Lighting Examples Research

For lighting I'm drawing influence from a variety of areas and aspects of the creative field. 

Example 1: Warpaint, Hammersmith Apollo

This is a photo that I took when I went to a Warpaint concert at the Hammersmith Apollo on the 26th of March 2015. I'm really happy with how the photo turned out, however looking at it now in the context of lighting it has inspired me to further research and develop backlit ideas. Because the majority of the light in this scene is coming from behind the members all appear as silhouettes apart from the bass player, Jenny Lee Lindberg. I love this affect because it adds intrigue as apart from an outline, you are left wandering what the members look like. Also because of the iconography of the instruments the members are playing the backlit approach emphasises these symbols. Obviously most people looking at this wouldn't know that Theresa Wayman, second from left, is playing a Dakota Red Fender Mustang, but the headstock shape is so iconic within the world of music that it immediately identifies this as band orientated music. Within my video I will aim to include shots that show parts of the instruments being played such as the guitar headstock and body, drums, microphones because of the implications embedded within those icons. After considering this it led me to think about other examples of backlighting in a music based context.

Example 2: The 1975

The above shot is taken from a 1975 concert. They use a rectangular shaped logo for the album artwork on their first album and as a lighting element live. Again as with the Warpaint photo it gives an interesting backlit silhouette look. Traditionally because of the way bands pose, dress and are depicted in videos etc they have a "gang" like quality. In an interview the drummer from Wolf Alice noted that thats what drew him towards playing music in the first place. From an audience perspective the backlit technique really aids that mentality because the musicians and their instruments are all the same colour, they stand out as a unit.