A LITTLE BIT OF SUN SHINE

This weekend I had the pleasure of taking some children to the park. The palpable warmth of the light cast beautiful dappled shadows of leaves on the ground. The color of the leaves grew in intensity as the sunlight pushed through the trees. It was a lovely day out. There were picturesque white fluffy clouds against a perfectly light blue canvass sky. The texture that was created by the shadows of the trees reminded me of atmospheres I could create on stage with gobos. I imagined how I could create this world I was living in and present it onstage to an audience. I would use the strong brush stroke of a par for the source of the sun and perhaps use some cloud gobos on a cyc. I thought about how the clouds would hide the sun, creating moments of relief from the heat of it's rays. This made me think that building one long cue that dipped the levels of my sun source would create the illusion of clouds passing over. Adding the laughter of children in the back ground is a must of course. :)