Professional Documentation: Working with my Lighting Operator.

Due to the sudden change of mood towards the end of my scene, I felt that lighting would play an important role in getting across to the audience that Tommy is becoming more and more paranoid. in order to help this I worked with Tom Newsham to decide how to best show the shift in tone of the scene whilst also keeping the western feel I was hoping for. Tom and I decided to go for relatively normal lighting until the dance number with the sole exception being a minor increase in colour when Hana enters the scene. Tom Newsham and I also agreed that from the dancing onwards, that the scene would go darker, and would gain a subtle red feel to it, indicating the danger and sense of death going through Tommy's mind. Below are notes taken from discussions with Tom Newsham about that lighting.