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Science and Magic : Illuminating the Stage with Lighting Design | Jessica Greenberg | TEDxOgden


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tonight illumination and my take on it
is pretty good day at work for me is
getting to sit in the dark and time
lights I’m a professor of theatrical
angle and when I plug people on the line
at Lana
I usually get a range of support
reactions oh I never would hear him
pretending to play or concert yes have
you ever stopped to really think about
the lighting that most people but I know
that every single one of them so what do
lighting designers do sure we illuminate
these days but we illuminate the story
time we enhancer the text the movement
you don’t have content entities I
believe who’s playing let’s free the one
with the actors and support the rest of
the stage issue whether that is
responding to the color of grass or the
shape of scenery or the rhythm of we use
technology to help us achieve this but
it’s not mental design of any Remsen
likes to say that our light instruments
are our paint wishes lightly a bit like
cleaning a stroke of color on a backdrop
here a blow automatic space they’re all
contributing to the composition
as harder than that interstate like meta
is that an operating permit subconscious
level we are quietly shaping the way
that you experience a scene the way you
feel about a character without ever
realizing it really people don’t often
reviews it’s true it seems that for most
people the only time they really notice
well while here let me tell you about
one of the most important functions of
life design which is visibility it is
very important for us language learners
to make sure that the action stage is
visible to the audience let’s get the
light back on great see what I mean I’d
like to share with you a few basic
lighting concepts that you can look out
for and the next performance you attend
or simply observe that the artificial
and natural light you hope this is
another important function of lighting
designer we help the audience know where
to live on stage telephone bezel of the
story it might really publish as it is
with a small pool of light surrounded by
darkness or my 20 muscle as it is with
this look that we’ve had higher
expectations which lighthouse for on
stage with something greater incentive
to help him focus listen to the motor
singing in Hillel photographer might to
choose to give a workshop to establish
the location and then cut to a character
react impulsively in here we use
languages similarly moon is another
important function we can use many
different languages to create different
rooms on stages suits the scene enhancer
maybe we have scary seeing such a field
shadowing anomalous or
if we have already seen that should feel
great happiness we can also give a piece
of information about I of day and second
location just a few quick examples in an
infinite number of possibilities
modeling is another important function
the open do we want the actors in the
scary to be visible but we want them to
look good three-dimensional dynamic one
way to do this is to combine multiple
directions of light if we look at just
this front light alone there’s very good
visibility on my face but it can be a
bit funny if we take a look at just side
light we have a much better sculptural
effect on the body but immiscibility oh
man face less stuff if we put them
together for like the mileage
interaction
we can achieve good visibility and their
three-dimensional model so now that you
know what lightning and I can do on
stage let’s talk about the qualities of
money that designers can manipulate to
help make those things happen and better
tell the story color tends to be the
falling that can be notice first maybe
it’s because we’re used to seeing a name
in color in our everyday life we can
very quickly change the healing seen by
a similar it could be in a very good way
like with this section thread or could
be in a more subtle way like with this
pill gluten intensity refers to the
brightness or dimness of a given
language let’s take a look at one light
at full 100% intensity and let’s walk
that way slowly go down to about 30 C
quietly same color but it totally
different feel on stage is contestant
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distribution refers to both the shape
and the direction of light on stage the
directional light a new truck can have a
big effect on whether that is the front
side many many different options we can
change the shape of the beam of light
let make an adjustment method
or by movement movement can be in the
form of visited on stage play is a
fungal spotlight following actor apostle
positive or it could be an actor carry
no hunter it could also be an inclined
movement in the training of languages we
can have a very quick shift from one
level to the next
we could have a we can have those same
looks but a very different feel just by
adjusting the tiny by way to fill for
one minute with all of these tools
combined we can make a really powerful
impact in our story time on stage let’s
take a look at image from play time what
do you think might be happening in this
scene is it funny
is it terrifying what am I going to lose
that are giving you that sentence is it
the intention or the color or maybe it’s
the distribution of language shadow
now imagine that there was no stage like
we would have people standing around
stage instead of one during the seance
in this example we have a very nice to
make the distribution of light the focus
on stage is very clear the direction of
light right above the answer creat some
deep shadows on her face
might give you a bit of us competing in
this example we have two hours that are
very well eliminated we have the next
warm white black color if this was a
dialogue I can see we should be able to
see their lips move and understand what
they’re saying very clearly here we have
a blending addressing both actors and
cereal maybe you can pick up some clues
about the time of day from the color of
the directions though may be interpreted
a fundamentally life designers are only
one of the many times needed needed to
put on the successful production it’s
not just the performers who happen to be
the most visible although they are very
important we also need painters
electricians historians wigmaker’s
public relations the list goes on
I said that part of my job as a
professor is to help my students
identify their strengths and find their
career path there’s a place for everyone
from here as a native is so many of
these backstage tracks we Langley miners
must set our egos aside and accept that
our work will largely the longest but
it’s okay because we know that if we put
up the play and just the workplace
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there will be no magic look deeper
listen carefully appreciate all of the
people and parts that will make the
whole there’s mention all around us we
just have chosen our eyes
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