The lighting design for the play "Wintertime" should start with natural, dim lighting to set the scene in a cloudy, wintry afternoon. As tensions rise in arguments between characters, the lighting should gradually get brighter to focus audience attention but not be too bright. The mood should shift from lighthearted to dark and tense. Visuals should use dim to bright lighting to depict when and how arguments happen and show the wintry setting. Central images should use very bright, warm lighting to represent themes of love and life in contrast to the drab winter environment of the play.

1. Wintertime By Charles Mee
LIGHT DESIGN BY REGAN NGUYEN

2. Time and Place
The lighting for the time and place should have a natural lighting from the sun as I believe the setting of the play is somewhere
in mid to late afternoon. It is not quite sunny outside but it is not so dark either. The sky is just very cloudy and gloomy looking with
all the snow and dead trees which may give the effect of Also the natural lighting serves to set a light hearted beginning tone
which sets the scene before the tension later on in the play. This picture also depicts the area of which the play is taking place:
Northwestern United States during the winter.

3. Mood and Style
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The mood and style of the play should be dimly lit at the beginning but gradually
builds up to a bright but not too bright light so that the audience can focus on the
arguments that are going on rather than something else.
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The mood should start off lighthearted and later trudge into a dark tension as soon as
the arguments come out.

4. Shapes and Forms
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Shapes and form of the play should consid

5. Visual Compositions
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Visuals should have dim to bright lighting to depict when an argument is happening
and how it is happening.
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It should also show the audience what the setting is like, especially since this one is
placed in the winter time.

6. Rhythm Of Visual Movement

7. Central Visual Image
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The lighting for the central visual image should essentially cover themes of the play so
I want the lighting to be very bright and warm to hint at the love of one another’s
significant other.
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The second theme of life should also reflect the same kind of lighting except the
setting should be full of life, not like the drab wintry environment we see in the play.