Drama 157 F26: Lighting Composition

Hi Y'all! The photo that I have chosen was taken sometime last week when the rain was pretty heavy. I was walking a doggo (photo proof below) and I was stunned to see these lovely pink flowers scattered about the sidewalk. The way in which they were arranged and the excess of them looked like something out of a fantasy forest.  The clouds were filtering the sunlight, creating a very moody grey atmosphere. This beautiful pop of color amidst the dreary day screams  passion to me. Furthermore, I was really taken with not only the various shades of color happening here, but also the texture of the leaves which allowed the cloud-filtered light to create some intriguing dimensionality.

This week's theme was passion. I feel as though passion could be many things; however, I felt a lot of passion coming from this beautiful sunset after a sudden day of rain. I had just gotten back from grocery shopping and was completely blown away by the color and form of the sky. The light passing through the clouds were soft and smooth making the colors appear more pastel-like. It gave me a very gentle passion feel to it. The warmth coming from the sun with the coolness of the bright, blue sky slowly slipping away. It's as if after a hard day, a spark of fiery passion comes to carry you on, which is exactly what this image made me feel.

           I took this picture when I try to find a color for my color plot for this Halloween project. I use R84 shine over my statue. My goal that I try to achieve is I try to create a moon light effect through my flashlight. The result is quite interesting for me. It look similar to night sky and the low transmission number on the gel cause a limited visibility on the model. However, it highlights edges and winkle of the model. Another point that I like in this picture is an focus on this picture. The focus point of the beam bring a sense of calmness night which in contrast with the red glowing eyes that reflect the anger within it. Also, the outer ring is a good soft focus that draw attention to the model.     When I took this picture, it remind me why I enjoy lighting. I remember it started when I try to take a picture of my model. I try to create the world for my collection ,so I come up with play around with the light. However, it does not ...

  I took this photo at a Pokémon EDM rave on 10/24. Why this fuels my passion in particular is because Pokémon was the first video game series I got into and was heavily a part of my childhood and now. This also being a performance combines both my passion of Pokémon and theatre and I think that's very exciting! The photo does not do it justice, but a lot of lasers and moving lights were being used, as well as led wrist bands that the audience wears. The wristband lights in particular, which can be seen in this image, makes a sense of connection between everyone. And I think that's the most important part of both theatre and Pokémon!

     This past Friday, I was on the Arts and Humanities Bridge when I noticed the sun setting. The reason this photo connects to passion is because it reminds me of why I chose to pursue the arts (ironically it being against the Claire Trevor Theatre). The analysis below will go further into this.      I captured the moment because I enjoyed the composition of the light against the blue sky. The streaks of light that the camera captured were much larger than the streaks I saw with my bare eye. However, I enjoy the bigger streaks because it creates a barrier between the sky and the ground and buildings. The only exception to this is the Claire Trevor Theatre which crosses both realms. In my mind that is symbolic of the bridge theater builds between fantasy and reality.     The clouds have a slight mystical feel because of the light reflecting off and through it. Further proving my conclusion of the fantastical world from above. The absence of light...

 This picture was captured earlier this week in the Science Library when I was studying with a friend. I had been struggling through the same homework for an hour or two at this point and my back was facing the window. I was talking to my friend when they pointed behind me and said the sunset was so pretty. The photo doesn't completely do it justice but the clouds were tinted in a pinkish glow that created shadows on the features of the clouds and made their characteristics stand out in a classic "cloud" shape. The angle at which the light was hitting them created a more interesting image than if the cloud was just completely bathed in colorful light. The color of the sunset was also really vibrant despite the actual source, the sun, not being visible itself. I also think the bright blue background acted as a sharp contrast and made the warmness of the clouds stand out even more.  I chose this picture for the passion prompt because the view came to me when I was dragging ...

This past Sunday was Underground AZN Players' Future Fest! It featured play readings and one staged play from Asian-American playwrights (one of them being myself). The passion that went into this one day event from everyone was immense. Representing lesser known stories from artists that are local meant a lot to me personally because it was like I was highlighting my community and giving back to them. I had a lot of pride for the work everyone put in, but especially my own cast who are pictured below. (And lighting design coincidentally done by fellow classmate, Carissa Kelly).  Against the cool blue and the warm front light, it was simple but effective and necessary for the staged reading. It felt like they were glowing in a way during bows. I was honored to have my play featured in the festival despite the fear I had displaying my own work in a way I hadn't in years. While the set behind them was for a different play in the festival, the letters hung in the back made me nost...

 Hello! This week I decided to share a picture of the only light it feels like I have been seeing the last couple of weeks, which is for Continuity . Below is a picture that I took of an excited Cirimae, in a light cue we both thought was really pretty and is one of our favorites. It really inspired me to see how you can still have a really beautiful look with less powerful lights due to the constraints of being energy efficient for the show. I had never previously used any of the fixtures that helped create this look, and it was really cool to see how they all worked.  The phone camera really doesn't do the colors of this picture justice. The mix of blues, greens, and purples remind me a lot of the northern lights, even if this was not the intention. The darkness of most of the stage really causes the lights hitting the glacier to really pop out and you can really see how it emphasizes the ridges of the material, causing it to look like real snow. It also helps add to the col...

