Site Specific - Misa
First location I chose is the entrance / New York street of the park. This is where everyone gets excited! The street and buildings were lit very well with the Halloween themed colors. Lighting designer used gobo to make it look interesting, and the moving lights made it look fun. People had just walked inside of the park and they see the colorful lights and patterns on the building. Those lights made me excited about this whole experience at the park. The movement of the light went with the rock music that was playing in the background. That helped audience to dance with the music and have a fun.
The lighting design for the mazes were different compared to the lighting at the entrance.
The picture was taken at the maze, Ash vs. Evil, the designer had steel blue and a gobo on the trailer. The gobo made the trailer look spooky and old. Steel blue made the trailer very cold. Trailer was the entrance of the maze, the blue trailer established the atmosphere of the maze very well. As an audience, I was very scared and wondering what is going to happen when I enter the maze. Lighting designer made sure to light the items placed around the maze as a part of the world. For example in this picture of the laundry, up-lighting on the clothes highlights the items as a part of the world of Ash vs. Evil. The intensity was low enough where you can see it, but not too high where you give it away too much.
Comparing the lighting on the street and lighting for the maze, the street lighting focused on the fun atmosphere with lots of color and movement. The maze lighting was more darker and focused on the scenic elements and atmosphere of the maze. The lighting was a part of the story of the maze.
*Please excuse poorly taken picture, I was very excited and scared at the same time.
Ooooh what fun pictures! You did a great job at describing the purpose of the lighting in each photo, from the overall general park lighting (which is indeed bright and colorful as well as busy w/ patterns and moving lights to help keep things shadowy and the energy alive!) to the more specific maze lighting! The maze lighting gets a little bit more realistic to the setting (steel blue moonlight, the streetlight of the trailer, etc etc...) while staying a little bit on the dark side to enhance the mystery/scariness of the scene! As you can tell, lighting for theme parks has to tell a story and remain theatrical, but also has to help guide the audience around the park and keep up the overall energy/feeling of Halloween! Really great work!
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