8. Provide Visibility
Reveal shapes and forms
Provide a focus onstage and create visual compositions
Assist in creating mood and reinforcing style
Help establish time and place
Establish a rhythm of visual movement
Reinforce the central visuals image, establish visual information , or both
9. Visibility
• Ability to see what is happening
on stage. Making sure viewers
can see the characters, unless
this is the specific intent.
• Indoor play, floodlights are used
in most of scenes.
• “Tone” setting and costumes.
10. Visibility Cont
• Spotlights produce a potentially
tightly focused light.
• Spot light used when Nora talking
to herself during the scenes.
11. shapes and forms
• Shape onstage, particularly
three-dimensional stage
elements- from side, top, and
behind.
• Small focus of light on the actor
who’s talking.
• A little dim inside of the house,
try to make a shadow of the
sets .
12. Visual Compositions
• During Act I, when everyone
were out of the house except
Nora. Nora was start talking
to herself. I will use spot
light, clearly showing the
audiences that Nora was the
only one who’s talking by
that time.
• Act III, everyone attended on
customs party. I will enlarge the
lighting area, and make a bigger
compositions.
13. • Doll house is a play with
happiness family setting,
with some dark moments. • I will combine red and
orange of light to present
the Christmas atmosphere
for the opening of Act I.
• Red color light when
Nora mad and argue
with her husband.
• Low intensity, low bright, dark
colors when Nora describing
when Raj offering the loan to
her.
• In most scenes, the light
will be naturally bright to
provide the clear visibility.
• Modern Style
14. Time and Place
• Conflict most happened during
afternoon and night, example
will be when Nora go to Terry’s
office during the Christmas Eve,
and the costumes party.
• For afternoon I will combine red
and orange again, showing the
sunset.
• For night a little blue added into
the light for afternoon to show
the night time.
• I will use natural bright as the
background color and add a
little bit warm color to illustrate
they are located indoor.
• 21 century, recent years
15. Rhythm of Visual Movement
• This is a slow action play,
nothing move quick during the
scenes.
• Overall, slow shift of light during
the play, this will help the lighting
goes smoother.
• Spot light will come up
suddenly when I design
for Nora talking to
herself.
16. • We designed for 3 sets change,
but the living room will be the
central set for our play
• Again, the light will be naturally
bright and add a little bit warn
color to provide the clear visibility
and highlight the central image –
Living Room.
