Drama 16 Stage Lighting

1. Fall sunset in Vermont

Lights used: Top of the cyc is R67 (light sky blue) and bottom of the cyc is R15 (deep straw). There are three L328 (follies pink) lights – one SR (55%), one SL (55%), one downstage C (75%). All the lights are in soft focus. There is also one R21 (golden amber) light from SR at 55%, soft focus, 70 degrees, with dots gobo.

Explanation: The fall sunsets in Vermont that I found all had a lot of the same colors – pinks and oranges mostly, with the blue of the sky in varying degrees of fading or faded. The gobo is an attempt to create clouds with the limited functions of the light lab.

2. Spring sunrise in a Gothic cathedral

Lights used: SR light is R57 (lavender) at 60%. SL light is R58 (deep lavender) at 60%. Upstage C light is R57 at full. Bottom cyc is L151 (gold tint).

Explanation: The colors I found in sunrises in general were very light pinks and purples, with some gold at the bottom (as represented by the cyc) for the rising sun. I also took care to make the sunrise aiming from the opposite direction as the sunset, so the man’s shadow is in front of him for the sunrise but behind him in the sunset (above).

3. Noon on a hot summer day in Hawaii

Lights used: Light at top down center is 4800 K (slightly yellowish white) at 26 degree lens size. Full cyc is R69 (brilliant blue) at 85%.

Explanation: The single white/yellow light is my best representation of the sun (in the blue sky that is the cyc). I couldn’t figure out a way to eliminate shadows completely but Lahaina noon is a phenomenon that basically only exists in Hawaii where twice a year there are no visible shadows because the sun is directly overhead, so I wanted to try and create that effect here.

4. Winter afternoon in North Dakota

Lights used: Top cyc is R67 (light sky blue). SL and SR lights at the top are also R67 at 50%, 90 degrees lens tube size, soft focus. All other lights (coming from the four corners, close to the ground) are pure white. All pure white lights have the dots gobo.

Explanation: Winter in North Dakota is basically just a snowy wonderland. Every picture I saw was snowy hills, snowy plains, and these white-blue skies that looked like they were about to create more snow. The dots gobo this time is supposed to look roughly like snow. By the way, did I mention the winter afternoons in North Dakota are mad snowy? They are snowy to the max.

Photo Theme: Surreal

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This is from The Exorcist. I like the use of silhouette, especially when paired with the strong spotlight effect that is visible with the fog. The Overhead lamp also helps to give just enough context to really make it seem like this character is crossing into a new world. The stark contrast between the character silhouette and the glowing beam of light make it stand out. The spotlight also creates a strong line. There is a lot of mystery, involved, as it makes it seem like the very location itself is alive and aware of this outsider’s presence. For my re-creation I also utilized Gobo effects to mimic the lights in the house, which act as a bit of color contrast against an otherwise entirely blue toned scene.

1. A Fall Sunset in Vermont

Instruments 1-4 are hung USR using gel R32 at full with a 36 degree flood and soft focus. Instruments 3-6 are hung two positions below instruments 1-4 SR and are using gel R40 at full with a 36 degree flood and soft focus. The top cyc lights are using gel R74 at 80% and the bottom cyc lights are using gel R11 at 65%.

The lower hanging lights are representative of the direct sunlight as it is about ti set while the upper hanging lights is the brighter pinker light that fills the sky. The blue light on the cyc represents the color that slowly takes over the sky in a sunset’s last few minutes.

2. Easter Sunrise in a Gothic Cathedral

Instrument 1 is hanging in the upstage SR corner using gel R45 at full with a 50 degree flood and soft focus. Instrument 2 is hanging in the upstage SR corner using gel R68 at full with a 50 degree flood and soft focus. Instrument 3 is one hanging position below instruments 1 and 2 SR; it is using gel R13 at full with a 50 degree flood and soft focus. All instruments are using the “Breakup” gobo.

The gobo is giving the impression of the light coming through a stained glass window, along with the colored light that the Sun gives off when shining through the stained glass. The light is coming from SR like the Sun has just begin rising in the East.

