Welcome to the Drama 280c Journal for Fall 2020.
As artists, we all see the world in different ways, but we
all incorporate our surroundings into our art.
The objective of this blog is to continually connect you to
the artist and lighting designer inside you.
Normally this class is taught in conjunction with Graduate and
Undergraduate Lighting Composition which reminds you weekly of your connection
to the art and stories we create, while working with the more technical sides
of lighting design in this class. The
goal of journaling/blogging weekly with specific prompts is to keep your design
brain agile while working on other projects in class.
These blogs also aim to increase your appreciation for
light, in your daily life, and expand your vision as an artist. They will also help develop your eye for
light, not just in the theatre, but in your daily life.
In order to more effectively understand how light can alter
the perception of the audience; we need to first understand how it alters our
perception on a daily basis.
As we move through the quarter, I hope that this blog will
help you to discover light in ways that you have not seen before.
Perhaps you will see colors you've never noticed before, you
may recognize the angle of a certain light, and you will find ways to
articulate how light makes you feel.
To assist with this process, I've created this blog so that you
may contribute a short piece each week on an aspect of light that you have
noticed throughout your journeys and directly by weekly prompts.
I have also included research images into the prompts as it
is something we need to do regularly on shows.
Pay special attention to Blog Topics for even-numbered weeks
(also included in the assignment):
- Week 1: Who are you as a designer or what inspires you to do what you do.
- Week 2: Romanticism
- 2 Photos. One from research and one from your daily life.
- Week 3: Film Noir
- Week 4: Texture
- Week 5: Sensual
- Choose 2 sides of it and a minimum of 3 photos
- Week 6: Sorrow
- Hand drawing and 1 from daily life or research
- Week 7: Shakespearean
- Need a Shakespearean quote from one of his plays
- Week 8: Obsession
- Week 9: Industrial
- Solely from research
- Week 10: The Dramatic Imagination
- No less than 4 photos, 2 from research and 2 from your daily life. Can use photos you already have.
Title each blog starting with the Week # of the Post, your
name, prompt and your specific subject/context line Postings count towards your
final grade.
Thank you and Happy Blogging!!
Lonnie
