Name: MANSI ANUP SHAH
Course: MA DESIGN FOR FILM, TV
& EVENTS
Date: 16-07-2014
What is your subject of study?
My area of exploring knowledge
focus on how lighting is used as a part of designing for stage, set, events and
film and even the effect of colour on sets, costumes and space. In addition to
that study aspects of designing of stage, set, and events with reverence of
lighting, I will also investigate all new technologies and methods of light designing;
construct lighting scheme that adds to the drama of a scene and intensifies the
emotions; also explore diverse ways of setting up lighting to achieve different
moods in wedding event. Scrutinize various aspects of designing a Indian wedding
whit all customs and rituals. Lighting has a profound effect over the visual and
emotional appeal of the set.
What is your research question?
How lighting design plays vital
role for stage, set and event design?
What are main elements in designing a
wedding and how lighting plays a significant role?
Research aim(s):
Developing
basic understanding of lighting design by studying current work practice
and looking at early era work. Acquire enough knowledge about history,
purpose, and function of lighting on stage, event and film. Understanding
effects of lighting in a live event on audience. How is different lighting
set ups seen through camera? Arrangement of lighting for various types of
stage events. The role of lighting design for setting up mood at
wedding , additionally evaluate how these different moods or experience
can be applied within the technical environments. Follow a line of
investigation about different types of Indian wedding, important colour
schemes for wedding .Considerate various lighting methods for evaluating
its effectiveness on wedding stage, set, or event as a whole. Become familiar with
ongoing practice, learn to utilise appropriate tools and lighting
techniques and equipments.
Answer
the following implied questions:
o
How lighting
enhances the experience?
o
How dose
lighting affect the audience interpretation of set-up?
o
How lighting
set up is used to achieve different emotional feels?
o
To what extent
lighting helps creating a different look at wedding?
o
What does
Proper and effective lighting design requires
at wedding?
Research objectives(s):
· To understand
style, composition, balance, acoustics and human emotions through designing of
lighting. Put articles on reflective journal.
- Effect
of lighting design, and determine the specific conditions of acceptability
- Comprehend
the science of light, optics and vision. Put
articles on reflective journal.
- Identify
with psychology of perception and lighting technology. Put
articles on reflective journal.
- Shadowing
and observing the evolution of stage design from past to present world of
theatres and film industry. Put articles on reflective journal.
- Explore
the fundamental objectives of stage lighting design. Put articles on
reflective journal.
- Look
at different ways to light and colour a set for wedding. Practical
projects with reflective journal articles.
- Studying
about different kinds of fashion photo shoot set ups. web search.
- Developing
a theme for a fashion photo shoot.
- Building
up a set for all functions in Indian wedding. Making models.
- Researching
of light technology to set design. Put research on reflective journal.
- Application
of light technology to wedding events. Put research on reflective journal.
- To
test the acceptability of key concepts and recommended behaviors related
to light design. Practical projects with reflective journal articles.
- Audience
insight on changing a space with lights at a wedding event. Survey
analysis in reflective journal.
- Survey
led changes in technology and what are the possibilities for its
development in future. Put articles in reflective journal.
- Study
about all different kinds of wedding of India. Journal article on
reflective journal.
- Research
early wedding and present day wedding. Case studies, at least 3.
- Influence
of following things on lighting design – colour, direction/distribution,
intensity, form, and movement. Case studies, at least 3.
Rationale
·
What
is the wider context of your project?
Throughout the
20th century, scene designers have made use of the technological advances that
have affected all areas of our lives. First, use of
electrical power allowed areas of the stage and house as well as the scenery to
be operated electrically. Scene designers today, like the
other artists of the theatre, have no single standard way of creating
scenery. Instead, they can design
scenery drawing on hundreds of years of different styles and traditions,
perhaps being true to the conventions of wing and drop scenery for one
production while, for another production, they might use projections and
fragmented scenery made up of three dimensional structures, later is now a
day’s more likely to be used and accepted worldwide. Due
to evolution over such an era of time now in 21st century stage and event
design have much spotlight over lighting and its effects.
