Drama 16 Stage Lighting

1) 2/5/2011 – around noon – Hockey Rink in New Jersey

2) Bright flourencent light shining on to the rink surface.

3) While playing roller hockey this past weekend I had an unusual lighting moment that I have never had before in a hockey rink.  Even though it was lunchtime the insane amout of flourescent light that was in the hockey rink made it feel like it was very early in the morning.  I was having trouble opening my eyes because of how brightly lit this rink was.  The thing that struck me the most was the reflection of the light off the rink surface.  At first glance the rink floor looked like glass or ice.  It was raining that day which could have contributed to this effect but we play indoors so I was tremedoulsy confused.  Not only did the light create this reflection but it immediately gave me a cold feeling as I walked in the door, eventhough it was not cold at all.  As the day went on my eyes adjusted but I never once felt sleepy or tired in that rink, always awake and alert.

1) DATE-TIME-LOCATION: 1/31/2011 Early Morning, Friends Dorm

2) OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: Light from the morning sun shining through a tree’s branch’s viewed from a dormitories window.

3) SUBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: The moment I looked at the window and saw the morning ray’s slowly streaking through the branch’s of the barren tree outside the dormitory I felt a sense of simplicity and peace. It was a very calming picture, one could not help but relax and smile. Although a barren tree usually brings a sense of depression, the glow of the morning rays of sun brought a new life to the tree.