3. Noon on a Hot Summer Day

The bottom cyc lights are using gel R75 at full. Instruments 1 and 2 are at the downstage corners using gel R313 at full with a 90 degree flood and soft focus. Instruments 3, 4, and 5, are center stage using gel 313 at full with a 50 degree flood and soft focus.

The direct overhead center stage light represents the direct overhead Sun at noon and the light that the corner instruments give off helps fill the space to give more of a hotter feeling. The blue cyc gives the illusion of the Caribbean sea.

4. Winter Afternoon Just Before the Snow

Instruments 1-6 are in every corner hanging position with gel L201 at full with a 90 degree flood and soft focus. The top and bottom cyc lights have no gel and are at full. Instrument 7 is DC using gel R67 at full with a 90 degree flood and soft focus. Instruments 8 and 10 are in the downstage and center hanging positions that split center and SL; they are using gel R67 at full with a 90 degree flood and a soft focus. Instrument 9 is in line with instruments 8 and 10 at the upstage hanging position; it is using gel R67 at full with a 50 degree flood and a soft focus.

There is a flood of white light that gives off the harsh white hue that Winter air seems to have. The flood of blue is the Sun’s Winter Light, and the more distinct blue beam shows where the Sun’s afternoon light is directly coming from.

1) A Fall sunset in Vermont

For my Fall Sunset in Vermont, I looked at reference photos and saw a variety of different forms of light. I decided to achieve this look, I wanted to backlight my figure with a gradient of shades from magenta to amber. I made these beams wide to make the effect less harsh. I thought that the overall vibe was too warm because I saw some cool blues and purples in my reference photo, so I made the cyc lights blue and purple and added a couple of blue and purple sidelights with gobos for texture. I added one warm amber light downstage left to act as my sun that was setting. This image depicts the moment because it uses a variety of warm magenta and amber gels to depict sunbeams and cool purple and blue gels to depict the different shades present in the sky.
2) Easter sunrise in a Gothic Cathedral

For my Easter Sunrise in a Gothic Cathedral, I took inspiration from the church I used to sing at and tried to emulate the lighting from there. On Easter morning, everything would be very colorful and bright, and though the church was normally very warm, the light shining in through the windows made everything very cool-toned. To achieve this look, I decided I wanted to give the effect of a stained-glass window by placing 3 lights of different colors (light blue, cool white, and warm white) next to each other with gobos. I wanted to incorporate more Easter colors, so I added pink and purple to the cyc lights. Finally, I added some soft-focus beams to make the overall effect a little brighter. This image matches the moment because it uses Easter colors and gobos to look like a stained-glass window in a church.
3) Noon on a hot Summer day in the Caribbean

For my Noon on a hot Summer day in the Carribean, I wanted the lights to be brightest directly overhead. I also wanted them to be very warm. To act as a symbol for the ocean in the background, I made the bottom cyc lights blue, and I made the top cyc lights golden amber. The lights shining down from overhead are warm whites interspersed with a couple of golden ambers to increase the overall warmth of the design. I think it also gives the effect of sand before the ocean. This image matches the moment because it uses warm tones overhead to look like a bright noon sun and sand on the ground, and the cyc lights look like the ocean and bright sky in the background.
4) Winter afternoon just before the snow

For my Winter afternoon just before the snow, I wanted to keep the overall effect very dark and hazy, giving the impression that clouds have rolled in and the sky is about to open. I lowered the ambient lighting and added haze. I also wanted it to be very cool-toned, so I used mostly cool whites and a couple of blue gels. I added gobos to the lights placed downstage left to give the effect of flurries falling before a blizzard. I wanted most of the lights to be coming not from directly overhead, because it’s in the afternoon, but I still added one cool white light directly overhead for that distinct pre-snow glow. This image matches the moment because it’s dark and hazy, almost suspenseful, and uses cool gels and a couple of gobos to give a pre-snow effect.