  For this week, I found myself really inspired by the way the light filtered through the clouds on Friday morning after the rain. This picture was taken at 12:32 pm while traveling SW on Jeffrey Rd. Unfortunately, the picture doesn't really translate what my eyes saw and a lot of layers of the light were compressed artificially but the landscape itself contained an absolutely gorgeous sky in which the thickness of the clouds was widely varied and cast different forms of subtractive mixing. Where the sky was clear, obviously was a pure white light, displayed by the blue, while the thinner clouds didn't block much light, there were thicker clouds (sort of seen near the lower left corner) where the subtraction was so intense that it left entire sections of the ground below in a gray haze/shadow.  I found the way the intensity was impacted by the clouds to be such a beautiful display of passion, and that might be due in part to the fact that I love the rain and the vibe that it c...

I took this picture in front of my house in the morning when I was leaving for work. The light is coming from the sun and I thought that it hit the house and the decorations in an interesting way. The way the light hit the spider in particular made the eyes shine which made the spider even creepier. With the reflection of the sun in the window, it almost looks like it is caught in the spider’s web. I’m definitely intrigued on how one would potentially recreate this in a theatre setting.   

  Hello everyone! During summer break, my brother took this wonderful image of me and the sunset along the Cumberland River (in Nashville, Tennessee). In person, the sunset was much more captivating than displayed here in the photograph.  I chose this image because the sunset has such a bright radiance which blends well with the clouds above creating a sort of peachy colour amongst the clouds. I also really love how the sunlight is reflected onto the river creating a blend between the sunlight's orangey colour mixed with the river's more grey colour.  However, my favorite part of this photograph is how my, then, purple hair looked when the sun rays hit it. I had a deeper purple in my hair, but combined with the amber colour made it look much lighter and pinker.  This image inspires my creative mind in a more colorful way. I would love to use warm and cool tones to create a sunset look because this photo makes me feel light hearted and joyful.

 Hi all, the photo that I have chosen to share was taken in Vitosha Nature Park just outside of Sofia, Bulgaria. I spent the day exploring part of the park and this area really stood out to me as majestic and stunning. The way the sunlight filtered through the gradient autumn leaves, paired with the mostly vertical lines of the trees helped to create the quality.  The source of light is the sun, which was behind the trees featured in the photo. While it may not be apparent from the image, in person it felt like the leaves of the trees were acting as gels/color for the sunlight. Since the leaves are just starting to turn, this had the effect of creating very warm, cozy feel. 

I take these pictures in front of my shop down from Balboa Peninsula. The source of the light is slightly overhead sunset on the west which is warm-orange red light against blue cloud. It creates a shadow on the east and highlight on the edge highlight on the car.  These pictures shows that the power of warm color that draw attention toward the sky. Meanwhile, the objects and building below don't pop up as sky above. Also, I like the contrast of warm and cold color on the sky which create a dimension on the sky. I like the merge between sunlight, sky and cloud that create red hot orange light, sky blue and purple which create strong emotion like desire. 

 Just before my club meeting, I'd decided to sit outside near the bridge from Humanities to the Student Center area just after the sun was beginning to set. While I had passed this building hundreds of times at this point in my life, even been in the building quite a few times because it has the big Zot n Go, The way the sun was hitting it was new to me. I hadn't expected to see anything significant even though I was sitting at a table I never tried sitting at before.  I normally notice good sunsets if I'm outside around that time, but this one didn't seem all that interesting given how cloudy it was. However, the way the sunlight reflected off of the buildings stood out. The photo doesn't quite capture it, but the building looked much warmer and had a surprisingly natural gradient to it.  The top of the building was much more orange and as less light was able to pass through the farther down, likely due to the other buildings blocking the sun, so you could really s...

  The image I've selected for this week's blog is from my time at Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. The lighting design is changed during the Halloween season to focus on a the horror themed show, "The Purge: Dangerous Waters." The lights become more saturated with high contrasts to create depth and highlight the set's structure, while also illustrating the Purge film aesthetics. I felt as though the use of bright, vibrant colors contrasted the story's theme very well since brighter colors are typically associated with something more whimsical and happy, as opposed to something extremely gory and horrific. The design also creates a lot of tension by concealing several spots of the set in dim lighting with lots of shadows. It's beautiful how meticulously thought out the design was for this set which made me so intrigued and focused on the story of the show!

My photo for this week is when I was with my friends in a park at night. We had sat on a hillside and were playing chess as it got dark around us, eventually being illuminated by the streetlight behind us. Looking at the shadows created on the chessboard, I thought it was interesting how much the lighting looked intentional. My friend took this photo of us, which further cements how much a random lamp gave off the effect of a backlight in a theater. I liked how clearly silhouetted we were and how stark the contrast is with the lamp being our one, main source of light. To me, this photo looks exactly like something that could be recreated on the stage.