2. • The lights are used to
enhance the scene, it is not
just to illuminate the actors
and the set.
• Lighting should pull
everything on stage together
to create a balance and the
main focus should be on the
message that needs to be
conveyed.
3. Visibility
• Visibility is the number one job as a light designer.
Everything should be visible to the audience.
• However it is selective visibility, meaning the audience
should only see what the director wants them to see.
• In big love the main set is the bathtub thus the main
emphasis will be on the bathtub.
4. Shape & Forms
• The purpose of revelation of form is to
shape an object with light.
• The theme is the right to love,
therefore most of the play has a low
intensity lighting and a soft glow lighting.
Especially, during the wedding when they
dance and also when Lydia and Nikos are
together.
• During the helicopter scene there will
be a dramatic shadow and a bright
spotlight on the women to enhance their
shape.
• The actors can also appear three
dimensional by using lighting from the
back and side. This can be effective in the
scene where the women & men throw
themselves to the ground.
5. Visual Composition
• The composition directs
the eye in a certain
direction. The light reveals
the flow of the story and
creates a perception.
•The focus in Big Love is on
the three woman most of
the time. They will have a
spot light on them. At that
time the background will
have dimmer lights.
6. Mood & Style
• Lighting is applied to create
specific moods and emotion.
• Big love is intense and
romantic. So when it is intense
like the murder scene it will
have flashing red lights while the
wedding will have soft lavender
lights.
• Style in Big Love is naturalistic
and modern.
7. Time & Place
• The audience will be able
to tell the time by the
lighting.
• The play Big Love takes
place in the evening. Which
will be illuminated by blue
and black light.
8. Visual Movement
• Changes in light can say a
lot about the play. The
changes can be determined
by intensity, color, and
distribution of light.
• Slow and smooth fading
lights indicates visual
movement in Big Love.
9. Central Visual Image
• Lighting has to coordinate with the rest of the design elements to convey
the message the director is trying to communicate.
•Warm colors are used in Big Love for the a central visual image.
