www.limelightwired.com: There is an unexplainable sense of satisfaction when you, as a lighting designer or programmer, have built a look for a song, and it feels right. You may not even be able to articulate precisely what feels perfect, but you know that something has clicked. That's the feeling that got us hooked on this industry, right? The moment visual art, technology, and music align for a perfect show moment that everyone in the room undeniably feels.
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Although it can be really cool to use awesome colors, get those nice crisp beams in the haze (that also look very good in photos), it is so important to achieve the right “mood” lighting for whatever it is that you are lighting. There are a lot of things in this article that are important, such as choosing the right fixtures, making sure you are lighting from the appropriate angles, and what the color and texture might be. When each one of these is carefully chosen and thought about in the context of the piece or performance, it can make for such beautiful lighting. I hope next year we get to cover lighting in this context, especially since I want to be a lighting designer and have already started to be a lighting designer outside of the School of Drama. I find this kind of stuff so fascinating.
I got a taste of lighting design when I had to take pictures of my sculpture for basic design. I hadn’t thought before about how many different ways you can affect the mood of a piece with just lighting and camera angles. I plan on experimenting more with lighting and photography with the art I create in the future. This article offers great tips about how to effectively create mood lighting. I wouldn’t have thought that the fixture type of the light is more important than the color of the light, but it makes sense when I think about it. The fixture type determines the texture of light, which I feel affects the mood on a much deeper and more subliminal level. I really like experimenting with the direction of light and how that interacts with the direction of the camera angle. You can create so many different compositions all with different moods just by changing where the light is coming from.
I had no prior experience in Lighting before coming to CMU and hadn’t really thought about lighting in entertainment. Now that I’ve had some basic understanding of theatrical and entertainment lighting in general, I do think it’s a tricky art to master. This article offers some great tips for those looking to better enhance their mood lighting, which often is based on ‘vibes’. The article suggests starting with understanding the object you are lighting. And using a range of lighting fixtures to create a layered and purpose-based design. This can be further enhanced by choosing different colour temperatures or using coloured filters to add a splash of colour to the room. I believe finding the right lighting is a process of going back and forth and adjusting the tiniest detail. As the article suggests, having a fresh pair of eyes to look at your design would be extremely helpful. Though this is not a career path I’ll pursue, I now appreciate lighting so much more.
This is such an interesting way in designing light and telling story. After I read the paper, I feel like I don’t have a deep enough understanding in lighting to distinguish between mood lighting and other kinds of lighting. I have always thought lighting would help to create mood or atmosphere within set and the theatrical setting. It is also really interesting to me in how different colors would show different kinds of mood or emotion within the story. These different colors that convey different means help to establish a better understanding in the script and gives more texture to the set. In addition, I enjoy this article alot because there is a lot of memes or moving imagines that keeps my attention. I think this is such an important part of writing articles in modern day is to find a way to keep your audiences in reading the article.
So much work goes into creating creating one lighting look. Not only does it have to look good, it Hass to enhance and bring out emotions in both the performers and the audience and I enjoy seeing a breakdown of different things to consider when trying to create these lighting books. Things such as fixture type where the light is coming from intensity colors contrast. These are all incredibly important. to me, knowing the direction of where light should come from is a underappreciated art. Depending on the light sources position, so many different things can be highlighted you’re going to light dances differently than the scenes. It’s also vital to know when the lightness between being able to see an actors emotions, whether through facial expression or body language, versus visual impact, both are incredibly important. I greatly admire those who this comes easier to. And then of course there’s haze. What a wonderful, wonderful ability we have to impact we have with haze.
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