Lighting

During one of our production meetings, we went up to the studio with Chris, where he showed us how to change the lighting, both by using the lighting desk, and also manually on the studio floor. This involved being taught how to flood/spot the lights, position them to light certain areas, and also change the colour and intensity of them.

Chris showing us how to manually change the
lighting.

After being initially shown how to use the equipment, we were allowed to set up the different lighting colours for each era:

Setting up the different presets for each era using the lighting desk

Even once we were shown how to use the lighting desk, I still found selecting the right lights quite difficult as I didn't know which ones were controlled by which buttons, so had to play around a little bit to get used to it.

During this session, it was officially decided that the following would be used to light the eras:
- 50s - Red - Typically red lipstick was worn in the 50s.

50s Lighting

- 70s - Purple - Associated with the disco era and 'Saturday Night Fever'.

70s Lighting

- 80s - Yellow - Contrasts the colour of the 70s as it's bright, which helped to make the set more energetic despite a minimal set.

80s Lighting

- 90s - Green - referencing the Central Perk Cafe from Friends, which is also directly referenced by the use of the mug in the scene.

90s lighting

- Modern  - Blue - A colour associated with technology, which is used in the scene to reference the modern era.

Modern lighting

- Band - White - Typical of band performance sequences in the indie genre, while the use of white contrasts with the other sets, so clearly distinguishes the band performance from the narrative.

Setting up the white (band) lighting