Drama 16 Stage Lighting

1) Photo posted to Twitter by user @tiedtogetherr 1/26/2020, 11:54PM

2) THEME: Sunset/Sunrise 

3) DESCRIPTION: It has been nearly impossible to dodge Kobe Bryant tribute content while browsing social media platforms this past week. The now late, great NBA superstar’s passing came as a tragic shock to all who ever witnessed him dominate the basketball court donning that iconic purple and yellow Los Angeles Lakers color combination. In the early evening hours on the day of his passing, the sunset over LA wore those rich colors in his honor. The gradient of the sky and the vibrance of the purple seems ethereal as it sits above the city of Los Angeles like a crown sitting on the head of a deserving king. The colors are hopeful yet comforting as they surround the mourning metropolitan. You may argue that the sun’s setting is capable of creating such a colorful lighting master piece on any given day of the year, however on January 26th there is no doubt in my mind who those electric purple and yellow hues were for.       

1) DATE-TIME-LOCATION: Wednesday night in my dorm room.

2) OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: A soft yellow glow emitted from the string lights hung across the western wall of my room and the stark gleam of the IPad’s white screen on my face.  

3) SUBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: This past Wednesday night my friend and I were in my room discussing classes and watching movies. I really believe that I am allergic to the generic, fluorescent light fixture that comes mounted to the ceiling of each university dorm room; I prefer instead to light my room with a thirty-two bulb set of string lights. They are bright enough to illuminate each corner of the room but just soft enough to put you in a meditative mood. My friend turned to me, the high points of her face washed in a comfy yellow haze as if she had applied a sunflower pigmented blush to her high cheekbones. She demanded that I draw a portrait of her on her IPad using the new Apple Pen she recently gifted herself. As I scribbled on the tablet, she called attention to the white glow that the IPad cast upon the T-zone of my face. As I glanced over to the mirror to witness this lighting moment for myself, she remarked that this scene looked very much like a back to school advertisement. We laughed.