Fall: Lighting and Audience

Lights and sound are to emphasize the content of the play. Without light and sound, the play would just be actors reciting words. The light and sound made the play more attractive. It was interesting and brought appeal to the audience. During the play, the light and sound helped distinguish between different scenes. As the ideas and scenes of Frankenstein changed the light changed. Also the sound depended on the scene. In darker themed scenes the lighting was dim but in happy themed scenes the lighting was bright. Also in darker themed scenes the sound was depressing, while in happy themed scenes the sound was uplifting. As Victor Frankenstein tried to bring the creature to life in the first scene, the lighting and sound design supported the play very well. In the beginning on that moment, the lights dimmed twice. All of a sudden the lights twitch, and the go completely off. The light slowly creeps back up, and the rain noises begin. During that particular moment, the audience started to hear loud wind and low rumbling noises. With these noises I heard booms clap and crack to indicate it was a severe storm outside. While hearing the storm, I saw dark lights with flashing blue and white lights in the background to show lightening. Victor Frankenstein needed the extra power from the lightening to make his creature come alive. As the storm continued, Victor began working on his creation. We could here the sound of his tools, and the sound of the thunder. As the storm got worse, the lightening finally struck Victors creature. When the creature got hit, the lights when off and sounds continued. The spotlight went on the creature to bring the focus on him. As the monster falls and try to develop to the new world, the sound goes completely silent. The light rises as Victor and Henry enters the stage. While the focus goes off the creature, the lower streak noises begin to indicate the storm is sill going on. During this scene the light and sound showed the audience it