Joanne Ruf, Ladina
Brunner
English 10
Ms. Klasen
27/02/14
The use
of Lighting in West Side Story
Lighting
was clearly used to emphasize emotion and mood in West Side Story.
Each mood and feeling had a respective color to show the contrast of
situations and the transition of emotions between scenes. For
example, blue light in the first half of the play was used when Tony
and Maria were thinking lovingly about each other. Purple light was
used when Tony and Maria were together and in love; crucially, it was
used during Tony and Maria's marriage to emphasize their love for
each other. After their marriage, blue and purple were used in
different scenes to have different meanings. The colors red, yellow
and orange were shown boldly during the fight scene in Maria's dream
and during the gang rape of Anita. The colors were prominent to show
how serious and strong the emotions were during the scenes. In
conclusion, the intensity and colors of the lights during the play
indicated and strengthened the emotions and moods.
Related
Romeo and Juliet Questions
1.What
scenes in act 3 could the red, yellow and orange lighting be used
for? Why?
2.What
color should be used in act 3.4 and 3.5 when Romeo spends the night
with Juliet? Why?
1. Red: Fight scene gives an impression of anger, Yellow: Friar Lawrence's cell gives an impression about sickness ie. Romeo was in depression, Orange: Juliet's bedroom.
ReplyDelete2. Orange would be better colour because they feel successful in meeting each other and also there is Happiness.
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ReplyDeleteRed lighting could be used for could be used to show the anger of the fight scene. Yellow could be used for when Capulet agrees to the marriage to show how messed up the arranged marriage is. Orange could show the pure anger of Capulet when he yells at Juliet.
ReplyDeleteI would use purple, red is the color of the Capulet's and blue is the color of Montague. Mixing them makes purple.
Molly Tobin
During the fight scenes the color can be a deep red and orange this will show the agression during the fight and the blood spilt. Red can be on both Capulet and Juliet during their fight scene it will show the anger and how deep the fight is. Renua
ReplyDeleteDuring the fight scenes the color can be a deep red and orange this will show the agression during the fight and the blood spilt. Red can be on both Capulet and Juliet during their fight scene it will show the anger and how deep the fight is. Purple should be used while Romeo and Juliet get together because that colour can be used to show passion.
ReplyDeleteRenua Raje