Drama 16 Stage Lighting

1) A Fall Sunset in Vermont

Backdrop:
AP3150 at 75%
AP6900 at 75%

Downstage left (top to bottom):
AP3150 at 100%;  32 degree elevation angle; 56 degree side angle
G180 at 100%;  23 degree elevation angle; 56 degree side angle
G315 at 100%; 0 degree elevation; 56 degree side angle
AP6900 at 100%; -19 degree elevation angle; 56 degree side angle

Upstage right (top to bottom):
AP1800 at 100%; 23 degree elevation angle; 56 degree back angle
AP7750 at 100%; 0 degree elevation angle; 56 degree back angle

I chose the colors for the backlighing because I wanted them to represent the colors of autumn that would be seen on trees. I made the front light the progression from lighter to dark the way a sunset changes as you look farther up in the sky. I made the backdrop similar to the front light to further show the sunset changes.

2) An Easter Sunrise in a Gothic Cathedral

Backdrop:
AP5800 at 75%
AP8500 at 75%

Center stage left (top to bottom):
AP5800 at 50%; 37 degree angle elevation
AP8500 at 100%; 0 degree angle elevation

Upstage right:
AP5800 at 75%; 23 degree elevation angle; 56 degree side angle
AP8500 at 100%; -19 degree elevation angle; 56 degree side angle

I like these colors because the pale pink and aqua make me think of easter eggs, and Easter in general. I wanted the lights to work the same way as they did with the sunset, with the lighter colors on the bottom and the darker on top, to recreate that sunrise/sunset feel.

3) Noon on a hot Summer Day in the Caribbean

Backdrop:
G841 at 100%
G455 at 100%

Front light:
AP7350 at 100%; -31 degree elevation angle; 37 degree side angle

Center stage left (top to bottom):
AP7350 at 75%; 37 degree elevation angle
AP7350 at 75%; 27 degree elevation angle

Center stage right:
AP6500 at 75%; 0 degree elevation angle

Upstage right:
AP6500 at 75%; 32 degree elevation angle; 56 degree side angle

I used the backdrop to create the lively feeling of the ocean and beach of the Caribbean, coupled with bright, warm, all around lighting on the figure to show the sunlight hitting her.

4) Winter Afternoon Just Before Snow

Backdrop:
G820 at 100%
G515 at 100%

Upstage left:
G515 at 75%; 0 degree elevation angle; 56 degree side angle

Center stage left:
G515 at 75%; -31 degree elevation angle; 37 degree side angle

Upstage left:
G515 at 25%; 0 degree elevation angle; 56 degree side angle

Upstage right (top to bottom):
G515 at 50%; 32 degree elevation angle; 56 degree side angle
G515 at 50%; 0 degree elevation angle; 56 degree side angle

I wanted the light to be kind of soft for the early afternoon, so I threw some blue into the backdrop. I really wanted to emphasize the coming of the snow, so everything is in stark white, and is fairly evenly lit the way it would be with light reflecting off the white of the snow.