JackMVHS
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So I am the lighting designer for my schools production of Beauty and the Beast. This is my first show that I will be LD, but I have put plenty of time, effort and research into theatre lighting. I have read plenty of books, learned the in's and out's of our system (well, how to use it and most of the technical details, but not all), and learned from past students and this website (which ROCKS!), but I need some help.
I've got a few lighting ideas, but I was wondering if any of you have done Beauty and the Beast and have some tips. Also, since I haven't had a whole lot of experience yet I was wondering if you had any suggested gels or gobos, particularly break-up gobos.
I would like to use the cyc extensively, if possible.
Some of my very broad ideas include a early morning color amber sky for the village scene, very dark green gels with break-up gobos and fog/haze/etc. for forest scenes, dark amber or yellow for "elegant" scenes with some light blue, and oranges and browns for the bar scenes. Wow, that was quite a run-on sentence...
My one detailed idea is the very first scene with the narrator explaining what happened before the show, how prince became a beast. I wanted to make this seem as if it took place in an indeterminate time by using stars and space as a theme. So I made a "star curtain" for the background. During this intro scene actors act out various things that happened in the past. Each part of the scene will be lit by one individual ellipsoidal almost directly above the action, so that none of the scenes and times come together. At any one time in the intro the stars will be on and one ellipsoidal, the ellipsoidal will fade out as another fades in to move to the next "scene" in the intro.
Does that make sense? Do you like the idea?
I am just looking for suggestions, particularly in gels and gobos and other tips.
Thanks
~JackMVHS
EDIT: We have about 50 ellipsoidals, 50 fresnels, 6 cyc lights with 3 lamps each. Nothing DMX unfortunately, but we could rent or purchase a limited amount
I've got a few lighting ideas, but I was wondering if any of you have done Beauty and the Beast and have some tips. Also, since I haven't had a whole lot of experience yet I was wondering if you had any suggested gels or gobos, particularly break-up gobos.
I would like to use the cyc extensively, if possible.
Some of my very broad ideas include a early morning color amber sky for the village scene, very dark green gels with break-up gobos and fog/haze/etc. for forest scenes, dark amber or yellow for "elegant" scenes with some light blue, and oranges and browns for the bar scenes. Wow, that was quite a run-on sentence...
My one detailed idea is the very first scene with the narrator explaining what happened before the show, how prince became a beast. I wanted to make this seem as if it took place in an indeterminate time by using stars and space as a theme. So I made a "star curtain" for the background. During this intro scene actors act out various things that happened in the past. Each part of the scene will be lit by one individual ellipsoidal almost directly above the action, so that none of the scenes and times come together. At any one time in the intro the stars will be on and one ellipsoidal, the ellipsoidal will fade out as another fades in to move to the next "scene" in the intro.
Does that make sense? Do you like the idea?
I am just looking for suggestions, particularly in gels and gobos and other tips.
Thanks
~JackMVHS
EDIT: We have about 50 ellipsoidals, 50 fresnels, 6 cyc lights with 3 lamps each. Nothing DMX unfortunately, but we could rent or purchase a limited amount
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