Son et luminaire: 2014

Wednesday, 25 June 2014

Evaluation

I thought that my performance went well in the way that that was what I wanted to achieve however it is not what I wanted my final idea to be.

For my set I did want the hanging costumes but I probably would have preferred them to be more detailed to really show who the characters were. It could have been as simple as using a male Edward Scissorhands costume as I only had a female version of fancy dress which did not, for me, justify enough who I was trying to represent.
I also wanted to have more things that would relate to the movie that allow the audience to understand more if they did not know what was showing. If I had more time I would of created things that portrayed the movie most such as the hill in Nightmare Before Christmas, a cut out chain of girls/snow for Edward Scissorhand and the word beetlejuice shown 3 times on the costume for Beetlejuice.

For my lighting I would have made less cues than I had created. The songs that I chose had very clear beats to them which were easy to light with, yet I did not realise how often they were or how many cues it would need to succeed in doing this. I would probably change the lighting cue to every other beat or so.
I would also change a few of my gel colours as they were quite repetitive. It was quite hard to come up with different colours for each part of my performance as the thing that it was based on -Tim Burton- is known to create quite dark/halloween-y types of films which all basically represent the same colours -green, purple, blue etc. I probably would of preferred to use a different colour in each lantern rather than 2 of the same in the fresnels.

For myself I think that if I had started to plan at the beginning of the project when I had chosen my final idea it would have run smoother for me. I should of decided what I needed to do and when it had to be ready by certain dates. I slightly panicked about the tasks that were needed for this project and it made me put starting it off for a while, this then made me become quite stressed as I didnt realise that I was quickly running out of time. If I used my college time wisely or found out sooner that we were able to download the program at home then I think that I could of got the cues create quicker than I had and would of been able to spend the rest of my time creating the set that I would of hoped for.

Overall, I am happy with the way it went initially but would of changed how I worked on this project to make myself achieve the idea I had imagined at the beginning.

Tuesday, 24 June 2014

Lighting Comparisons

Fresnel;

650w – 1.2kw

Beam angle can be changed from 6 to 60 degrees

Soft edge pool of light

Barn doors

Can be gelled

The lens is a series of stepped concentric circles on the front and pebbled on the back and is named after its French inventor.

The size of the beam can be adjusted by moving the lamp and reflector closer to or farther

from the lens, either by a screw mechanism or a simple slide. The beam can be shaped by

the four barndoors attached to the front of the lantern.

Profile;

Source 4 750w

Fixed beam angle (Can be changed by changing the nose)

Spot light – Hard or soft focus

Gobo’s are used in this lantern

Can be gelled

Profile lanterns produce clearly defined spots of

light and are the most focusable and versatile of the lanterns. They have a lens (some have two lenses), a lamp and a reflector, and they also have shutters and a gate.

Profiles get their name from their ability to project the shape of anything placed in the gate of the lantern between the lamp and the lens. These shapes may be formed by the shutters, or they may be cut out of thin metal (a “gobo” – see diagram right). An iris diaphragm (usually known as an iris) can be inserted in the gate to allow the beam size to be reduced down to almost nothing, to achieve a very tight spotlight. Some profiles with only one lens have two sets of shutters, one of which gives a hard edge to the beam, and one which gives a softer edge. These are known as bifocal profiles. Profiles with two lenses (zoom profiles) are best for projecting gobos and other shapes, as the size and sharpness of the beam is fully adjustable throughout the beam angle range of the lantern.

Parcan;

Par 64 1kw

Oval beam

Can be gelled

This lantern quickly found favour due to the relative cheapness of the lantern, the weight and the ease of focussing. The lantern itself is simply a “can” in which the PAR lamp is contained (hence “Parcan”). The PAR

(Parabolic Aluminised Reflector) lamps are available in a range of beam angles (see table below), depending on the amount of diffusion on the front lens of the lamp. The lamp is a sealed beam unit consisting of a lamp, reflector and lens in one. Because the light produced can be very intense, Parcans are especially suited to strong colours or for special effect. Be aware that deep colours can burn out quickly at full intensity. The beam produced by a Parcan is an elliptical projection of the filament of the lamp, and this can sometimes be seen (as shadowed lines across the beam) in the Narrow lamps. The elliptical beam can be rotated

simply by rotating the lamp.

Monday, 23 June 2014

Risk Assessment