In May 2008, Scott attended both the Broadway Lighting Design Master-class and the Broadway Projection Design Master-class series at New York University and the new XL Video/LED Studio on Broadway. The program was an inspiring, intensive workshop and lecture series, presented by Broadway's leading designers. The following provides some detail of the program and the presenters:
Lighting Design
Jules Fisher: An Approach to Stage Lighting.
Beverly Emmons and Clifton Taylor: Colour Therapy - the use of colour and apparent colour.
Donald Holder: Storytelling Through Light.
Peggy Eisenhauer: Musical Cueing: Sculpting Time and Rhythm, Case Study: Le Reve (Wynn).
Brian MacDevitt: Visual Aids: paintings and photography for inspiration and communication in the theatre.
Vivien Leone: Paperwork: It Is Not Just Paper - Efficiency in communication and documentation.
Howell Binkley: Dissecting Real estate on the Stage: Collaboration with Scenic Designers.
Peggy Eisenhauer: Emoting and Motion: Communicating With Movement.
Kevin Adams: The Fine Arts’ Influence On A Lighting Designer - Research and Communication.
Christopher Akerlind: Throwing Out The Story: Creating a light plot based on spatial ideas.
Wendall K. Harrington: Who Asked For These Projections Anyway?
Projection Design
Marcel DeKeyzer - Integration of LED lighting technology into productions and events.
Patrick Dierson (Artfag), Bruce Rodgers (Tribe)
, David I. Taylor (Arup) - Effective use of LED in performance.
Zachary Borovay & Brian MacDevitt - Case Study: A Catered Affair: collaboration of lighting and projection for the new Broadway musical, A Catered Affair.
Visualization and Playback Options: Intensive investigations of media servers and applications including Pandora's Box, Hippotizer, grandMA Video, Catalyst, Mbox Extreme, and d3.
In addition to the program of study, Scott spent a full day at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and saw the following Broadway productions:
Sunday in the Park with George, Studio 54
Spring Awakening, Eugene O'Neill Theatre
Passing Strange, Belasco Theatre (Post-show analysts with LD Kevin Adams).
Mary Poppins, The New Amsterdam (thanks Jimmy!)
Rent, The Nederlander Theatre (5000th performance).
In the Heights, Richard Rogers Theatre
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