Drama 16 Stage Lighting

1.) The fall sunset gave me the idea of a very warm atmosphere in both tone and color palette while still being a more intimate feeling space. I added a wide spread of gobo to emulate the crisp texture of leaves as the setting usually possess lot of brightly colored trees in the fall season. Also being a sunset having the position high and in front as it slowly sets in front of the acting space and becomes more dimly as it transitions into the ight.

1. 50%, soft focus, deep straw

2. 50%, soft focus, breakup gobo,

3. 50%, soft focus, breakup gobo, light red

4. 70% soft focus, deep straw

Scrim Top: Full, resh pink

Scrim Bottom: Full, gold tint

2.) For the sunrise in the cathedral, I took inspiration from light through stained glass and wanted to emulate the colors and break up of the shapes through gobos. Also, the angled lighting to establish the sense of movement from night to morning as well as contrast of warm color to the right was to illustrate the natural light and warmth of the space that visually illustrates the sun pushing the darker hues in the space.

1.Full, window gobo @ med focus, 26 degrees, Deep Lavender

2. Full, Parry Sky Blue, soft focus @ 50 degrees

3. 75%, Light Red, soft focus@ 36 degrees

4. 95%, golden amber, soft @ 10 degrees

3.) Summer in Africa. I took inspiration from the Lion King with the use of strong line patterns to give texture to the atmosphere. For a more playful tone I stuck with a bright, warm color palette and contrast light cooler undertones that captured the heat of the environment that still opened up the space for the more spacious and jungle-like appeal.

1. Full, Deep straw, lines gobo, med focus @ 50 degrees

2. Full, deep straw, lines gobo, med focus @ 50 degrees

3. Full Deep Straw, soft focus @ 50 degrees

4. 75%, Light Red, soft focus @ 70 degrees

5. 75%, Light Red, soft focus @ 70 degrees

6. 75%, Parry Sky Blue, soft focus @ 36 degrees

7. 75%, Parry Sky Blue, soft focus @ 36 degrees

Top Scrim- Full, Moss Green

Bottom Scrim- Full, Golden Amber

4.) North Dakota winter with the cold possessing the sharp light to emulate the crispness of the winter space. I always visuals the winter time as a vast plain of snow so I wanted to the space wider feeling of depth and ice-olation (get it like isolation tehe) as the actor is emphasized with a brighter lighter in the atmosphere.

1. 50%, soft focus, 36 degree, Full CT Blue

2. 75, soft focus, 70 degrees, primary blue

3. 50, soft focus, 36 degrees deep lavender

4. 50%, soft focus, 36 degrees Full CT Blue

5. Full. soft focus, 50 degrees, parry sky blue

6.75%, soft focus, 46 degrees, Full CT Blue

Upper/Bottom Scrim: full, primary blue

1) A Fall sunset in New England

For this lighting, I used 4 lights coming from the downstage left corner, the larger 3 in the color Deep Straw and the smallest in Medium Yellow. I also included two wide washes of Light Red light from the upper quarter marks and two wide spreads of Moss Green with a breakup gobo from the center top light. For a final touch, I added a Golden Amber light on stage right that pointed to the back left corner.

The four lights I used pointing to the back right corner create an orangey sun, and each larger beam creates warm sun rays that you see during the fall. I used the red lights to create the reddish tableau that we see in New England forests, but I still used green in the gobo to create the leafy outlines to represent the change from green to red. Finally, I used orange light in the upper left corner to fill out the rest of the space and create a similar look to an orange sunset.

2) Spring sunrise in a Gothic Cathedral

For this lighting look, I used Gold Tint on the upper cyc lights and Parry Sky Blue on the lower cyc lights. I used Mist Blue on the center and corner lights; the center one is at full and the corner lights are at 75 percent power. The light at quarter on stage left is Medium Blue Green, and the light at quarter on stage right is Folies Pink. Both of these lights are at 75 percent power. Last, I have two wide-spread Moss Green lights coming from each side of the stage with the Lines gobo.

