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Here is a series of photos that have been mentioned lately. These are photos that I took of "The Glass Menagerie." I designed the sets and lights for the play.

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Ted:

I really like your set/lighting design. Is that light coming through the door in the final pic? Did you angle that light from above?

If the photos are a "true" representation of the color, and I hope it is, I really like the velvety violet feel to it, with the yellows and the creams. That's WAY cool!
 
Thanks Matt, John and Brandon. I appreciate it!

cinealma said:
Ted:

I really like your set/lighting design. Is that light coming through the door in the final pic? Did you angle that light from above?

If the photos are a "true" representation of the color, and I hope it is, I really like the velvety violet feel to it, with the yellows and the creams. That's WAY cool!
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Yes, the colors are a fairly well represented. Thanks. I spend a lot of time in the design process. And then a lot of time building and producing it!

As for the light in the final pic.... I LOVE THIS LIGHT. This light is just above eye level of the actors, shooting through the screened door. (This door exits onto the fire escape and there is a "dance hall" across the alley.) I shuttered the light to cut off on the door trim so it only shoots through the doorway and does not break through my invisible walls. You can see the evidence of that by looking on the floor. I will post a picture that shows the light better.

Thanks!

And just so you know, the light that shoots from the "front door" (the one with the yellow sheers) does come from a high position behind the door. It is supposed to look like a hallway light. When actors came to the door, their silhouette would project on to the sheer. It was very nice.

Let me grab that other pic.

Thanks!
 
Theodore J Arabian said:
Thanks Matt, John and Brandon. I appreciate it!


Yes, the colors are a fairly well represented. Thanks. I spend a lot of time in the design process. And then a lot of time building and producing it!

As for the light in the final pic.... I LOVE THIS LIGHT. This light is just above eye level of the actors, shooting through the screened door. (This door exits onto the fire escape and there is a "dance hall" across the alley.) I shuttered the light to cut off on the door trim so it only shoots through the doorway and does not break through my invisible walls. You can see the evidence of that by looking on the floor. I will post a picture that shows the light better.

Thanks!

And just so you know, the light that shoots from the "front door" (the one with the yellow sheers) does come from a high position behind the door. It is supposed to look like a hallway light. When actors came to the door, their silhouette would project on to the sheer. It was very nice.

Let me grab that other pic.

Thanks!
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Awesome, Ted! Please do!
 
Here is that photo.... the light hitting his face is coming through that door.

I love "motivated" lighting and try to find ways to use it when I can. In this play, much of the second act takes place in darkness.... the "power gets shut off" and they have to break out thye candles.

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Thanks again for the comments. Means a lot.
 
Yup there they are. What are you using to compress them? They are really hazy looking. If you want, send me the originals and I can resize them for you. There was another shot were they were warm in the foreground and the background was all blue. I think she was looking out the door or something.
 
Theodore J Arabian said:
Rebecca!!!!!!!! EXCELLENT JOB on the avatar! Now I can see your face!

Speaking of avatar, every enjoy mine while it lasts..... I am changing it soon.
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Thanks, Ted, although I have to take my hat off to Norm on this one. :) I still love your avatar! Nice job on the lighting for that set! What a beaut!
 
The compression does not do these shots justice. My favorite was and is the actors sitting on the floor with the candles. That one is cash money.

and on Frozen River the other day, we had the set up and then one of the stage lights burned out. Ted found the bulbs and changed it in minutes. I think you said Ted, that the lighting system was from the 1950's or somehting along those lines. kismet man, kismet, you were on this shoot.
 
Thanks Jim, I agree... I will try to find some way to do a better job at compressing these. But that will have to wait a bit until I have some time off. I have a busy, busy weekend of of lighting two concerts and stage managing a folk festival (yawn!).

The good news is... my camera jib arrived today!!! I can't wait to shoot my first crane shot!
 
Theodore J Arabian said:
Here is a series of photos that have been mentioned lately. These are photos that I took of "The Glass Menagerie." I designed the sets and lights for the play.



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Back to SPY MASTER.....
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Ted,
That photo is great. Awesome set design man. That really does rock.
 
Thanks Tim! I am really proud of this latest set design. It really came out nice. And the lighting was pretty damn incredible (if I may say so!). It really served the story well.

And thanks Rebecca. Yes, I have been very busy! I have got to start turning down some work so I can focus on SPY MASTER! (sheesh!)

Hopefully this week will bring about some actual progress and bts footage as I get underway. I am meeting with the actors on Wednesday!
 
Ted, that set design and lighting really looks nice. I wish I could see how you flagged or barn doored everything. How many total watts do you think you used? I'm glad to hear your still in for Spyfest. You seem to be a busy guy. You got more energy than me, that's for sure. I'm looking forward to seeing those sweet crane shots. Spy Master is first on my list to watch.

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Thanks David. I hope that I don't disappoint!

As for the lighting on that set....

I used:

24 - 750 watt Source 4 Pars as my downlight. (12 for blue Rosco 80 and 12 for amber Rosco 05)

21 - 750 watt instruments (assortment of Source 4's - 36 degree and 19 degree and Altman 6x9's and 6x12's) for the front wash. The best thing about this wash is that EVERY light had a break-up pattern in it. This created shadows within the design but I had the lights overlapping several times so that the shadow from one light would be filled by another light. This really helped to create the look I was going for.

I also used several Altman 6x12's and 6x16's for "specials." The specials were the light coming through the front door (with the yellow sheer), the screened door, the gobo (of dots) for the candle light, the warm bath of candle light, the blue spill of light on the firescape and several specials that are not pictured.

All in all, I used about 68 instruments (each a 750 watt instrument but dimmed to varying degrees on the lighting board).

Thanks for asking. Maybe I can get my light plot up to give you an idea of how I did this.
 
Theodore J Arabian said:
All in all, I used about 68 instruments (each a 750 watt instrument but dimmed to varying degrees on the lighting board).
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damn!

Theodore J Arabian said:
Thanks for asking. Maybe I can get my light plot up to give you an idea of how I did this.
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I would love to see that.
 
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