2012: Upcoming/now on
Portfolio 2011
Photos: The Chosen Ones,
The Pit and the Pendulum, The Haunted Bride, The Inaccurate Conception Dirty Dusting Portfolio 2010
Photos: The Wind in the Willows,
The Dead Hand, Oh What a Lovely War, The Yeomen of the Guard Portfolio 2003-2009
Photos: Best Xmas Ever, The Horrific Case of Mr Valdemar, Mr G & Mr S, Blackbird |
Duncan J Hands Lighting Design
Even if the audience are unaware of it (often rightly so), lighting has a massive impact on their experience of a performance. To play with mood subtly can transform a show, from a gentle highlight of a particular area, to using a little more warmth, a different angle. Sometimes, this is as satisfying as creating the effect of a train tearing through the auditorium for 'The Signalman' or the abstract but terrifying blade in 'The Pit and the Pendulum.' The use of a single gobo to locate the action in Drama, multiple moving lights to bring out the best of a gig, it can be big or small, but dramatic lighting should add that extra something, a touch of class or the effect that singles out a show in the memory long after the curtain comes down. Manipulating emotions is the point of art. What we're aiming for is to achieve with lighting what Beethoven achieved with music. But before we forget, this is the entertainment industry, let's make it, above all, fun!
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