This photo is a still frame from a dancefilm I am currently working on. The day that I filmed this part was one of those wonderful, sunny California days. The sky was beautifully blue (which makes me think of my first day in this lighting class when I asked "Why is the sky blue?" I have yet to google that...) I love how saturate the blue is in this picture. This is a fountain on campus at UCI. Emotions that the lighting in this photo make me think of are refreshing, renewed, fluid, reflective, soothing, thirsty, alive, and vivid. I totally see movement in this photo, even though it is obviously a still photo. I, obviously, know how this photo was taken and what it is a picture of, but it makes me wonder if someone saw this picture without any explanation what they would think is going on... I would love to create this feeling onstage with lighting, with some blue color and maybe a gobo of some sort to create the wavy look. I wonder how else water can be portrayed onstage using lighting... I've definitely seen it done in some plays, but now I am sitting here trying to figure out how it was achieved. Possibly some kind of moving light or playing with the light reflecting off of some set or costume piece to create the movement of ripples.
I really love the idea of "Thirsty" lighting - it is a good word for my grads.
ReplyDeleteI really liked enjoyed post - it is full of movement in both light and potential choreography
Water on stage - there is something called a twinspin that can be put into a Leko - Go to this page to see a sample: http://www.gamonline.com/catalog/recipe/twinspin/watereffects.php
This can also be done with moving lights
I do love the mobility of the shadow although it is in stillness. It is amazing how light can create these illusions and elevate the choreographers concept to greater heights.
ReplyDeleteGreat Picture, and thoughts on movement and how you wish to capture this lighting. As a dancer you are inherently looking for movement so its no wonder that you find it in light. I don't just think of myself as a Lighting Designer but a Lighting Choreographer, because what we do is similar to choreographing movement and timing, the only difference is you use bodies and we use fixtures to achieve the same end goal.
ReplyDeleteAwesome water lighting effects with those twinspins! Good to know those exist :)
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