GreenbirdBreakdown

Strawdog Theatre Company
April 2002
The Green Bird

12-5-01

Lighting Breakdown...

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Act	Scene	Location	Time of Day	Notes
I	1	Desert outside of city	Dawn	Beginning of the day in which events will unfold one after another Brighella's vision shown through shadow puppetry
I	2-4	Truffaldino's House	Morning	Warmly lit scene that lets the comedy play. Color and soft texture mixing to achieve rich light.
I	5	Truffaldino's House Away from the sausage maker	Late Morning	Light cools as Renzo and Barbarina set out on their own.
I	6-7	Under the Drain	Mid-day	Highly textured. Lighting defines location. Cool light appears as though pouring through holes of a drain. When Green Bird arrives, light intensifies as though the bird emits an aura.
I	8-9	Deserted Shore	Late Afternoon	Renzo and Barbarina on a desolate shore. Cool and crisp light. The scape changes when Calmon appears. The world becomes more saturate and textured. A restoration of the desolate conditions occurs upon Calmon's departure.
II	1	Outside Palace Gate	Sunset	Brighella's Vision Coloration harkening back to opening look.
II	2-4	Outside Palace Gate	Night Fall	The king returns in near darkness. Confrontations with Truffaldino and Tartagliona happen in the low light. Truthfulness prevails when it's late and dim.
II	6	Outside Palace Gate	Night	In the darkness, Brighella emerges with a lantern.
II	7	Outside Palace Gate	Night	In the dying light, Tartagliona begins to dehumanize herself.
II	8-9	Outside the Palace	Twilight	As the light creeps up, we realize Renzo and Barbarina have been contemplating/wandering through the night. The sun rises as the Cabana appears.
III	1	Palace/Cabana	Sunrise	"The radiance of this intrusion is blinding me."
III	2-5	Cabana	Morning	Experiencing "Club Med" sunshine. Saturate morning sunlight.
III	6-8	Palace Balcony	Late Morning	Moving towards a cooler, less saturate day. Quality of light is emotionally connected to Tartaglia's depressed state.
III	9	Under the Drain	Mid-day	Highly textured. Lighting defines location. Cool light appears as though pouring through holes of a drain. When Green Bird arrives, light intensifies as though the bird emits an aura.
III	10-12	Cabana Garden	Mid-day	A halo of light surrounds Pompea as the Green Bird flutters past. Light restores to a natural look upon Renzo's entrance.
III	13	Serpentina's Garden	Sunset to Night fall	The most stylized lighting thus far. Most saturate in color. What can we do to transform us into another world? An enticing place? Can scenery be electrified?
IV	1	Cabana Garden	Night	A magical lust-filled evening. Lava lamps? Neon light feel? Seedy instead of romantic. Look stays for Truffaldino.
IV	2-3	Palace Balconies	Night	As tempers rise and princesses flee the angles of light become distorted.
IV	4-5	Nowhere Mountain	Void	Nowhere mountain becomes a land of stark contrast. It is a world without color. Is this sequence done with projections? The Green Bird's Perch Calmon Appears
V	1-2	Inside Palace	Sunrise	Truths are revealed at the dawning of a new day. Lighting mirrors that of the opening.