Jose Saucedo Light Designer group 23

1. LIGHT DESIGN FOR AS
YOU LIKE IT
By
Jose Saucedo

2. IDEA
The idea of the play with
regards to Lighting is to give
dimension to the set and
stage.

3. VISIBILITY
 Actors
• The actors must be well lit by a spotlight with at least 2 or 3
stage lights so that they are not lost in the darker lights setting
up the forest scene

5. SHAPES AND FORMS
 Mood and Style
• The lighting cannot simply be right in front of the stage or
characters, in order to give the tress shadows and the
character dimensions lights must be shown above, behind and
on their sides

7. FOCUS AND COMPOSITION
 Focus
• Is used to let characters slip into place without being noticed
• It is also used to distract the audience while a certain part of the set
may be changed
 Composition
• The forest scene is changed into a large open area
• The palace scene is changed into a smaller enclosed area

10. MOOD AND STYLE
 Mood
• The mood is changed from the well lit bright palace to the darker
shadowed forest area
• The forest itself is changed from day to night with brighter and
darker light, maybe using blues and a spotlight for moonlit scenes
• The fight scene also brings out a different mood as it changes the
previously bright set to a dim on with corresponding flashing lights
 Style
• Distinguishes from the realistic regular lights (room light and
sunlight) to the nonrealistic colorful lighting used in the forest

12. TIME AND PLACE
 Palace
•
Pale lighting inside with yellow lights shows the inside of a house
and the usage of utilities like candles to lighten up a place
 Forest
• Pale lighting outside shows that the day is early while dark bluish
lighting show night time

14. RHYTHM
 Set switching
•
When shifting between scenes it is imperative to have a certain rhythm to
let the audience comfortably transition from scene to scene
•
The bright lights of the palace must slowly fade to a dim light while
entering the forest and after a set light is established it then can be
adjusted to each scene

16. VISUAL IMAGE AND INFO
 Image
• The lighting establishes the central themes of the play as it
creates set images of what the play is surrounded around
• ie. the bright palace and colorfully lit forest
 Information
• It gives you an insight to their lives as the forest is seen as
freedom to the characters while the palace is seen as a prison
or a place in need of escape

18. THE END