1. A Fall Sunset In Vermont – For this lighting, I wanted to get the lighting from one direction since the sun was setting, so I put it on the SR side. I used three different colors for the orangey light to get some variation. I also added in some blue light since I noticed that in a lot of sunsets, there’s a decent amount of blue light present as well as the orange. The cyc is a deeper orange-red color to give an idea of the fall leaves

2. An Easter Sunrise In A Gothic cathedral – I also wanted to incorporate the single direction of light into this design, but I was also thinking about how the light is warped and changed when it goes through stained glass windows. For these lights, I used a lot of different colors of light through a gobo to get a sort of marbled or stained glass effect. Then, I used a window gobo to make it seem like the light was coming in a window. I also wanted to incorporate the inside lighting of the cathedral itself, so there’s some white-ish, grayish lighting up high and on the cyc

3. Noon On A Hot Summer Day In The Caribbean – For this lighting, I did several lights (warmer white) all focused on the person to get the bright, sunny effect. Then, I did some wider beams to get the effect of sand and warmth. I also used blue lights from downstage and on the cyc to give the effect of a bright blue sky

4. Winter Afternoon Just Before The Snow – On this scene, I wanted to get across that the sun is blocked by clouds, so to achieve this effect I tried two things. First, I put a gobo on most of the lights that reach the floor to indicate that the light is broken up by the clouds. This also creates an effect that looks fairly snowy. I also used really wide beams to spread this effect as far as I could. To make the stage look cold, I used blue lights on the person themself and on the cyc

THEME: Fall Sunset in Vermont

LIGHTING INSTRUMENTS USED:

• Cyc-1, R15
• Cyc-2, R80
• Cyc-3,R27
• Par on 1st Pipe SL, R316
• Par on 1st Pipe SR, R 16
• Ellipsoidal on 1st Pipe SL, Leaves Realistic
• Ellipsoidal on 1st Pipe SR, Leaves Realistic
• Ellipsoidal on 2nd Pipe SL, Leaves Realistic
• Ellipsoidal on 2nd Pipe SR, Leaves Realistic

WHY? When I looked up “Fall Sunset in Vermont” all of the pictures were beautiful orangish-pink skies peaking through trees, and I tries to create the same essence

THEME: Easter Sunrise in a Gothic Cathedral

LIGHTING INSTRUMENTS USED:

• Cyc-1, R15
• Cyc-2, R80
• Cyc-3,R27
• Cyc-4, R126
• Par on 1st Pipe SL, R316
• Ellipsoidal on 1st Pipe SL, Church Window, G101
• Ellipsoidal SL Boom, R51

WHY? There’s something purple and clean about a spring sunrise so I tried to recreate the feeling here, adding the Church Window gobo to help with the Cathedral setting.

THEME: Noon on a Hot Summer Day in the Caribbean

LIGHTING INSTRUMENTS USED:

• Cyc-2, R80
• Cyc-4, R126
• Par on 1st Pipe SL, R316
• Par on 1st Pipe SR, R316
• Ellipsoidal on 1st Pipe SL, 5800
• Ellipsoidal on 1st Pipe SL, R361
• Ellipsoidal on 1st Pipe SR, 2100
• Ellipsoidal on 2nd Pipe SL, Fern, 5800
• Ellipsoidal on 2nd Pipe SR, Fern, 5800
• Par on 2nd Pipe SL, 2100
• Par on 2nd Pipe SR, 2100
• Ellipsoidal SL Boom
• Ellipsoidal SR Boom, R05

WHY? I went for a tropical vibe, warm and colorful, green from trees, blue from the ocean, and orange from the sun. I also used the Fern gobo to represent brush and nature.

THEME: Winter Afternoon Just Before the Snow

LIGHTING INSTRUMENTS USED:

• Cyc-1, R15
• Cyc-2, R80
• Cyc-3,R27
• Cyc-4, R126
• Par on 1st Pipe SL
• Par on 1st Pipe SR
• Par on 2nd Pipe SL
• Par on 2nd Pipe SR
• Ellipsoidal on 1st Pipe SL, Dec. Tree
• Ellipsoidal on 1st Pipe SR, Dec. Tree
• Ellipsoidal on 2nd Pipe SL, Dec. Tree
• Ellipsoidal on 2nd Pipe SR, Dec. Tree
• Ellipsoidal w/ Scroller 2nd Pipe Center, 2010
• Ellipsoidal FOH SR, R55

WHY? I tried to create a stark, cold vibe. I did not use a lot of color and the colors I did use were cool blue tones. I didn’t want to overdo it with the blue however, I wanted something more gray like the winter sky before a snow storm. I also used the Dec. Tree gobo to add to the barrenness.

