Hi 50C!
My name is Avery Reagan and I'll be one of your TA's for this Quarter's 50C. I am a first year graduate lighting designer from Atlanta, GA. I'm also a dog person. Dogs are very important to me.
In regards to lighting and lighting design, I have many different elements that I find fascinating and love incorporating in my work. Light is such a flexible and versatile tool used in theatre. It has the ability to change mood, location, and focus with a simple angle or color choice. Lighting is also easier to talk about than most people think.
I find often that people who want to discuss lighting for a play stop themselves when they get to the first meeting. "I really don't know how to talk about lights, but I know I want the space to feel sticky and gross." Congratulations, you just talked about lighting design.
Lighting Design starts as an emotional response to a piece of text, music or movement. The technology or equipment is not my first thought when designing. My process starts with an emotional response from images. Most of the time, I find images that I feel best represent the emotional state of the play instead of how the lighting should look for the scene. Then as I do more research, it transitions into lighting research images.
You will find as you work through this class, that you understand more about lighting design than you thought.
My name is Avery Reagan and I'll be one of your TA's for this Quarter's 50C. I am a first year graduate lighting designer from Atlanta, GA. I'm also a dog person. Dogs are very important to me.
In regards to lighting and lighting design, I have many different elements that I find fascinating and love incorporating in my work. Light is such a flexible and versatile tool used in theatre. It has the ability to change mood, location, and focus with a simple angle or color choice. Lighting is also easier to talk about than most people think.
I find often that people who want to discuss lighting for a play stop themselves when they get to the first meeting. "I really don't know how to talk about lights, but I know I want the space to feel sticky and gross." Congratulations, you just talked about lighting design.
Lighting Design starts as an emotional response to a piece of text, music or movement. The technology or equipment is not my first thought when designing. My process starts with an emotional response from images. Most of the time, I find images that I feel best represent the emotional state of the play instead of how the lighting should look for the scene. Then as I do more research, it transitions into lighting research images.
You will find as you work through this class, that you understand more about lighting design than you thought.
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