon still a blazing orange. For that reason, I chose the dusky blue color, and bright orange.

2. Easter sunrise in a Gothic cathedral

Backdrop Top (House L to R):
NC 0%, AP4830 75%, NC 0%, NC 0%

Backdrop Bottom (House L to R):
AP6500 75%, AP2000 50%, NC 0%, NC 0%

Front light (House L to R):
NC 20%, 13 degree elevation angle, 21 degree side angle
NC 10%, 13 degree elevation angle, 21 degree side angle

Stage Left (Top to Bottom):
Upstage:
AP8850 50%, 43 degree elevation angle
AP8750 50%, 37 degree elevation angle
AP6200 75%, 27 degree elevation angle
Downstage:
AP6200 10%, 37 degree elevation angle, 56 degree side angle
AP3800 50%, 32 degree elevation angle, 56 degree side angle
AP4600 50%, 23 degree elevation angle, 56 degree side angle

When thinking of sunrises, I think of the bright yellow coming up on the horizon, with the dusky grey-blue sky still visible. In a cathedral/church, there would be stained glass windows. So I chose the yellows and blue/greys for the backdrop, but had pinks and blues and yellows stage left, as if the sun was just shining through the window.

3. Noon on a hot summer day in the Caribbean

Backdrop Top (House L to R):
NC 0%, NC 0%, NC 0%, AP4830 FULL

Backdrop Bottom (House L to R):
NC 0%, NC 0%, NC 0%, L183 FULL

Front Light (House L to R):
NC 25%, 13 degree elevation angle, 21 degree side angle
NC 50%, 13 degree elevation angle, 21 degree side angle

Top (L to R):
NC 25%, 48 degree elevation angle, 37 degree side angle
NC 50%, 48 degree elevation angle, 37 degree side angle

Back light:
NC 20%, 54 degree elevation angle, direct back light

Stage Left:
NC 25%, 32 degree elevation angle, 56 degree side angle

When I think of the Caribbean, I think of the brightest blue sky possible. In choosing the colors, I chose a deeper sky blue and a slightly lighter one.

4. Winter afternoon just before the snow

Backdrop Top (House L to R):
NC 0%, NC 0%, NC 0%, L220 FULL

Backdrop Bottom (House L to R):
NC 0%, NC 0%, AP3800 10%, L202 60%

Front light (House L to R):
L203 50%, 13 degree elevation angle, 21 degree side angle
L203 50%, 13 degree elevation angle, 21 degree side angle

Top:
L203 50%, 90 degree elevation angle

When thinking about the lights and the sky right before a snow, I immediately thought of shades of grey. The sky is dark but bright at the same time, brewing with clouds in stormy shades of grey. Everything hit by the light is almost flat, because the clouds block any rays of light from coming through the clouds.

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Virtual Light Lab 4 Seasons Project

Posted on April 3, 2012 by previousstudent

1. Fall Sunset in Vermont

Backdrop:

Top (Left to Right) : L778 Full, R124 Full, L780 0%, AP1800 Full

Bottom (Left to Right) : BLUE Full, P35600 Full, L741 Full, YELLOW 25%

Top Light: AP7770 at Full 54 degree elevation angle direct backlight

Stage Left: NC at 50% 0 degree elevation angle 56 degree back angle, YELLOW AT 50% -19 degree elevation angle 56 degree side angle

Stage Right: BLUE at 50% 27 degree elevation angle, NC at 50% -19 degree elevation angle 56 degree back angle, NC at 25% 0 degree elevation angle 56 degree side angle

When I look at sunsets, I enjoy the bright colors you get out of them, especially since the sun is still shining, which makes for interesting combinations. I particularly enjoy when there is a mix of purple and brown in the sky from a sunset, and that is what I tried to base this lighting design on. I also looked at pictures of sunsets in Vermont, and I found several pictures with the brown and purple mix, so it made me happy that I could do that for this scene.

