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Lighting
Lighting design Lighting is not set design! Lighting is important cause people need to see characters. Different colors indicate different atmospheres or time of day. Illumination: The simple ability to see what is occurring on stage. Any lighting will be ineffective if the characters aren’t seen, unless this is the intent. Focus: Directing the audience’s attention to an area of stage or distracting them from another. Mood: Setting the tone of the scene. Harsh red light has a different connotation than a soft lavender light. Backlit: creates a shadow over the characters, sinister looking. Location and time of day: establishing or altering position in time and space. Blues can suggest night time, whilst orange can show sunsets. Use of hobos to project sky scene, moon. Projection: lighting may be used to project scenery or to act as scenery on stage. Composition: lighting may be used to show only the areas of the stage which the designer wants the audience to see, a...
This is a good start and reflects some knowledge and understanding of the characters and the scene. You have responded appropriately with your vision of how this would be performed but are just lacking some detail at present. In order to get a higher grade you could also include production details such as sound and lighting cues to explain how this moment would look on stage and how this would create tension. 4/8 Criteria D
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