Drama 16 Stage Lighting

This is a photo of my aunt and uncle  in Brooklyn  from two July’s ago. Lots of things about this photo scream summer to me. The sunlight peaking in through the bright green trees shows the time of year it is. The pink and summery colors of both the surrounding area and my aunts dress colors really emphasize summer. I also just love this picture it’s very summer love.

Friday Dance Concert 9:20PM

Objective: the lights are off, but there are orange dotted lights lining the floor. There are some colored lights coming from the sound booth. Onstage, the lighting is dim, but there is a light coming in from the top corner stage right that slowly lowers down. It slowly makes the dancers more and more visible.

Subjective: It feels like a sunrise on stage, but since the lights are on the floor and I can see the lights from the sound booth, it takes me out of the sunrise and makes me very aware I am watching a performance. The lighting forces me to lock in to the stage and really be drawn into what is going on. The lighting feels uplifting, but also with elements of sadness.

Sunset – based on the photos I looked at, the sunsets in New England have a lot of warm tones to them, so I tried to capture the warm redness/orangeness of the sky when the sun sets.

1. Deep straw full
2. Flesh pink full
3. Light red full
4. No color gel full
5. Golden amber full
6. Floor lights- golden amber full

Sunrise – for the sunrise in the cathedral, I was inspired by stain glass windows. There was a lot of cooler tones and purples in the sunrise, so I tried to make the lighting have the early morning coolness, while capturing a stained glass type of feel with the different directions of light.

Floor lights – deep straw full

1. Deep lavender – 60
2. Deep lavender – 65
3. Primary blue – full
4. Primary blue -40
5. Deep straw- full
6. Golden amber – full
7. Light red- 75
8. Pale apricot – 70
9. Deep lavender – 80
10. Primary blue – 35

Summer day – for the summer day in Africa, I stayed simple with earth tones and yellow lighting for the sun. I put a sun in the corner of the lighting to try and capture a hot afternoon sun in Africa.

Floor lights – moss green full

1. No color – full
2. Deep straw- full
3. Deep straw – full
4. No color – full
5. Golden amber – full
6. Deep straw – full

Winter in North Dakota – I tried to make it feel cold with the blue tones, and signified that it was day time with the white overhead light.

Floor lights – partial blue full 

1. Partial sky full 
2. Partial sky full
3. No color full

Light red – Full

Deep straw – full

Tahitian blue – 75%

Tharon delft – 65%

4/4/24 Narnia on Campus at 9PM

Objective: it is dark outside and filled with trees, making it seem even darker. It is hard to see the statues, as they blend in like shadows since it is dark out. The only thing lighting the area are the poles with lights on them.

Subjective: It looks like a mysterious forest. Not in a scary way, but it feels almost mystical and makes you forget you are on a college campus. The lights make it comforting, but the dark trees and statues add layers of mystery.

Lights Used

#3 tharon Delft blue intensity 70

#4 Golden amber intensity 80

#5 Clearwater intensity 35

#6 Clearwater intensity full

#7 Clearwater intensity 70

#8 Golden amber intensity 70

#9 Golden amber intensity full

#10 Deep straw intensity 90

From Campaign US on Google Images

Corona’s whole thing is they try to associate the beer with being on the beach, and associate Corona as a summer “place”. The warm orange/yellow/amber light coming from above on a downward angle is used to represent a sunset on a beach. The colors of the light reflect the water on the deck, again, creating that happy summer feeling and allowing the viewer to associate the beer with summer. The color of the beer itself is highlighted from the light, making it look crisp and draw the viewer’s eyes to it. Of course, the lime slices are all perfectly in the bottle and shown off thanks to the light.

Location: IM Fields 9:30 PM, Thursday

Objective: It is dark outside and the sun has completely set for the night. There are large white bright lights lighting up the front of the field, but if you look further out in the field, it is completely dark. The light highlights the mist blowing in the air from the grass.

Subjective: There is an intense contrast between the lit up parts of the field as opposed to the dark field on the other side. The artificial lighting is intense, and it has a “game day” feel. The lighting is focused on one part of the field, making it seem important.

I found this photo of a girl online holding a light bulb at different angles, and how the angle effected the photo. This photo was a clear demonstration of how when a single source light is only coming from one side, it completely loses the other side of the girl’s face.

Location: Times Square 7AM – Friday

Objective: Right around sunrise, my friend and I got off the bus at 42d Street and 8th Avenue. The whole sky was pink and orange and left a pink tint on the cars and on people’s skin. There were also the huge lights from buildings and signs in Times Square.

Subjective: The lighting created a contrasting feeling. The pink and orange sky seemed created a warm, calm, and early morning feel. However, the big bright lights from the buildings made the light very abrupt and it did not feel like morning. Together, it felt like both types of lighting created dissonance.