2. Easter Sunrise in a Gothic Cathedral

Backdrop:

Top (Left to Right): AP3100 50%, AP 7600 Full, YELLOW 50%, AP8100 50%

Bottom: All NC 0%

Top: G470 at Full 54 degree elevation angle, direct back light

Stage Left: P36100 at 50% 37 degree elevation angle 56 degree side angle,

Stage Right: P34758 at 50% 37 degree elevation angle 56 degree side angle, P31080 at 50% 43 degree elevation angle, P34200 at 25% 27 degree elevation angle

Cathedrals are well known for having stained glass windows, and I reflected the many varying colors in those windows on my figure in this scene. Also, I realized since it was sunset, only the top of the cathedral would have any light, and the floor of the cathedral would be dark because the light hadn’t gotten there yet, hence why the bottom of this scene is dark.

3. Noon on a hot Summer day in the Caribbean

Backdrop:

Top (Left to Right): LHT715 Full, RED 0%, NC 25%, YELLOW 50%

Bottom (Left to Right): NC Full, LHT778 0%, R10 Full, NC Full

Top: YELLOW at Full 54 degree elevation angle direct back light

Stage Left: R19 at 25% 23 degree elevation angle 56 degree side angle, NC at 25% -19 degree elevation angle 56 degree side angle

Stage Right: L002 at Full 23 degree elevation angle 56 degree side angle, NC 25% -19 degree elevation angle 56 degree side angle

The Caribbean is a beautiful place, and during the summer it’s especially beautiful. I immediately made the backdrop a light blue color because that is the entire sky during the summer, and it is picturesque. Then I lit my figure to make it glow, because the sun has a way of making people glow during the summer.

4. Winter afternoon just before the snow

Backdrop:

Top (Left to Right): AP2320 Full, NC 10%, NC 0%, G1517 25%

Bottom (Left to Right): G842 75%, BLUE 50%, NC 50%, BLUE Full

Top: NC at Full 54 degree elevation angle direct back light

Stage Left: R140 at 50% 37 degree elevation angle 56 degree side angle, G905 at 50% -23 degree elevation angle

Stage Right: BLUE 50% 43 degree elevation angle, G885 at Full -23 degree elevation angle

Winter before the snow is a very gray, mysterious, and kind’ve sad looking if you look at it. I used a lot of blue, gray, and an off-gray kind’ve color in both the backdrop lighting and the figure lighting. I used the lighting on the figure in this way as a big contrast to my summer lighting, in that the summer lighting figure glowed, but this figure is the opposite of glow.

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Four Seasons Project

Posted on April 3, 2012 by previousstudent

1) A Fall Sunset in Vermont

Backdrop:
Top- NC 0%, G130 32%, GRN 0%, BLUE 25%
Bottom- G335 25%, G345 25%, GRN 0%, BLUE 0%

Top Light:
– L021 100%, 54 degree elevation direct backlight

Stage Left Side Light:
-NC 25%, 27 degree elevation

Stage Right Side Light:
-L102 75%, 37 degree elevation angle, 56 degree backlight angle
-NC 100%, 27 degree elevation angle, NC 100%
-37 degree elevation angle, 56 degree side angle, L780 10%

When I think of sunsets, I picture the moment that the sun has dipped below the horizon, leaving the sky still painted with oranges and reds, while the farther you get from the horizon, the more blues there are. I wanted the woman to be washed in bright orange, mimicking the intensity of the sun that blazes on you as the sun in low in the sky and right in your field of vision.

2) Easter Sunrise in a Gothic Catherdral

Backdrop:
Top- NC 50%, RED 0%, GRN 0%, BLUE 0%
Bottom- NC 0%, RED 0%, GRN 0%, L720 71%

Top Light:
-NC 59%, 54 degree elevation, direct backlight

Stage Left Side Light
-R2003 10%, 37 degree elevation angle
-R42 28%, 23 degree elevation angle, 56 degree side angle

Stage Right Side Light
-LHT020 75%, 37 degree elevation angle, 56 degree side angle
-R42 12%, 23 degree elevation angle, 56 degree side angle
-LHT008 14%, 27 degree elevation angle

I chose to have the cyc a greyish blue, because right when the sun is about rise, there is no color. However, because this setting is in a Gothic cathedral, I wanted to mimic the light that streams through the stained glass, making it more vibrant inside than it would be outside.

3) Noon on a hot summer day in the Caribbean

Backdrop:
Top- NC 0%, RED 0%, GRN 0%, AP3540 100%
Bottom- NC 50%, RED 0%, GRN 50%, BLUE 0%

Top Light:
-NC 100%, 90 degree elevation angle
-AP2140 100%, 52 degree elevation angle, 21 degree side angle
-(SL) RE179 25%, 48 degree elevation angle, 37 degree side angle
-(SR) RE179 25%, 48 degree elevation angle, 37 degree side angle

Stage Right Side Light
-NC 100%, 0 degree elevation angle

I wanted cyc to be a representation of the Caribbean water and sky, thus blending the green and blue together. Also, because the time is high noon in the hot Caribbean, I chose to use mainly white or gold light to imitate the heat of the area.

4) Winter afternoon just before the snow

Backdrop:
Top: NC 25%, RED 0%, GRN 0%, BLUE 0%
Bottom:  AP2320 75%, NC 50%, GRN 0%, BLUE 0%

Top Light:
-AP2280 50%, 54 degree elevation angle direct back light
-AP2040 50%, 48 degree elevation angle, 37 degree side angle

Stage Left Side Light:
-AP3200 100%, 0 degree elevation angle

Stage Right Side Light:
-AP2320 100%, 0 degree elevation angle

If you notice right before it snows, the sky is bright and grey and the clouds hang heavy in the sky. I tried to replicate this with the cyc being slightly darker on the top. Also, I lit the actor in greys and blues because even though snow is magical, winter is still a dreary, dull time.

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Four Seasons VLL Project

Posted on April 3, 2012 by previousstudent

1. A Fall sunset in Vermont

Front

~NC SR&SL @25%, 33 degree elevation, 21 degree side, with template
~R25 SR @10%, 24 degree elevation, 37 degree side
~R43 SR @10%, 17 degree elevation, 37 degree side

Top

~R23 @25%, 54 degree elevation, direct back light, with template
~R10 SR @50%, 61 degree elevation, with template

Sidelight (SR)

~R22 SR @FULL, 43 degree elevation angle, with template
~NC @50%, 23 degree elevation, 56 degree side
~R4990 @25%, 27 degree elevation
~RE022 @25%, 0 degree elevation, 56 degree side
~R39 @25%, 0 degree elevation
~NC @50%, 0 degree elevation angle, 56 degree back angle

Backdrop

~NC @10%, R @40%, G @30% on top
~NC @10%, R @40%, G @10%, B @20% on bottom

For this sunset, I wanted the fiery pinks, purples, and reds of a brilliant sunset combined with light filtering through burning oranges and yellows of a New England forest in fall, as the leaves have yet to drop.  The woman is facing “south”, resulting in light hitting her almost only from the west, just before the light disappears from the horizon.

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2. Easter sunrise in a Gothic Cathedral

Front light

~L111 @ 25%, 34 degree elevation/11 degree side, either side, with template
~NC @ 50%, 14 degree elevation, direct back light, with template
~L079 @ 25%,  14 degree elevation, direct back light, with template
~L015 @ 20%, 13 degree elevation, 21 degree side angle, either side, with template

Top Light

~NC  @ 48 degree elevation, 37 degree side, both sides
~R20 @ 61 degree elevation, both sides
~R51 @ 51 degree elevation, both sides

Backdrop

~RE220 @ 25%, AP2320 @ 10%, AP2310 @ 25%, RE 211 @ 25% on bottom

One of my favorite elements of cathedrals and grand churches is the play of light through stained glass.  early in the morning, my church would be alight with every color imaginable streaming through the rose window at the back, filling the church with beautiful hues below the amber glow of the chandeliers hanging above.  The lights are broken up so to fall together in pieces rather than blending into a single wash across the figure.

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3. Noon on a hot Summer day in the Caribbean

~R3203 @25%, 35 degree elevation, direct back light
~R310 @25%,  90 degree elevation
~R20 SR @50%, 13 degree elevation, 21 degree side
~R20 SL @50%, 48 degree elevation, 37 degree side
~R55 SL @FULL, 13 degree elevation, 21 degree side
~R55 SR @FULL, 48 degree elevation, 37 degree side

Backdrop

~R3203 @FULL, R368 @ 50% on top
~R386 @25%, R4460 @50% on bottom

Summer at noon means picnics in the grass.  it means sitting in lawn chairs reading outside, the light so bright even the reflection of sun off your cheap paperback blinds you.  Summer at noon means sparkling light off of the water before you, sinking your toes into the cool grass below.  The clouds few and far between as the sun beats down above you.  Your body basks in the glow of afternoon, your only worry begin when the cabana boy is going to bring you your next drink.

