Lighting

Question 1

A Key Scene 1

Answer 1

Near beginning in Devon, when the boys are signing up to join the army.

Question 2

A Key Scene 2

Answer 2

Near the beginning/middle when Captain Nichols was shot off his horse

Question 3

A Key Scene 3

Answer 3

Middle of the play the French mother and daughter were looking after the horses with Friedrich.

Question 4

A Key Scene 4

Answer 4

Beginning of the play, Joey turns from a foal into a adult horse.

Question 5

A Key Scene 5

Answer 5

At the end of the play when Joey and Albert were returning home from war.

Question 6

What was the impact of the..
- warm, yellow wash
Then contrasted into...
- US lighting became a dimmer
- DSR bright, white flashing spotlight to resemble camera taking photos.
In Key Scene 1

Answer 6

• Spotlight emphasised the key characters and drew the audience’s attention to them.
• Warm lighting at the start showed the joyous, homely atmosphere of Devon before the war broke out.
• Camera flashes created a monochromatic feel which set it within the 1914 time period and it also made us focus on the important action of the soldiers signing up to war.
• Flashes were quite shocking and perhaps foreshadowed the violence or danger to come.

Question 7

What was the impact of the bright light shone onto the stage in Key Scene 2?

Answer 7

• Bright light forced the audience to squint and look away from the stage making them feel overwhelmed.
• It really emphasised the white light that often appears to someone about to die/be injured in a tragic accident.
• Side lighting formed shadows of the other horses and soldiers of that scene.
• The bright lighting made a silhouette of Captain Nichols in the moment of his death, capturing the audience’s attention in that moment.

Question 8

What was the impact of...
- Side lighting during the moment.
- Centre stage right by the wing, there was bright white lighting 
- Warm yellow wash
Of Key Scene 3?

Answer 8

-This yellow wash showed how for a brief moment Friederich and the French girls were safe from the war and had their horses with them.

Question 9

What was the impact of the warm, bright yellow light from sidelights and above that featured in Key Scene 4?

Answer 9

• It was used to distract the audience from the transition the actors had to make.
• It indicated his growth.

Question 10

What was the impact of…
- Still had a “homey yellow” wash
- At the end had a more orangey wash for the lighting
In Key Scene 5?

Answer 10

• The orangey lighting symbolised the end of the day like a sunset and also the end of the war and how they were safe again.
• This also symbolises the end of the play and had a heart warming effect on the audience.