Drama 16 Stage Lighting

Date: 2/28/16

Time: 3:34 pm

Location: The Highline NYC

Objective Description: The sun has just started to go start it’s quick decent into the evening and just across the Highline, the Statue of Liberty could be seen. The sun was hitting it at such an angle that it was both reflecting off of it and creating a silhouette.

Subjective Description: The cool breeze sent chills across the spine as the warm sun opposed such sensations from the unusual heat of its rays on that warm February day. The sky was illuminated with hues of blues and pale yellows, revealing a pale pink gradient that painted the afternoon sky. The reflection of an object in the distance emphasized by the sun’s intensity left you no choice but to focus on that singular figure in the middle of a sparkling blue body of water. The silhouette of a woman reaching out towards the sky looked as if she was lighting her torch from the power of the Sun’s burning glow. Liberty was prominent.

1) 2012-03-16 1:00 AM

2) A flickering fluorescent light in liberty hall coming through a small window and reflecting off of multiple sources

3)I really hate fluorescent lights.  I hate how artificial they feel.  I hate the sickish tone they lend to a room when they’re too cheap.  Most of all, I hate what they do when they’re getting near the end of their lives.  This one is close to the end.  The bulb next to it is already out, and this one cycles on and off every few seconds, stuttering back on, the off again.  But what it’s doing is rather interesting.  I’m working in the study room with the lights off, just my laptop and the laptop of the girl next to me.  The flickering fluorescent is just outside the door.  The door has one of those standard 8″ * 24″ windows with safety glass that you see on every classroom.  Through this narrow window, the flickering light comes in at just the right angle to hit the ultra glossy iMac in the study lounge, and can again be seen (barely) on the white board directly across from me.  I’m reminded of images of lasers and mirrors in a sort of lab… certainly not as focused and refined, but the same physics, just distributed more.  I’ve always liked the tricks you can play with lighting and mirrors.  Mirrors are seemingly almost impossible to use in traditional theatre given the position of lighting instruments and danger of blinding the audience, but there is a large potential for use in environmental and more experimental theatre that I think should certainly be explored.