What Is Good Lighting ?
Fri, 7 Nov 2008, 08:30 amDon Allen13 posts in thread
What Is Good Lighting ?
Fri, 7 Nov 2008, 08:30 amSo long and thanks for all the fish. Now where have I heard that before ?
"hear the light' was coined
Sun, 16 Nov 2008, 08:32 pmI agree Ben! "hear the light' was actualy coined by Francis Reid, I can't remember if it is mentioned in his 'Lighting Handbook' [now in it's 6th edition] or I nicked 'it' from his impromptu lecturer, back in the '50's, which I attended. There again it may have been in one of his articles in 'TAB' [Strand Electrics lighting magazine, of which he was one of the editors]. Anyhow the adage has stuck with me since I was about 12 years old. I just took 'it' up & one step further , by hookiing on the "See the sound" bit.To me now & even then , it meant for me to allow the light to talk to you, by listening to it in connection & evolvement with the production - like an inner voice!Normally one can see light & feel 'it', either visually or while doing a 'whiskey' [being a 'Walker' Jonny testing the lighting focus, as though a warm prop] across stage. But also allowing another sense to be involved, in the achievement of the overall mise en scene. If you listen hard enough 'it' will talk to you!