In modern times
with the evolution taking place lighting and colour play essential role in film or TV set design and
event as it is responsible of setting up the mood of at all occasion.
·
How
does the project relate to your previous experience/practice?
I am from
architectural background, that has developed my understand skills of lighting
and ventilation into a permanent structure with respect to natural as well as artificial
lighting inside a building or a room. Also have good amount of knowledge about
technical drawing which I will be using in my current project with further
advancement and addition to it. Using my knowledge of constructing permanent
structure, apply same skills with little interweave in making of temporary sets
for a film or TV and events. In my previous study also I had to create a
perfect aura for humans to live in with comfort using materials like concrete,
brick, cement etc. In addition for set and event design i am suppose to create same
aura but that looks good on camera, to audience and gusts (at wedding) with
keeping comfort into consideration and lastly which is a temporary assemble.
·
How
does it relate to relevant current practices, debates and theory?
In every event,
function or festival, lighting plays an important role in terms of enhancing,
attracting crowd, and creating moods. Thus I feel lighting can help in very
grate manner to describe the scene, and the purpose of event. With evolution of
set design the use of lighting and colours has been increased. Technological
enlargement in current world also has a huge impact for set designers to use
them and present that out to larger audience. Also with progress of time
spectators also demands revolutionize and uniqueness for the old way of set
designing, where lighting industry plays a significant role to cater wants of
viewers. Which is why more and more use of light in different ways is been
implied.
·
Why
is the intended research significant? (So what?)
Research will
help me to understand how to create this various mood auras all the way through
lighting, it will also help me to understand how different lighting can be used
for particular events or functions or scenes. Also would like to understand and
research on how audience react to it, audience point of view and how moods and
whole ambiance change with using of lights and colour.
Methodology
- My
research would primarily start with observing and learning form early as
well as present era films. Pay
attention to the way the director uses lighting to help create the mood in
a scene.
- Setting
up lighting in wedding model that allows me to explore lighting design
with a different outlook.
- Developing
intervention design based on theoretical understanding
- Research
mainly would be on studying effects of natural as well as artificial
lighting on human psychology and studying the science behind colour
psychology.
- Creates
the primary visual environment for the wedding or a set for a particular scene and then
shooting it with different lighting set up, colour, strength and variation
on the basic key, fill and back light set up, To understand in detail how
lighting plays key role in creating mood at event.
- Making
models and testing them on camera with various lighting effects.
Learning objectives
· I plan to
extend my skills of architectural knowledge by include a wider skill base
including a variety of computer based applications including CAD, Vector works,
Maya, 3d max, Photoshop, goggle sketch up and technical drawing skills. I also want to increase
further understanding in model making/props using new materials and technology.
· Improve my time
management skills and also train myself to deal with all kinds of professionals
at same time and organize all work.
- I
will take up using my skills of model making and develop it further with
involving lighting on to it.
Submissions
(practical and written work)
On my course this year I would be doing a
lot of research work that would be followed by some practice projects and
learning guidelines. To compile all of my work I would be have an ongoing
reflective journal which is (mansijune09.blogspot.com), that will have all
record of my work round the year including the entire of my research and references.
Along with a sketch book that will showcase all my initials ideas and journey
to my practical project. To support my ideas and present them will comprise of
technical drawings, basic models, 3d set ups on computers, and visuals created
using computers software.
Resource
implications
Within the course I could do with access to
computer applications such as 3D max, Maya, Google sketch up for set and
lighting design , appropriate workshops and skills classes so I can put side by
side pre-production. This will also depend on the design process; as I discover
methods and solutions, with models and
concepts also lighting on to model will give clearer understanding. I plan to get
in touch with various designers and get myself involved with student production
in a small play house or people who have worked(if get a chance). With
anticipation find some on-going work that I can observe, e.g. a visit to a set
on location or take a look at lighting setting of some stage or event.
Model making equipment and gaining skill
knowledge on it.
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