Week 2: Addisen Truong-Him - "The Purge: Dangerous Waters"

 

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!

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  1. Lonnie AlcarazOctober 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM

    Great post. Nice analysis of the designers intent along with how it affected you. HHN is mostly lit by UCI alumni! :)

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