Drama 16 Stage Lighting

2) Attributes: Google

3) THEME: Wild Card

4) DESCRIPTION: This is an image of the Gaffney Peach, also known as the Giant Butt, in Gaffney, SC. I chose this image because I think the lighting and the shadows make it look and feel very intimidating. Its curves are hugged by the shadows, letting the Peach embrace and enhance that daunting feeling. In the image, it stands quite tall, making the trees appear small and insignificant in the background. The light also doesn’t really touch the trees quite as much, making them seem less important. Overall, the lighting and composition of the image exude power and create intimidating feelings for the viewer.

1. Found on Google
2. Theme: Wild Card
3. The lighting in this picture is fascinating. There is a sense of irony given that the subject of the picture is a lighthouse and there is very minimal light and color. It’s noticeable that the light from the sun is either rising or setting just below the horizon and is blocked by the clouds in the sky. Having the picture be in a black and white is quite striking because color is only visible to to light wavelengths, and it’s almost like there is no color because the lighthouse is clearly not lit.

Attributes: Found in google images

Theme: Wild Card

Description: I really love this photo because I think the way the mirrors mess with the lights is really cool. There’s not much visible effect from the light, but the way that the black of the background fades into the warm yellowish color of the light as it gets deeper is really interesting. The simplicity of the color scheme is also really appealing, too, because it makes the image look darker than I think it would if there were lots of colorful lights. I also really like how you can only tell there are people because of the absence of light in some places.

1.  Theme: Wild Card
2.  Attributes: pinterest.com
3. Description: I love the haze and shadows in this photo. The dark coloring creates a silhouette effect on the people holding hands, and the fog in front of them makes them appear almost ghost-like. What stands out most to me, however, is the glow in their eyes. Overall, these elements work together to create an unsettling and eery photo that I really appreciate. It makes me curious about who these people are, what their relationship is, and what they are up to.

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2) This is a still from the movie Inception (2010) starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

3) THEME: Surreal

4) DESCRIPTION: I chose this photo because Inception is all about dreams, and I think dreams are the most surreal daily occurrence in human life. The buildings folding in on themselves are bizarre and off-putting to look at. There is a tunnel of light created by the folding buildings that acts as a spotlight for the figures in the forefront of the image. The image is very monochromatic, with a spectrum of cool grays composing the color palette. The color palette and tunnel of light both seem like they could be almost real, but the subtle artificiality confuses the viewers’ brains, which is what makes the image (and lighting in the image) so surreal.

Attributes: Google Images

Theme: Surreal

Description: I chose this image because I was having a hard time finding surrealist images that had actual realistic lighting or lighting in any sense but this one was the closest to that. There are two different lighting sections in this picture as there is the brighter amber setting sun and then the darker green grass and I think there is a cool contrast between the two. The girl in the photo is also lit in a really cool way as the majority of light is backlight so it makes it look like she has a glowing aura around her that adds to the surreal theme.

1. Attributes: google images
2. Theme: Surreal
3. Description: I chose this picture because of the obviously bizarre sky, but also because of the way the light plays with it. In the picture, the light for the sky, child, and ground is very similar in color and brightness, so it makes it all look like one picture even though it clearly can’t be. I also really like how the light plays with the bends in the fabric to make it look both like sunbeams and a little bit like a tent. The sunbeams lend to the realistic portion of the sky, while the tent-esque structure the light helps create makes the picture more metaphorical and surreal

1. Found on “DeviantArt.com.” Titled, “The Path,” published by JoshuaDuLac.
2. Theme: Surreal
3. I find that the contrast between the light and dark, very realistic lighting, and the unrealistic stairs leading to the sky give an element of surreal. I’ve seen this lighting in the sky before after a day storm and I’ve never thought that there could be more behind the clouds, but this picture gives the illusion that there is more life behind the light, like there is something we’re missing and we can only take the stairs to find out. With the lighting and subject working together, there is an element of realism, but there’s also an element of fantasy and the way the lighting offers a spotlight in a way allows the two opposites to come together in a profound way.

Gels Used: R013 (straw tint), R052 (light lavender), R021 (golden amber), and R043 (deep pink) shining on the person. R358 (rose indigo) for the purple wash on the sides and the bottom cyc. R023 (orange) for leaves on the side. R348 (purple jazz) for the top cyc.

Gobos Used: Breakup gobo on the side leaves.

Description: I wanted to create a gradient on the person like the gradient of a setting sun so I used the brightest lights/colors on the center of the person and faded outwards color wise and intensity wise like a setting sun. I used the breakup gobo to create a leaf pattern on the wall like falling leaves and used a purple background one, because I thought it provided a cool contrast to the leaves, and two because it was also the furthermost color in the setting sun.

Gels Used: R078 (trudy blue) for front light. R007 (pale yellow) for side wash. R369 (tahitian blue) for side wash, top and bottom cyc, and center stained glass. R047 (light rose purple) for side wash. R347 (belladonna rose) for SR glass. R010 (medium yellow) for SL glass.

Gobos Used: Window gobo used for the three stained glass.

Description: I used the window gobos to create the effect of stained glass shining down from multiple angles in the colors generally associated with easter. I created a gradient of color along each wall in easter colors one, to further the idea of stained glass as I feel that is a defining feature of gothic churches, and two, because it brought brightness and color which I feel works for the easter part of the prompt and the sunrise part. I used a blue for the front light as the washes made the person look a little yellow so I used the blue to cancel that out.

Gels Used: R061 (mist blue) at full for the top lights, at 75% for the side lights on the person. R369 (tahitian blue) for highlighting the water in the circle and as the bottom cyc. R069 (brilliant blue) for the rest of the water wash. R010 (medium yellow) for top cyc.

Gobos Used: Dots gobo for all the water on the bottom.

Description: I used the majority of the lights to create a water effect on the lower portion of the stage surrounding the person and then brightened up the color to add on another layer in the center circle. I then used bright yellows on the person in carrying intensities as to show the beating sun on the person but not alter the look of the water.

Gels Used: R366 (Jordan blue) for front light, mid SR and SL wash, and back light and top and bottom cyc. R361 (Hemsley blue) for SR person light and USR and USL wash. R055 (lilac) for SL person light and DSR and DSL wash.

Gobos Used: None.

Description: I wanted to give the idea of white light hitting the person and the walls without having to be void of color as I feel winter is full of some more muted colors so I hit everything with a trio of colors (all kind of muted primaries) that all worked to cancel each other out and create white where the lights hit but colors where they shone to give the effect of both color and white. I also made sure not to use gobos as I wanted the look to seem very simple and clean.

2) https://www.virginia.org/listing/libby-hill-park/6882/

3) THEME: Spring

4) DESCRIPTION: This is a photo of Libby Hill Park in Richmond, Virginia taken in the springtime. I chose this photo because I thought the sun created a beautiful dichotomy between nature and industrialism that also spoke to the excitement of incoming spring. On the left side of this image, the sun illuminates the trees and other greenery with a warm glow, casting shadows pointing to the right side of the image. The skyline is visible on the righthand side, but it and its surroundings are all a dull gray, untouched by the beams of sunlight. Simultaneously, this image shows spring pushing out winter, and the joys of nature working against the environmental stressors of industrialism.