This is an interesting picture because of the Our Town projects, and my recent trip to South and North Dakota. Both Our Town and the Dakotas give me that sense of simple farm life, and I feel this picture can easily be set in those locations. The amber glow of the sky is presenting the idea that the sun is either setting or rising. For the sake of this blog, I would like to say it is rising. I feel that the par can is able to produce a look similar to this sky. A few back diagonals could help the effect too by touching the back of the objects shoulders. Of course, there would have to be a few warm fills in the front. I think that lighting in this warm amber gives a mood of nostalgia or life to me. Also that cool light on the mountains–probably produced principally by the absence of light–give it a very naturalistic touch. Many Eugene O’Neil plays comes to my mind especially Beyond the Horizon. I would like to have lighting that emulates this picture in that play. It is of course a play about going to the unseen. The main character Robert wants to go “Beyond the Horizon” and see locations on the ocean. This lighting gives that same adventurist mood to me. What is beyond those hills? And where else is this beautiful sunlight also rising around the world? It speaks hope, and adventure to me.
P.S.-For some reason, I could not post the photo on the blog. Here is the url. Just copy and paste.
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