Architainment content from Live Design: There are the never-satisfied globe trotters, and there are the ever-elusive time travelers, and then there’s Anne Militello, who travels through various worlds of light. She has navigated the genres of theatre, concerts, opera, and architectural lighting within the entertainment design industry for more than 30 years, before it was even an “industry.”
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I would love to be able to declare my concentration at CMU as "lighting world traveler", but to truly be the kind of designer Anne Militello is is something that can't be taught. Traveling between different wavelengths of light, as she puts it, is something that can be taught by nothing but experience. Militello has truly gone through all the lighting wavelengths, from theatre to opera to architecture to concerts. Her research goes far beyond lighting's entertainment applications, with specific interest being taken in how light plays into health and biology (a Harvard study once found blue wavelengths of light tended to leave people more vulnerable to specific kinds of cancer [http://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/blue-light-has-a-dark-side] ). She has taken special note into what it means to light something, not just what a Source 4 does and how to focus a fresnel. In her eyes, the tools are the least important part of design, which I tend to agree with. Proficiency in focusing a light doesn't translate to understanding exactly what lighting does and what it can mean to specific people in specific times. Her job at disney was a perfect example of this. Just being a lighting designer doesn't allow someone to be an Imagineer. The people selected for that team are those who are creative, and know how to be citizens of the world, not citizens of a catwalk. I think that lesson, the lesson that we need to take things out of our comfort zones, is something we can all learn, lighting designer or grocery store manager.
I always grew up hearing the phrase, “you never stop learning” and in essence it is true because life is full of interesting challenges that in some way are teaching us lessons to help us better prepare for tomorrow. Anne Militello I now definitely feel live by this phrase as well as always saying yes to opportunity and never closing the door. The thought that she got her start in the industry before she was even standardized and structured is incredible. I understand where she is coming from wanted first self-identify as an artist and a “lighting world traveler,” because if you examine her approach to her designs she takes a unique approach where as she makes her decisions and draws her inspirations she is still learning from her results. And by keeping the attitude and mindset she has had all of these years while working in the industry is what I believe is the key and at the core of her success. And that has allowed her to be able to have the chance to take advantage of all the diverse opportunities that have come her way.
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