Week 8: Nature Field Trip~

This week we went on our nature trip! I really liked going and being out in the open. Walking around as the sun was setting it was interesting to see the change in the sky versus the change on our faces. As people who don’t get the logistics of light, a cloudy day and sun set are envisioned much differently than it should actually appear on the stage. It isn’t effective to have a cloudy no source composition, because it’ll be boring and uncomfortable. So as Lonnie said, we should stay away from the literal and stick with the emotion. You can also pull a lot of different colors out of the sun set than you would expect. So as a designer you have a really wide range of colors you can use to support your sun rise or sun set. What I didn’t realize before is that sun rises are a lot more pastel and sets are a lot more saturate. Which makes sense when you think about it but it just never really occurred to me before.  Another cool observation that I’ve always made on sunsets is the different levels of depth they have. All the different clouds layer on top of each other, which is pretty helpful for us lighting designers so we can add a bunch of colors. I loved this field trip, and when I went walking the next day I was observing everything! It’s interesting how more aware I am of my surroundings!