Drama 16 Stage Lighting

1.) Thursday Apr. 7th 2011, 11:03 P.M. The steps of Emily Lowe Hall.

2.) The light outside creating perfect key/fill.

3.) I was standing outside Emily Lowe with a few friends after a rehearsal for my thesis, and Christian Titus was standing in a place and position where the lights hitting him were creating a perfect key and fill effect on his face, with one side highlighting his face and the other cutting down on contrast just enough for it to look natural, despite the artificial (and non-directional light sources). It was like the opposite of a traditional lighting moment: an accidental recreation of a stage effect, instead of the stage recreation of natural light. It was disorienting, but quite cool. It made the moment feel exceptionally dramatic.

1.) Thursday Apr. 7th 2011, 12:00 A.M. Behind Emily Lowe Hall.

2.) A flickering fluorescent bulb in a lamp.

3.) One of the three lamp-style fluorescent lights outside of Lowe 108 was flickering, and the effect was exaggerated by the reflection of the light in the raindrops as they came down. The lights have a medical bluish-white color, and so the flickering was reminiscent of a bug zapper in action. The effect had a rural, spooky feel, like something from a horror movie. It was disconcerting and very vivid. It took a while for my eyes to adjust to the pattern and learn to ignore it, but eventually they did.