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THEME: Artificial Light

LIGHTING INSTRUMENTS USED:

• Cyc-2, R80
• Par on 1st Pipe, R316

1) A Fall sunset in Vermont

Cyc Lights: 8200, R27, 2190, R15

par64mfl: no color

36 degree Source Four: 6600, 6500

The vibrant colors of the sunset in Vermont illuminate the model. The lack of gradient symbolizes the crisp mountains of the landscape, mixing into a pale amber as it lights the ground.

2) Easter sunrise in a Gothic Cathedral

Cyc Lights: 7900, 8450, 6200, 6800

Gobo: Window Chancery in 36 degree Source Four, no color

par64mfl: 6200, 6800

par64wfl: 7900, 8450

A more gentle spring sunset is represented through a soft gradient of white, to amber to pink, very similar to Easter colors. The light shines through the Gothic Cathedral’s giant window as the light encompasses the building’s guests.
3) Noon on a hot Summer day in the Caribbean

Cyc Lights: No Color, L117

Gobo: Palm in 36 degree Source Four, No Color

par64wfl: 7750, R316

par 64 mfl: L764, 6500

The pure, light blue on the cyc is representative of both the clear skies and water in the Caribbean. The palm leaf gobo adds to the island feel and the warm lighting allows for a more toasty environment.

4) Winter afternoon just before the snow

Cyc: G870

Gobo: Cloud 8 in 36 degree Source Four, 4720

26 degree Source Fours: R398, no color

Right before it snows, the sky gets grey and the clouds gather overhead, as is shown with the off-white cyc and cloud gobo. Although still, light, it the stage is darker as the weather worsens.

1.A Fall Sunset In Vermont

Lights used:

36Deg. Srce 4 ETC 436, R54
PAR64wfl/ GE FFS, R316
36Deg. Srce 4 ETC 436, No color, Gobo: Leaves Foliage
36Deg. Srce 4 ETC 436, No color, Gobo: Leaves Foliage
Cyc Lights: R126, R27, R15

When I think of a fall sunset, I imagine the deep orange sky with the rays of sun poking through the trees from all around

2. Easter Sunrise in a Gothic Cathedral

Lights Used:

PAR64wfl/ GE FFS, R316
PAR64mfl/ GE FFR, R316
36Deg. Srce 4 ETC 436, 3100, Gobo: Chruch Window
6″ Fresnel, R3216
Cyc Lights: R126, R27, R80, R15

Ive never been to a gothic cathedral because I’m jewish so I’m not sure what it REALLY looks like, but i can imagine a pink-ish sky from the sunrise mixed with the stained glass windows surrounding the inside

3. Noon on a hot summer day in the carribean

Lights used:

26Deg. Srce 4 ETC 426, 6800
36Deg. Srce 4 ETC 436, R361
36Deg. Srce 4 ETC 436, no Color, Gobo: Palm
PAR64wfl/ GE FFS, R316
6″ Fresnel, R3216
PAR64mfl/ GE FFR, R316
Cyc Lights: R126, R80, R15

The gobo didn’t come out exactly how i wanted it to, but the bright blue sky with the sun beating down overhead mixed with the shade of the palm trees

4. Winter Afternoon just before the snow

Lights Used

26Deg. Srce 4 ETC 426, R15
50Deg. Srce 4 ETC 450, L202
36Deg. Srce 4 ETC 436, no Color, Gobo: Starry
6″ Fresnel, R3216
8″ Fresnel, R80
Cyc Lights: R126, R80, R15

The sky turns almost a blue-ish/gray before the snow falls. I did add a few flurries for the effect that it was starting to coming down at this exact moment. The area feels bleak and muted.

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Theme: Advertisement/Desire

Instruments Used:

Cyc – R80(Blue) and R27(Red)

Overhead 6″ Fresnel R3216

House Left FOH 26″ Source Four R11

Stage Right Par64wfl R316

Stage Left Par64wfl R316