Lights!

For my role as lighting designer, this week I set about researching what we are exactly allowed to do with regards to the lighting of the show. Because quite a few of the other groups are using the same spaces we need to discuss and compromise as soon as possible really. At the moment it looks like each show will be allowed a few 'special' lights or techniques, unique to our show, and the rest of the lighting will just provide full cover.

So all of this endless ramble is just to raise the question…what sort of special effects do we want to create? My initial responses were: exciting and vibrant colours and possibly one or two spotlights. If we do decide to show homely situations and also liminal spaces then I think it would be a good idea to reflect this in the lighting, to have a flood of yellows and reds for a homely scene and turn the lighting much more cold and stark with whites and blues.

Also I thought it would be good to introduce spotlights possibly at the beginning and the end of play during the migration dance. I love the moment when we all arrived together at Royal Holloway and we are all focussed in a small clump where our new found 'homes' are. If we lit the scene with a blurred spotlight then it could create the effect of moving away from home, yet always being drawn back to the light as it were. Anyway just some ideas to ponder on…

See you all Monday!

Kim Varvell