Drama 16 Stage Lighting

Sunday, February 5th, @3:00pm

Objective: My friends and I were sitting in my dorm room working on our homework. I was sitting on the floor and the sun was shining through the window so that it was blinding me. I stood up and turned off the room light.

Subjective: The sun shining through the window was bright but also had a warm tint. When I stood to turn off the lights something felt off, but it wasn’t the sunlight. Once I turned off the light I could see it on all of our faces the relief of just having the natural light in the room. The room light had a cold feeling to it so when I turned it off the room was bathed in a warmth that was comforting and symbolized the tranquility and restfulness of a “lazy Sunday.”

1. DATE-TIME-LOCATION: January 30th, 2020 – 11:00pm – my dorm room.
2. OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: The soft white light from an oil diffuser brightened and dimmed the dark room. There is a change in the strength of the shadows against the wall and ceiling, widening and condensing. 
3. SUBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: My oil diffuser was brightening and dimming based on the speed of the diffuser and it felt calming to observe. The soft glow around the perimeter of the diffuser created a gentle ambiance for my dorm room, and made me feel more relaxed, which I appreciated.

1:15 am on 3/14, in my dorm room
The light from my desk lamp was on, but the overheard room lights were off, as my roommate was asleep.
I had been laying on my bed, so the light from my lamp was partially blocked by my desk, but enough light was seeping through the cracks, as well as illuminating the wall. It gave off a glow that reminded me of sitting at home in our backroom, just lounging on one of the couches watching tv with my dad. It had a very lazy quality to it, but still gave off a good amount of light.

1) DATE-TIME-LOCATION: Midnight, Dorm Room in VanderPoel

2) OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: The Lights where off in the dorm but the lights from the parking lot still provide plenty of light, even with the blinds closed it streams through the cracks and into the room.

3) SUBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: It would never be like this at home, the only light past 11pm would be the moon reflecting off the creek behind the house, here there is always light, always something sneaking in through the blind or shining into the room, I know the city never sleeps but couldn’t it at least rest?

Date/Time/Location: 2/27/2019, 6:30 pm, Hofstra Dorm Room

Objective Description: I was cat sitting my friends little mush. While I’m laying there she had her LED strips on for her plants, Wall lights, and her fish tank lights.

Subjective Description: There were so many sources of light around me. Even though one would think that it would be overly stimulating I was actually quite relaxed.

Thursday, 8:52pm in my dorm
The lights were off in my room, and it was snowing outside, with the lampposts illuminating it.
The window looked as though it was glowing, with the snow swirling outside of it. It reminded me of those old alien movies, where you see the bright white light coming in through the window in the dark, right as the aliens either land nearby, or abduct something or someone.

Date/Time/Location: 2/21/19 at 3:00 am in my dorm room

Objective Description: The room was dark and the only light coming in was from outside. It did not make far into the room since the blinds were down.

Subjective Description: The orange light coming from outside was calming. There was just enough light to be a night scene that had a slight sunrise. I would hope that the coloring of the light would help with calming one down to a point that it felt relaxing.

1. 4/9/17, 7:00 pm, Estabrook Hall
2. Objective: The blinds on the left window of my room was completely shut, but the blinds on the right window were slightly opened. This allowed small streaks of light to come into the room. The room was fairly dark since the sun was setting.
3.  Subjective: After a long day of non stop homework, I had the chance to lay down for a few minutes before doing some spring cleaning. Turning on the overhead lights would ruin the peaceful moment, so I opted for the natural light the sun provided. There was not much sunlight left since the sun was setting. There was however small streaks of light peaking through the partially cracked blinds. My attention immediately went to the newly formed lines on my wall created by the light. The stress I had previously felt slowly melted away and a desperately needed wave of relaxation emerged.

3/16/2017  4 AM Hague House, my room

White light pouring in through the window, light coming from the top half of the computer coming out in slots, bottom half unobstructed light. Covers walls in light.

The darkness of the night is a myth.  When the supposed darkest hours of the day are in full swing, endless light pours forth into my room and shines across each wall.  The glow of the light shifts slowly over time but persists in breaking through no matter what hour it is.  The only wall spared of the chunks of brightness graces my roommate while I face the wrath of the night’s sunny gleam.

Monday, 1o pm. Location: My dorm overlooking the student center

Objective Orange street light shines through my dirty dorm window. my glasses halo the beam.

subjective: An irritating orange glow shines in my eye. It bounces off of my glasses frame into my eye constantly proving it will not be ignored, despite multiple room configurations- and no the blinds do not block it.  I turn, to confront the light, it stretches out never brighter just more annoying. It highlights how dirty my window is, through no fault of my own its dirty on the outside. I never thought a light could be so annoying.