Walking into the nixon theatre, I immediately saw some pretty cool strokes of light. I was really into the gobo that Alyssa chose coming from her AW rights. And as the show began, I thought the texture added great dynamic to the rest of the light design. My one concern with it was the color chosen. For me, the color was a bit too saturate at times, and because of this I couldn't figure out whether the source of light was from indoor or outdoors (perhaps a window?). Other times I was just confused on source a bit because of intensities seeming very similar. Despite the confusion on source, I thought the rest of the color choice was pretty spot on. I especially loved the choices for the down systems. I definitely appreciate that there were two systems and I can see how much a difference they make in popping the actors out.
Some of my favorite moments were later on in the play when things got bad for the teacher (name escaping me- but Josh's character). Alyssa took out the warm AW R's which resulted in a very stark, cold atmosphere--it read incredibly well for the situation going on in each of the scenes.
Another aspect I really liked about the show was the detail Alyssa took for her transitions. I absolutely LOVED them. The exposed-actor choice was interesting and did take a second for me to really adapt to it, but honestly, the light really helped tie the set and sound design in these moments. The second transition in particular (I think it was second) had a really cool CYC color. I was super into it. And the choice to bring up the fresnels as a foreshadowing light was smart.
My last statement will be more of a small criticism. Like my shows, there were moments where actor face visibility was kind of low, mostly when the actors made abrupt movements to opposite sides of the stage. This wasn't so striking that I couldn't see their faces at all, but it was just something I noticed. Other than that, I thought the composition was well executed. OH ALSO, the fade times were very appropriate- and as an audience member that is educated in light, I was happy to see that I didn't even notice many of the cues.
Overall, VERY COOL ALYSSA. I'm proud.
First of all, this is the Week 9 blog, not week 8.
ReplyDeleteThat said, really great critique - the improvement since doing your own workshop is significant :)
Thank you!