2. Act One
This is the house where
Jonathan and Ariel came
to visit, where Maria lives.
The lighting shows the
mood of the house and
how the mood will be set
for the rest of the play
It is set in the suburbs of New Jersey, and the lighting
provides visibility to enable the audience to see that the mood
is somewhat tense and dark. Therefore, presenting a theme of
tension and instability.

3. This is the lighting used when the play begins, Jonathan has come to the house
after Christmas with Ariel, he then finds out that his mother Maria and her
boyfriend François are also there to visit. This is where the play begins to
involve tension between the characters, because Maria accuses François of
sleeping with Jonathan’s girlfriend Ariel

4. The type of lighting that is used here clearly amplifies the characters
motives, the audience understands that François and Frank are not found
of each other, this shows them arguing over Maria, whom is married to
Frank. The audience can see that the lighting is characterizing how the
characters feel, because the lighting is directed at the characters to give
the audience an understanding of the mood that is being set between the
characters. The color is neither dim nor bright, it is in between the two,
because the two are arguing, the lighting here is beginning to set the
mood for the rest of the play.

5. This lighting is used when everyone is in the room, Frank and François are
arguing over Maria, Maria is accusing François of sleeping with Ariel, Jonathan is
in shock and doesn’t know what to believe, therefore the lighting in this scene
clearly outlines how tense the mood shifting from the beginning, it is getting more
tense as it goes on, more conflict is appearing therefore the lighting is helping the
audience understand the theme of darkness and lack of appreciation due to the
characters conflicts with each-there. The stage lighting here is focused on every
character because each one of them is arguing with one another, therefore the
lighting is not shifting from one character to another, it is directed at all the
characters.

6. This type of lighting is used when trying to look for Maria and Hilda in
the river, it is very dark, which sets the mood to let the audience know
that something dramatic is occurring at that moment. The lighting is
focused on the characters because they are the ones trying to capture
the two drowning women, even though both incidents occur at
different times, the lighting still gives the audience a sense of a mood
shift because the audience does not know if they are dead or not.

7. The darkness in this scene represents sadness and a lack of appreciation, the dim
lighting outlines the central image of the play, which is not being appreciative of
life or the people in your life, the dark lighting also represents a lack of love that
the characters present during the play, the reason I am using the dim lighting is to
help the audience understand the mood shift through the scenes, the majority of
the time they are arguing inside the house, therefore if everything were happy
between them the lighting would be brighter, though the audience can assume that
the mood is tense because of the lighting I chose which is similar to the central
image and meaning of the play

8. The lighting in this scene is reoccurring throughout the play,
there is usually more than two characters at a time during a
scene, therefore the lighting is focused and is aimed at the entire
stage, to clearly identify which characters are communicating ,
and in what tone they are communicating in, because the tone
reflects the mood and style of a particular scene. Further giving
the audience an idea to understand the conflict or message that
the characters are trying to portray.

9. The lighting here is illuminated
directly at all three characters
because in this scene, the lighting is
trying to show the audience how
angry Jonathan is at Maria and
François for creating conflict and
accusing Ariel of sleeping with
François, the lighting is not dim
here because the mood is of heated
tension and an uprising tension
between the three characters. The
audience can clearly identify the
mood in this scene because the
lighting is also directed directly at
Jonathan, which shows his anger
and frustration with the situation
Maria has caused.

10. The lighting
intensity in this
scene is brighter
than other scenes
because it is trying
to send a clear
message to the
audience that all
the characters are
arguing about their
issues and
conflicts between
each other.

11. The color of the lighting in this
scene establishes and elevates
the mood for this particular
scene, the background is very
dark and the warm and subtle
lighting is solely focused on the
two characters, which you can
see the woman is upset or
heartbroken from what the man
is speaking to hear about. The
distribution of the lighting here
is how the lighting comes from
at a certain angle, in this scene,
the distribution is focusing
directly at the characters from
above, intensifying the scene
because of the angle the light is
coming from, and not focusing
on any other object in the set
except the characters.

12. The central image is reinforced throughout the play,
especially with the type of lighting used, warm lighting
helps set the subtle mood that is used a lot throughout the
play, the warm lighting helps make the set tense so the
audience can understand any conflict that is occurring.
The movement and rhythm of the lighting flows smoothly
when transitioning through scenes in the play, the
transition helps the audience further understand the mood
which shifts throughout the play from being happy to sad
and conflicting, and then the end results in happiness
between all the characters.