Sunday, December 7, 2014
Week 9: Light Tests
One of the many things I have learned while working on Blood Wedding is doing light tests with the costume designer. At first, I thought that this was a semi-important step in designing for a show. That was before I saw a black dress turn red because R80 has a large amount of red in it. So, light tests have definitely been bumped up in the lists of important things.
When I went outside this morning to check the weather, I saw that a similar thing was happening with the leaves as the sun progressively rose. The leaves that we being hit with the sun light were a different shade of green than those that were not, which conveyed a different emotion and atmosphere. The color of the leaves with the light also varied as a result of the actual color of the leaf. This really shined a light(pun intended) on the fact that you must be cautious of what lights and gels you put on which costumes because you never know what the output may be.
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It's so funny too because you taught me red is also used as a tonal in certain cases, so the fact that a blue tonal could bring red out is kind of mind boggling.
ReplyDeleteOh man , blacks and browns are the hardest colors to light! Especially in dance! It's great that you're getting the chance to experience that on stage and in tidbits of real life :) Makes you really look at that swatchbook and see what wave lengths are being passed through those dark blues and reds!
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