www.livedesignonline.com: Lighting designers Bob Dickinson and Travis Hagenbuch lit the 90th Oscars, broadcast live from The Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Seen on ABC on Sunday, March 4, the Oscars set featured 45 million Swarovski crystals and rotating panels as well as a lot of video content, creating various challenges for the LDs.
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I for one really enjoyed the 90th Oscars, and thought that the technical aspects were as impressive and beautiful as they were expensive. The lighting in particular was really impressive during the performances of the nominees for best original song, especially from "Marshall" and "The Greatest Showman". At times, the lighting was even more impressive to me than the 100 billion dollar diamond encrusted set, but just barely. I liked how the more pared down lighting design interacted with the luxurious scenery, and thought they worked together well to create a truly elegant overall design which was lavish without being overindulgent. The design did a good job of accentuating the scenery at times, and coming to the forefront for the dramatic musical performances. I usually lack the attention span required to sit through the entire run of the Oscars, but this year the superb lighting and scenery kept me invested enough to stay with it. Good job Oscar designers!
I guess its because Im in school but I’ve become quite familiar with the 90th Oscars this year. I have seen the lighting plots, watched interview of both the lighting designers and the scenic designer. I though this article was a great interview with the other co lighting designer Travis Hagenbuch. From the interview it is clear why this show needed 2 light designers to make this televised show happen. You never really about think about who lights the audience and how important that is. I know I didn’t. But according to this interview, with out that consideration, we wouldn’t have an award show. Im also just in aw of how much negotiation has to go into shows these days. With the incorporation of projection and media and screens there is now so much give and take when it comes to working together to make is work. With all the moving projection/screens it must have been extremely intense for all the designer to work together.
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