Week 8: Dep

I found inspiration for this week's topic when flying home for Thanksgiving. As I passed over Orange County at night, I realized how the light emitting from the cities below further emphasized how far away I was from the ground below.

The light also seemed to be warmer the further away it was from the plane. The closer I was to the ground, the lights appeared cooler with an almost greenish tint to them. Very urban, kind of industrial. It got me thinking about depth on stage, say for a cityscape, and how smaller lights such as Christmas lights on a backdrop or the scenery can create perspective for city lights that are farther away from the audience.


I going to be honest and say that this actually made me think of the Peter Pan ride at Disneyland. On the ride you fly over the city of London, and the blinking lights below were designed to create this sense of great depth between the people up above and the city below.

I wonder how this effect could be replicated onstage...