Lighting State 1

Our first lighting state is the introduction of spring. Running with our theme we aim to create the idea of new life without drifting away from the colours and image of spring.

In order to achieve this we first created a wash of colours we associate with spring. Within a group discussion we decided we like the idea of delicate colours to match nature during this time of year. We tried to achieve this through our 3 point wash by placing a light blue, rose and green gels in our 3 fresnels.

In addition to this we wished to create the image of rebirth as a metaphor for flowers rise in spring and the birth stage of life. To achieve this we placed two par cans on stands directed at the audience. By fading in the intensity with the wash the audience are momentarily blinded by the par cans white light before being able to see the world we have created on stage the audience should feel a slight overwhelming or sublime, an new experience or being reborn into our piece.

During performance we had not focused our parcans or backstage fresnel, therefore the wash did not achieve its full potential and our par cans blinded our audience on what was probably an almost dangerous level for the duration of our first cue immediatly creating discomfort and a negative atmosphere to start the show. I do believe however that had we focused the lights properly we would have achieved our aim for this state.