For my study, I decided to experiment with the back podcast room in the TV Control Room in the AMC. I wanted to explore the psychological aspect of being in a space like that, and what I could do to create an illusion and different perspectives. I created a video for this after some sketches in my sketchbook. The video is an overview of that room that’s completely dark except for blue LED Strip lights and then different angles of that. Then, we zoom into the light a little bit and I put my hand in front of the strips up and down to create movement which then creates subtle illusions. This demonstrates how light can be shifted through attention, depth, and atmosphere without changing the physical environment. With more of a close up, the led creates flickering with filming it, w7hich can distort the viewers feeling and overall perception. With this showing and study, I specifically explored how the light can feel unstable or calming depending on how we interact with it. I chose to do video as my medium because I wanted to capture the changes over time and to truly immerse the viewer in shifting the psychological effects of light from calm to intense.
Here are my sketches/storyboard with notes.
Here’s my video: