6-zone pwm remote dimmer red Mansions drama

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 Wang Tianhong, lighting designer for the Chinese tour of the opera "A Dream of Red Mansions", created a grand "Dream of Red Mansions" with dreamy lighting design

There are a group of Chinese-American artists

With years of hard work and bold innovation

The classic Chinese literary masterpiece "Dream of Red Mansions"

Adapted into an English version of the opera and performed in theaters at home and abroad

Wang Tianhong, lighting designer for the Chinese tour of the opera "A Dream of Red Mansions"

Create a grand "Dream of Red Mansions" with dreamy lighting design

Wang Tianhong

"Lighting design is both a god and a servant. It can destroy the whole play or bring light to the whole play." - Wang Tianhong

"Lighting design is like playing chess. Every point where the light falls has its meaning and importance. Just like a chess piece, you have to think clearly about when to use it."

"When Mr. Lai Shengchuan first found me, I first got acquainted with the script. Because the final effect the director wanted to present was in these texts. So I spent a lot of time listening to music and lines. The melody carried a lot of emotions, And the expression is very direct. For example, if the melody expresses the emotion that they are in love and are about to hug each other, but my lighting does not keep up with the atmosphere, then the audience can not fully appreciate this emotion. In fact, the lighting It is to open up the senses of the audience, so that they can experience the emotions in the drama more in their own shoes.”

"In this play, there are many duets between the characters to express their mutual affection. For example, when each other's feelings develop to the peak, they will sing and praise each other. At this time, we will focus the light on each other. Going to them to accentuate the mood. The lighting is there to make the whole situation more dreamy. The audience will feel as if the world is just around them, allowing the audience to immerse in the emotion between the characters.”

The stage design of Dream of Red Mansions uses a lot of translucent materials

Wang Tianhong adopts the method of backlight

Let the characters show a crystal clear texture on the stage

At the same time, it also creates the light and dark changes of traditional Chinese shadow play.

Through the cooperation of materials, lighting and control, the performance venue will focus on lighting the performance characters, soften the background and weaken the surrounding objects. Multi-level and multi-space display is currently in the public, and these only need to adjust the brightness and intensity of each different area through the VT-B203 6-zone remote dimmer, so as to achieve the required scene for the performance.

"We want the characters to look very classical, so the costumes are all made of light-transmitting yarn materials. The color of the light is also matched with the material of the clothes to highlight the characters' characteristics. For example, Daiyu's clothes are light Green, I use lights to make the light green more prominent.”

"Lighting design requires you to put forward a lot of ideas and concepts in the early stage, but in the end, it has to be implemented on the stage. Generally, the preparation time for entering the theater is very short, about a week. Of course, there is a lot of work to be done in the front, but in the last week It's the essence. I really enjoyed the last week of trying my best. Because in that week, you're going to get all the ideas out there, and there are often unintended consequences along the way."