For this light, I was inspired by photos of Gothic cathedrals that I found online. I created an arch with the front lights with whitish light to represent the sunshine coming in, and the pink and blues to represent the spring colors. The cyc is lit with gold and blue sunrise colors to fill the space. The green on the sides represents the trees on either side of the cathedral, and the lines gobo is used to mimic the architecture.

3) Noon on a hot Summer day in Africa

For this lighting, I used No Color Blue for the three lights coming from the upper right corner, and also for the lights shining onto the cyc. The cyc is lit by Light Sky Blue on top and bottom. Medium Yellow is used on the two lights in the downstage corners, and a Moss Green wash comes from the upper left corner.

I chose the cyc color to be light blue to mimic the bright blue sky on a hot summer day, and I shone white lights on the cyc to create the look of clouds traveling across the sky. The three white lights shining onto the subject are Jacob’s Ladder of the sun’s rays, and the green light from the upper left corner creates a wash on the floor for grass. The yellow coming from the corners could represent dry grass, dirt, or sand.

4) Winter afternoon in North Dakota

This lighting look is created with three lights in Full CT Blue coming from stage right, and additional top lighting in Full CT Blue coming from the quarter marks. The cyc is lit with Light Sky Blue on top and bottom.

This is a very minimalistic lighting look, but I was inspired by a snowy yet sunny day often seen in the winter time. The sun is shining on the subject, and the additional top light creates the same dispersing effect that clouds create. Then of course, the cyc is lit blue like the sky.

1. Winter Afternoon Before Snow: I chose to utilize dark and light blues to show the contrast of cold-toned colors during the winter. I also used modestly white light to show the brightness coming in from behind the clouds. Spotted gobos were used to show the haziness / fogginess of the sky before the snowfall.

2. Noon on a Hot Summer Day in the Caribbean: When I think of the Caribbean, I think of sitting with my toes in the sand staring out at the sunset over the ocean. Accordingly, I chose a bright centered yellow light to portray the dimming sunshine. Next, I used blues and reds to show the blending of the sky with the setting sun. On the very outer edges, I also added a faint orange color as though the colors were disappearing at the ocean’s horizon.

3. Easter Sunrise in a Gothic Cathedral: Gothic Cathedrals tend to be very large with a multitude of stained glass windows and dark colors. However on Easter, bright colors and pastels very prevalent, so I wanted to mesh these ideas of dark and pastel. As a result, I used purple and yellow to portray light coming in through the painted windows as well as pinks and blues to indicate the sky’s colors pouring in too.

4. Fall Sunset in Vermont: I have never before been to Vermont and am not familiar with its layout in the slightest, so I had to look to Pinterest for some inspiration. However, I did find one breathtaking photo of the Greenback Mountains in Woodstock, which I tried my best to recreate in the photo above. Between the mountains in the midst of the clouds, bright pinks and blues blend with subtle apricot colors. Overhead it is overcast and all the lighting is flooding in from the sides.

1) A Fall sunset in Vermont:

For all of the seasons I chose a dark background because I was focusing on kind of a dark theme behind what we see. This one was one of my favorite ones. Fall is full of orange, red, and yellow and at the same time there is this concept of loss (because all of the trees are losing leafs), which is why I kept the space dark.

2) Easter sunrise in a Gothic Cathedral

I came up with this idea of seeing the sunrise through a window, which gives kind of a scary feeling and goes with the theme of Gothic. I love architecture and I have been in many Gothic Cathedrals in Prague and Belgium and some of them had windows with curtains like that so I thought I could do something with the lights and the effects.

3) Noon on a hot Summer day in the Caribbean

Coming from a Southern country, where it is hot 24/7, people tend to forget about what is around and only focus on the main brightness that comes from the sun. However, noon in a warm country full of brightness and warmth is always the best time of all the different colors from the flowers and grass to be seen because they look beautiful. This is just a reflexion of the different colors I usually see in my backyard in noon.

4) Winter afternoon just before the snow

When it comes to a snow storm, I always think about the accumulation of water that becomes ice that the clouds do, which is why I chose blue and everything is concentrated in the middle and that everything is about to go all out.