Digital + Physical Lighting, Assignments

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01 Physical Lighting of Objects Project 01 2004 Student Work 2002 Student Work	Apply various physical lighting fixture choices to a still life composition to create a sequence of lighting moments. Emphasis is placed on the properties of physical light and lighting design approaches. Topics Covered: Theatre lighting fixtures, properties of light, lighting design approaches and techniques	Title:Still Life with Flowers and Fruit Artist:Caravaggio Publisher:Scala Book Title:Caravaggio
02 Digital Lighting of Objects Project 02 2004 Student Work 2002 Student Work	Using lighting to study time of day lighting schemes. Focus on composition, lighting style, light quality and quantity to see communicate time of day. Topics Covered: Types of lights, Key-Fill-Rim, Shadows, Exposure, Rendering, Camera POV	image by Yootai Kim
03 Physical Lighting of an Interior Project 03 2004 Student Work 2002 Student Work	Choose a film style and apply corresponding lighting techniques to reveal a still life composition over time and various shifts in the lighting. Topics Covered: Lighting design and film style research, interior and exterior lighting, composition (foreground / background relationships), the functions of light, orchestrating light moment to moment.	Designer:Mordecai Gorelik Play:Capek's R.U.R. Publisher: John Jay Company Book Title:Theatre Arts Prints (1929)
04 Digital Lighting of an Interior Project 04 2004 Student Work 2002 Student Work	Add color, textures and descriptive lighting to a still life within a space, based on the genre scheme you developed in Project 03 Topics Covered: Shader development, Textures, Color qualities	image by Yootai Kim
05 Lighting a World and Moment Project 05 2004 Student Work 2002 Student Work	In response to a selection of given text, devise a lighting event scheme, sequence and environment that reveals the essence of the text. The text must be integrated into the final project. Topics Covered: Digital lighting concepts of timing, complex shaders, compositing Physical lighting concepts of timing, composition, mood, emphasis	Designer:Donald Oenslager Play:Aristophane's The Birds Publisher: John Jay Company Book Title:Theatre Arts Prints (1929) image by Vita Berezina-Blackburn

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