Light DesignAshley Abraham

• 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.

• 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.

Visibility

• 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.

Shape & Forms

• 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.

Visual Composition

• 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.

Mood & Style

• 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.

Time & Place

• 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.

Visual Movement

• 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.

Central Visual Image