Drama 16 Stage Lighting

Fall Sunset in Vermont

 

 

 

 

 

 

Backdrop:

Top- R83-25%, L713-25%, L119-25%, 67/95-25%

Bottom- R2003-25%, G250-25%, R2008-25%, RE179-25%

 

Top Light:

G350 – 100%, 37° elevation angle, 56°  side angle

LHT713 – 25%, 37° elevation angle, 56° back angle

L071 – 25%, 54°  elevation angle, direct back light

L120 – 25%, 37° elevation angle, 56° back angle

G410 – 100%, 37° elevation angle, 56° side a

 

Stage Left Side Light

AP7450 – 50%, -19° elevation angle, 56° back angle

G170 – 100%,  -23° elevation angle

L106 – 100%, -19° elevation angle, 56° side angle

 

Stage Right Side Light

AP8730 – 100%, 27° elevation angle

L020 – 100%,  -19° elevation angle, 56° back angle

L027 – 100%, -23° elevation angle

L024 – 100%, -19° elevation angle, 56° side angle

 

This sunset is the dark blurple of night sky as it fades gently into the fiery leaves of fall in Vermont, with the last bright glow of yellow sun highlighting the downstage woman before it disappears, leaving only starlight and the harvest moon behind.

 

Easter Sunrise in a Gothic Cathedral

 

 

 

 

 

Backdrop:

Top- AP2310 – 25%, RE209 – 25%, 0/0 – 75%, RE122 – 25%

Bottom- G1518 – 25%, L299 – 25%, G855 – 75%, RE090 – 25%

 

Top Light:

R4730 – 25%, 48° elevation angle, 37° side angle, with template

G170 – 50%, 54° elevation angle, direct backlight, with template

R34 – 25%, 48° elevation angle, 37° side angle

R4560 – 50%, 42° elevation angle, 48° side angle, with template

 

Stage Left Side Light:

G103 – 100%, 37 ° elevation angle

AP3600 – 100%, 32° elevation angle, 56° side angle

 

Stage Right Side Light:

AP3400 – 100%, 32° elevation angle, 56° side angle

AP8730 – 50%,  37° elevation angle, with template

The first rays of sun as they cross through old rose windows leave gothic cathedrals lit in lavender and forget me not, with elaborate patterns reflected on the floor and pews from the myriad of picture lines all across each window. The hope of new life, written all over the faces of the believers, in tiny triangles of pink and gold.

 

Noon on a Hot Summer Day in the Caribbean

 

 

 

 

 

Backdrop:

Top:  G835 – 50%, G780 – 25%, G848 – 50%, AP4350 – 50%

Bottom: AP4900 – 75%, AP4650 – 75%, AP5600 – 75%, RE090 – 75%

 

Top Light:

LHT010 – 50%,  37° elevation angle, 56° side angle

NC – 50%, 42° elevation angle, 48° side angle

AP6400 – 50%, 61° elevation angle

R13 – 100%, 54° elevation angle

AP6200 – 50%, 61° elevation angle

R96 – 50%, 37° elevation angle, 56° side angle

 

Stage Left Side Light:

R369 – 50%, 23° elevation angle, 56° side angle

NC – 50%, 0° elevation angle

 

Stage Right Side Light:

R376 – 50%, 23° elevation angle, 56° side angle

NC – 50%, 0° elevation angle

 

The Caribbean is perfect, bright bright blues over sea green water, with nothing but the hot sun to separate the two, it is all blindingly saturated color, that seems to bake right through your skin and turn your insides to sunshine.

Winter Afternoon

 

 

 

 

 

Backdrop:

Top – AP2320 – 50%, G780 – 25%, G848 – 50%, AP2330 – 50%

Bottom –  G107 – 75%, G108 – 75%, G109 – 75%, G155 – 75%

 

Top Light:

AP2330 – 100%, 75° elevation angle

NC – 100%, 54° elevation angle, direct back light

G888 – 100%, 75° elevation angle

G880 – 100%,  42° elevation angle, 48° side angle

 

Stage Left Side Lights :

AP2330 – 100%, 32° elevation angle, 56° side angle

 

Stage Right Side Light:

NC – 100%,  32° elevation angle, 56° side angle

 

People seem to think of winter as so grey and dark, when in reality is is just as bright sun as summer, just with a cooler tone. All of the sunlight feels white, brisk, against a sky that hasn’t quite figured out how to be blue, and as the snow begins to fall, the blanket it creates leaves the world feeling warm and pink-cheeked

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.