pls 2016: communicating the intangible – or “how did you learn to speak director?”
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Communicating the intangible – or “How did you learn to speak director?”
Kelli ZezulkaSchool of Performance and Cultural IndustriesUniversity of Leeds
Lighting designer: Yeah, just want to see them in a different colour. [Pause.] That's better. They're brighter but darker. [...]
Programmer: Do you want it back to 82?
Lighting designer: 81's really dark, sadly. Show me 82. So what's the difference between 81 and 82...? The 81 is greener blue and the other one's bluer blue. So, actually, go back to 78... Go to 81... I think I prefer that.
Lighting designer: That feels a bit dirgy to me. Lighting designer: If we make it a bit bright then pull them down I think it would make it really epic. Lighting designer: Yeah, it needs to feel like a burst into the – like he's bursting into the door. Director: I guess what I'm thinking is if they could be softer. Lighting designer: I just need to feel this space a bit, don't I?
Lighting designer: Who has time to do drawings in theatre? I would hope that my words would be able to articulate what I want better and quicker than the time it takes to do a drawing.
Lighting designer: What do you want it to go to?Director: 'Cause it went to blue just now, didn't it? It went to a very pale light -- I'm not sure about that. Do you -- are you -- are we thinking of gradually losing the warmth? Lighting designer: Yeah. I mean, you saw it happen over five seconds, where it should -- the timing should be forty seconds. [...]Director: OK, so --Lighting designer: It just shifts -- you shouldn't realise it; it should just sort of take over.
Kelli ZezulkaSchool of Performance and Cultural IndustriesUniversity of [email protected]
