{"id":25154,"date":"2012-05-22T13:02:27","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T04:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shomei-tanteidan.org\/?p=25154"},"modified":"2021-05-26T13:57:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T04:57:48","slug":"coffeebreak-006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shomei-tanteidan.org\/en\/coffeebreak-006\/","title":{"rendered":"Vol.006 – Architectural Lighting and Stage Lighting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interviewer:\u3000Genki Watanabe<\/p>\n

Theme: Architectural Lighting and Stage Lighting<\/h2>\n
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Watanabe:\u3000<\/strong>Today, I`d like to talk about \u201cArchitecture Lighting and Stage Lighting.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 At the university, I majored in stage lighting.<\/p>\n

Mende:\u3000<\/strong>What sparked your interest in stage lighting?<\/p>\n

Watanabe:\u3000<\/strong>Since I was little, I love to watch movies and theatre.\u00a0 After graduating high school I had the vague idea that I wanted to go abroad, so I decided to go on a language exchange in China.\u00a0\u00a0 After about a year, I had the opportunity to go to a college theatre production.\u00a0 Chinese stage lighting is very flamboyant! \u00a0This is the first time I really thought about stage lighting.\u00a0 Later I decided to study at this university.<\/p>\n

Mende:\u3000<\/strong>Why did you move towards architectural lighting while you were studying stage lighting.<\/p>\n

Watanabe:\u3000<\/strong>While studying stage lighting, I realized and felt like there were limits or constraints in this field.\u00a0 I felt like I needed to work with lighting design that is closer to our daily lives and society in general and started to focus on architectural lighting.<\/p>\n

Mende:\u3000<\/strong>Don`t you think there are any constraints or restrictions in architectural lighting.?!\u00a0 What is the difference between stage lighting and architectural lighting?<\/p>\n

Watanabe:\u3000<\/strong>I think there are several differences. Even during the design phase of stage lighting, it is a very hands-on approach to design.\u00a0 A Lot of time is spent at the theater and directly working on the stage.<\/p>\n

Mende:\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>I see.\u00a0 With architectural lighting, after about 80% of the work is finished we usually make an onsite visit.\u00a0 Also, with stage lighting, final positioning is free to frequent change by the crew itself, but we can’t do that with architectural lighting.\u00a0 We have to ask the contractors for permission to make changes.<\/p>\n

Watanabe:\u3000<\/strong>Also with stage lighting,\u00a0 based on each performance, various aspects are subject to change.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 With architectural lighting, if you try something and doesn’t work well, you don’t try that design again.<\/p>\n

Mende:\u3000<\/strong>Stage lighting and architectural lighting seem very similar, but are actually very different.\u00a0 I think stage lighting is a test of how well you can create a fake world for the audience`s pleasure.\u00a0\u00a0 Using visual and auditory tricks to create a fictional world and then being able to pull the audience into it.\u00a0\u00a0 On the other hand, the world of architecture is very realistic and allows no room for mistakes.\u00a0 Design is based on safety and rationality.\u00a0\u00a0 To say stage lighting has constraints and is stuffy is not the whole picture.\u00a0 The profession of design, itself, has shackles.\u00a0 Designers have to persuade many people to get anything done, along with many other challenges.<\/p>\n

Maybe the most outstanding characteristic of stage lighting is how to proceed with controlling the dark.\u00a0\u00a0 For example, in a very condensed period of time, lighting is eliminated from the space by very subtle dimming control systems, or various colored lights are used for scenes.\u00a0\u00a0 In this fashion, stage lighting seems more flexible in terms of lighting effects than architectural lighting.\u00a0\u00a0 Historically, burning torches were used as stage lighting, a kind of non-electrical form of the spotlight.\u00a0 At night they performed under the dim light of the moon.<\/p>\n

Watanabe:\u3000<\/strong>Do you have any influences from stage lighting?<\/p>\n

Mende:\u3000<\/strong>From stage lighting, we can learn how to create a specific moment in time.\u00a0 During a short time frame of a two-hour performance, they use many tricks and effects to make us believe two hours was really 25 years or one minute was one hour.<\/p>\n

Fisher Marantz Stone (FMS) is a very respected architectural lighting design office in New York City.\u00a0\u00a0 The consulting design principle, Jules Fisher, is a famous lighting designer for Broadway.\u00a0\u00a0 Now, why are architectural lighting designers and stage lighting designers working at the same office?\u00a0\u00a0 I think it is because we, as architectural lighting designers, are influenced by the detailed techniques and tricks of stage lighting designers and we want to soak up as much know-how as possible.\u00a0\u00a0 Since you have a background in stage lighting design you should definitely use that to your advantage.\u00a0\u00a0 What do you think?!<\/p>\n

You are still inexperienced in architectural design, but go to the theatre and watch lots of movies.\u00a0 I want you to soak up all the information, technology, and techniques stage lighting design has to offer and then give LPA staff feedback.\u00a0\u00a0 I think there is lighting out there that only you can design.<\/p>\n

Watanabe:\u3000<\/strong>Thank you.\u00a0 This gives me a sort of a goal or direction that I can work towards from today.\u00a0\u00a0 I`ll try not just to lay around on the weekends, but go to the theatre and watch movies so I can become a very unique lighting designer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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