Drama 16 Stage Lighting

2.national geographic.com, photo of the day

3. intrigue

4. When first thinking how to displaying intriguing lighting, I started with the fascination kids have when they are exploring or find something cool that just grabs their attention, mesmerizes them. That kind of tunnel vision turned into exploring and children playing as they discovered but I found this was best displayed in underwater photography. Intriguing lighting is not what we see its what we can’t see. It’s where the shadows start and end and how dark they get. It’s part of our human nature to push through that boundary, be intrigued enough by what’s beyond to go find out as these divers are. These colors enhance that since green is such and unnatural shade for lighting, especially on stage. Generally if we see green on stage its evil or jealous or alien. Underwater the light reacts differently with different surfaces to reflect off of. In conclusion, Intriguing lighting will lead you in like a child who found the hole into Wonderland.

2. http://www.meterdown.com/2009/06/31-interesting-selection-of-shadow-arts-pictures.html

3. Shadows

4. I love the unnatural yet natural feel of this image. The length of the shadow makes the two figures seem inhuman and yet they are doing such a human action. Furthermore the contrast between the very green grass and the darkness of the shadow is beautiful and really makes the shadow stand out. It must have been very bright out when this picture was taken.

FORMAT (Lighting Observations)
You should arrange your journal entries as follows:

1) DATE-TIME-LOCATION: When and where you had your lighting “moment”

2) OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: Simply identify what the light you are talking about is. Describe well enough for someone who is not there to understand what the light is.

3) SUBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: This should be a creative and imaginative description of the lighting “moment”. Assign a feeling or emotion to the lighting; find the “poetry” of the moment.

4) ASSIGN CATEGORY & TAGS: Category should be “Lighting Observation”. Include your first name as at least one tag, other optional tags can be added to describe the post.

FORMAT (Photo)
You should arrange your journal entries as follows:

1) Upload Photo and insert into post.

2) Attribute the Photo, tell us where it came from.

3) THEME: Identify the photo theme (as assigned in class)

4) DESCRIPTION: This should be a creative and imaginative description of the lighting and why it fits the assigned theme

5) ASSIGN CATEGORY & TAGS: Category should be “Photo Observation”. Include your first name as at least one tag, other optional tags can be added to describe the post.

1) Saturday Feb. 5th 2011, 8:35 P.M. Manhattan.

2) The light at the top of the Empire State Building through the fog.

3) It had been raining all day, and there was a thick fog obscuring the tops of the taller buildings. As I turned onto 34th St. from Madison Ave., I could see the Empire State Building, which seemed to be surrounded by a thick green mist. I was taken aback by the unnatural, spooky feeling of the light. The dispersion of the light in the fog made the range of the lamp itself visible, and it made me feel quite small. It complimented the cold, remote feeling of the weather perfectly. It is one of the more unnerving things I’ve seen lately.