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4. Winter Afternoon

Front Light

~LHT020 SR @10%, 31 degree elevation, 29 degree side
~G847 SR @50%, 13 degree elevation, 21 degree side
~LHT020 SL @10%, 13 degree elevation, 21 degree side
~G847 SL @50%, 31 degree elevation, 29 degree side
~AP2330 SL&SR @25%, 17 degree elevation, 37 degree side

Top Light

~L210 @50%, 57 degree elevation, direct back light

Backdrop

~R360 @75%, R361 @25%, R373 @25% on top
~NC @25% on bottom

I love those frosty winter days when the air is crisp and clean, but you know the snow is only hours away.  Breathing in bites at your lungs, but it’s a breath of clear cold, a feeling you don’t want to stop.  The wind might be there, but it isn’t strong, it isn’t needling into your face or hurting your eyes.  You can taste the cold in your mouth, you can see the fog your breath in a perfect cloud whisping away, each and every time you breathe out.

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Lighting Observation #9 – Alcatraz of Emotion

Posted on March 30, 2012 by previousstudent

1. 8AM March 28th 2012 In My Dorm room
2. I woke up to find a shadow of the window shades on the wall behind my roommates head.
3. Waking up. It is so difficult for me to wake up. Never going to bed is much easier for me to do(easier not healthier). When I try and wake up, whether I got 4 hours of sleep or 8, I feel a huge pressure on my chest as if someone where holding me down. I usually wake up but lie in bed for a while, thinking about the multitude of work I need to get done, which usually inspires me to get my lazy ass up! Not today though. I have seven papers to write, a design project that is nowhere near completion, a profile paper to write on abandoned houses (future lighting moment?) and I am planning an end of the year banquet. There is so much to do, yet no inspiration to get up. I want to get up but I can’t. As I say this in my head, I see my dad’s typical face of disgust. “Don’t say you I can’t!” he screams in my head. “You want to be a lazy son of a bitch? Then get the fuck out of college!” My father has very colorful language, even when he is in my head. I turn on my side, readying myself to get out of bed, when I see a shadow coming from the window shades.
The shadow was cast on the opposite side of the room. It reminded me right away of a barred up window, like they have prison. The thick dark lines criss crossing, trying to keep something out, or maybe something in. These dark lines, perpendicular to each other on the wall, are keeping something in my room but what is it? What do I have in this room when I wake up that I lose as soon as I leave it? Every time I am in Emily Lowe or around other people in my major, I am different. I am not the same Tanner that woke up this morning. There is something different about me. But what is it? I continually doubt myself. I allow myself to be taken advantage of by others. I feel lost sometimes. What am I doing in this major? Everyone has so much talent and I feel like I can just keep up! Those shadow bars in my room, they are keeping something in. I think it is a combination of my confidence and common sense. They entrap it and I am forced to face life without either of them. I love my work though. I know that theater is my life and I could not see myself anywhere else. So I build up myself, to be better. I commend myself on the things that I have and work to gain the things that I don’t have. I stop listening to others mean comments and focus just on those who give their criticism, the ones who want me to succeed as I want them to succeed as well. This business is a tricky one. I need to file out the ones who wish to get ahead by destroying me and instead work with those who want to get ahead by working off of each other. It is up to me to create a new sense of pride and confidence. Even though it is locked in my room, doesn’t mean I never possessed the skills. I am Taylor Tanner Jefferson Alvarez Alcatraz and I am here to be the best damn director I can be!…….You know after reading this, I see why my friends call me Tanner ALCATRAZ.

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Photo Observation #9 – Impractical Fashion

Posted on March 30, 2012 by previousstudent

This lighting is quite intriguing. The picture is a dress made of 10,000 LED lights and it was worn by an opera singer. The lights all work together and mix with one another to create to image of this dress. The colors all blend well into one another, from blue to yellow to green to pink. The bottom piece has no holes at all in the dress, it is one unified object of color. The LEDs on top have black around them as the LEDs are more spaced out. The dress itself fascinates me. There is a risk to where live circuitry around your body in the form of a dress. It surrounds the entire body with light. But who would wear such a dress? Maybe someone who is insecure, trying to keep the focus off their physical body, and on their artificial one. This purely artificial light cannot help but steal your attention. If someone where wearing a dress like this, I would feel the inclination to talk to them and introduce myself. Is this the way for new fashion? A blend of different LED colors, illuminating as one solid image? It does not seem practical to me at all. But when has fashion ever obeyed the laws of practicality?

