I have been rehearsing an independent project I'm directing on the side of the Mesa Arts Building at night. It will also be performed there. (It opens in a week! Check the callboard for info!) It's very dark during our rehearsals and our performances will be too. So our lighting designer has provided us with two sets of flood lights (pictured sideways above because I can't figure out how to rotate it.) These lights provide enough light to see my script, but only if I'm standing in the right spot. If I turn slightly away from the light source a shadow will be over my script and I can't see it. This has gotten me thinking about shadows, how I can use them to my advantage in this production, and where the sources need to be to do so.
Lighting design as a term is sometimes misleading as we are designing the darkness as well and it can be as effective as where we put light
ReplyDeleteI hope you show goes well :)