As You Like It Haze (Post #1)

I had the pleasure of working on As You Like It, as light board operator for Lighting Designer Darin Wade during weeks 3, 4, and 5. Towards the end of act 1, there is a big transition from the Court into the Forest of Arden. Because the play was set in Louisiana, the "forest" is more of a swamp in our production. To really get that feeling of marshiness and swampiness Darin used a haze machine to get things looking nice and foggy.

On closing night the haze looked especially awesome, so I snapped some picture from up in the booth.

Sadly, the pictures I took don't really do it justice, but one thing that you can see is how the light beams become visible, with all the haze in the air. What really struck me about the lighting here was the fact that you can see the light in a way that you normally don't. I really like how it makes light look, since it becomes a 3-D object and I'd love to play around with haze some time to see what sorts of cool things could be achieved with this effect.