Drama 16 Stage Lighting

Photo taken by me, in Brooklyn on September 15th 2015

Theme: FUN!

Well, my ride is here… This is the fanciest, most fun garbage truck I have ever seen. I saw it while walking to get dinner with one of my friends in the city and stopped because I thought it was a really badass ice cream truck, turns out it was just a garbage truck customized with colorful lights.

Photo of me, taken by a friend in January 2014

Theme: Hot

One of the most obvious things we think about when we think about “hot” in temperature is the color red, and for plenty of good reasons. In this photo I was playing around with my friends lightsaber when it was taken.

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Photo by Me, taken at The City Museum in Saint Louis, MO on August 17 2015

Theme: Cold

In the museum, there was a section that was set up to resemble a cave. There were more crawl spaces than you can count, and some hard to find. I stumbled upon this little nook and the lights reflecting on it made it look kind of like a moon to me at the time. But the colors of the lights made this area feel cold, which at the time felt like an awesome retreat from the 100 degree weather outside.

1. February 10th, Academic Side of Hofstra, 1:00am
2. Objective Description: The bright white lighting of the lamp posts at night don’t mix with the orange tinted streetlights. There’s enough light to illuminate the path, and then some. Like the sun, these lights are challenging to look at for more than a second. The lamp posts emit a cooler toned white and they are reflecting off of the snow and trees around them.
3. Subjective Description: It feels kind of like Narnia when you walk through the pathways around the Spiegel and there’s snow on the ground and a sidewalk lined with lamp posts. I’m not sure I feel safe but it’s definitely calming. It reminds me of my home town and the lamp posts we have around the town center, only i’m pretty sure those actually once were lit using fire.

1. February 2nd, 5:16pm, Hempstead
2. Objective Description: Winter sunsets can have such delicate, softened colors to them. Driving around running errands at sunset has enabled me to have a moment just enjoying the view of a sunset with colors easy on the eyes. I see red and green traffic lights and the silhouettes of buildings as the light leaves the sky. A couple clouds that reflect the colors of the sunset.
3. Subjective Description: I’m really hungry and the clouds look like cotton candy. But the mood in general is quiet and gentle driving around with a pastel sunset on a Tuesday night.

Photo by me, taken in Pound Ridge, NY in August 2015

Theme: Sunrise/sunset

This photo was a happy accident. My friend Jarred and I were driving to go get ice cream when I happened to look out the window and went “OH PRETTY!” and decided we had to pull over. Something about the stillness of the reservoir and forests surrounding it have a way of putting one at ease. It reminded me of how small I am compared to the universe, as well as how much I miss the awesome hiking trails in my little suburban hometown in New York.

1. January 30th, 10:45am, Brooklyn
2. Objective Description: There is sunlight coming through the bathroom window. The windows have a frosty glaze over them. It’s soft and you can see the blurred colors of the buildings and sky outside through the panes. There’s a glow in the room from the light reflecting off the tile.
3. Subjective Description: The lighting creates a gentle mood. Relaxing and soft and trying to convince me to go back to bed once I finish my shower.

Saturday 9am, Funeral Parlor in Westbury

The lights in the funeral parlor were very dim and some of the flowers were blocking the view of the lights

The lighting at the funeral parlor was most likely unintentional but still reflected the mood very well. it was a very sad time and the dimness of the room just made it sadder. I am sure they intentionally made it dim but the shadows casted by the plants was probably unintentional but added to the mood

3:00 AM 2/27/13

In my bedroom in Vanderpoel

I came back into my room after grabbing food at Dutch Treats. Out of a force of habit I tured off my lights when I left so my room was very dark except for a small red LED light from my ps3 controller.

The light source was a verry small red LED light however due to no other lights being on in my room it  made a good section of my wall red witch gave it a very creepy and scary feel since it was late at night and i was alone. part of my wall appeared blood red and everything was silent escept for the fans of my ps3 witch actually made it all the more creepy to me.