May 06, 2007
Revved up like a deuce
Phipps' show, Second Beam, makes me think a lot. Mostly about light. It's something I'd like to know more about...seeing as I'm interested in Lighting Design as a possible career.
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I definitely prefer the Manfred Mann's Earth Band version to Bruce Springsteen's. I think it's partially that chord progression on the synthesizer that I like. It makes me think of focusing lights, because when you do it, you're at the top of a ladder with gloves on, working with an instrument that can get really hot very quickly, especially if it's got dark blue or purple gels with high opacity. But when you're up there and the light is shining half in your eyes at 5000 watts and you're sweaty and itchy from fiberglass and the hairs on your arms are illuminated bluish while you fiddle with the pan and tilt until the light is in the right place...Or you're standing on an empty stage with both arms pointing up and out at 45 degrees as you squint into the lense of an ellipsoidal spotlight...I don't know where I was going with that. But that's an idea of what my job is usually like in the theatre.
The Lighting Designer's anthem? Maybe not. But this song does give me chills every time I hear it, even if its lyrics are stream of consciousness and have little to do with lighting design.
Oh, and Phipps? Shae's monologues about the second beam of light really do give me chills, more so than this song. Good choice of plays, luv. They're both going to be great.
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I definitely prefer the Manfred Mann's Earth Band version to Bruce Springsteen's. I think it's partially that chord progression on the synthesizer that I like. It makes me think of focusing lights, because when you do it, you're at the top of a ladder with gloves on, working with an instrument that can get really hot very quickly, especially if it's got dark blue or purple gels with high opacity. But when you're up there and the light is shining half in your eyes at 5000 watts and you're sweaty and itchy from fiberglass and the hairs on your arms are illuminated bluish while you fiddle with the pan and tilt until the light is in the right place...Or you're standing on an empty stage with both arms pointing up and out at 45 degrees as you squint into the lense of an ellipsoidal spotlight...I don't know where I was going with that. But that's an idea of what my job is usually like in the theatre.
The Lighting Designer's anthem? Maybe not. But this song does give me chills every time I hear it, even if its lyrics are stream of consciousness and have little to do with lighting design.
Oh, and Phipps? Shae's monologues about the second beam of light really do give me chills, more so than this song. Good choice of plays, luv. They're both going to be great.
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