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Photo Observation

Posted on March 30, 2012 by previousstudent

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National Geographic photo contest 2011

This image expresses wonder to me in the way that the image reflects off of the eye to create a sense of wonder and amazement while simultaneously reminding us that everything we see is merely an impression, a reflection of sorts and not truely reality. We see what the person in the photo is seeing, literally. But we also see more, the way the colors of the cliff in the reflection blend almost seemlessly into the iris, the way the eyelashes create shadows on the reflection. It strikes a curiosity about the place in the reflection and the person who is looking at it, while simultaneously being a reminder that we can never fully understand.

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Lighting Observation #9 – Lee Moore

Posted on March 30, 2012 by previousstudent

1. 3,30,2012, 7.00AM, The Batcave in Starship Enterprise

2. The white morning sun shone in through my window, casting a golden glow on the treeline.

3. I am not a morning person. I am quite possibly the opposite of a morning person. I am a morning not-person. I refuse to function in normal human society until I am fully awake. This is one of the reasons I love daylight savings time. Suddenly there is light coming through my window in the morning, helping me to feel like it’s daytime, time to be awake. This morning it is cold again. 40 degrees according to weather.com. This morning, when I woke up, there was a perfect white light streaming through the 6inch gap between my blinds and the sill. I looked outside and the pale blue sky reminded me that it was still March, cold, quick March, however, as my eyes dropped to the treeline that makes up my horizion, I spotted a golden glow, just on the tops of the trees. That sunshine honey color that drips out of summer. Such a color on my trees brings hope that midday is coming, summer is coming, warmth and color will be back soon.

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Light Observation #9

Posted on March 30, 2012 by previousstudent

DATE-TIME-LOCATION: March 26th, about 11pm, Vander Poel 13th floor lounge side room

OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: The open lounge rooms on the 13th floor face due West, the lights are off in the side room, and the lights from New York City can be seen rather clearly through the panoramic windows.

SUBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: The last couple weeks have been busy and incredibly stressful for me for a variety of reasons.  Just when I think I have a good handle on things, it seems that something new hits or gets remembered or shows up. Quite honestly, the pattern that I’ve seen developing in my life has me incredibly frustrated and I’ve been questioning whether or not I should even be in school, if I should have come to Hofstra, even considering running off to South Korea for 6 months to two years to teach conversational English in rural schools.  I had locked myself out of my room and my roommate was upstairs with her boyfriend, so I ran upstairs to grab her key.  As I stood there chatting for a brief moment, I suddenly noticed the miniature skyline in the distance, and all of the reasons that I am here and all the reasons that I’m happy and that I love being where I am hit me again. Those tiny, sparkling lights in the distance may not have finished any papers or fixed any problems, but they infused me with a little bit of the life they represent and brought a little of that purpose and solidity back to me. I want to be here, I love it here, and I can figure it all out one way or another.

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Photo Observation #9: Intrigue

Posted on March 30, 2012 by previousstudent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo By: James Norton

THEME: Intrigue

DESCRIPTION: This picture is the definition of intrigue in visual form.  The dim, amber lighting coming from the unusual and interesting light fixtures create that air of mystery and interest that make you want to learn more about the people and the place.  It’s the perfect spot for lovers: unique ones who love the charm of the exposed brick wall and the taxidermy decorations, young ones who slip into the bar and find a quiet corner booth just to draw out an evening, and the ones who aren’t supposed to be lovers, knowing that such a quirky little place would never draw the attention of their spouses, fiances, or partners.  The bottles seem to emit a low, warm glow, almost like potions calling out for you to sample them and see what unfolds.  And just like this quirky little bar with dim lighting provides cover for covert lovers, it seems as though it just could be the ultimate meeting place of espionage and revolution. And really, who doesn’t want to know why on Earth they decided to make a stuffed antelope head the centerpiece of a bar in San Diego?

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