There are eleven cuing problems below. Each has a short piece of music that goes with it.
Write a sequence of light cues that begins with one look and changes dramatically to arrive at the second look. The transition time should match the length of the music. Use the music to visualize how the stage should look. You may use multiple cues in each sequence.
1. Passage
Begin in the early morning. End in the later afternoon. Along the way, indicate a perilous journey that might have storms, blizzards, lightning, or other types of severe weather.
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| Music:
The Ice Giants by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5745-the-ice-giants
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
LENGTH: 44 seconds |
2. Stained Glass
Begin with pale or blue light on stage. Create shifting colors of light from different directions through the sequence. Arrive at a broad, colorful look that is full-stage.
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| Music:
Tiny Fugue by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4531-tiny-fugue
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
LENGTH: 4 seconds |
3. Top of Show
Begin with a black stage. Use lighting selectively to reveal bits of the stage moment by moment, building up to a big burst that reveals everything.
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| Music:
Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4457-take-a-chance
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
LENGTH: 37 seconds |
4. Set Change
Begin with a bright exterior and a sunny day. Maintain the feel of daytime, but nevertheless drop down to much lower levels of light on most of the stage. At the end of the sequence, restore a bright sunny day again, but with slightly different colors.
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| Music:
Sweeter Vermouth by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4450-sweeter-vermouth
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
LENGTH: 24 seconds |
5. Macabre
Begin with a pleasant night-time look. Pass through a sequence of magical and colorful moments to arrive at a much deeper, richer, and spookier setting.
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| Music:
Sugar Plum Breakdown by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4431-sugar-plum-breakdown
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
LENGTH: 45 seconds |
6. Grand Entrance
Start with a small, focused area on the couple. Transition to a broad, grandiose and regal look onstage.
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| Music:
Running Fanfare by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4312-running-fanfare
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
LENGTH: 22 seconds |
7. Journey
Start with a cool, stark, outdoor setting. Transition to something warm, perhaps with pinks or reds and possibly a sense of water or canals. The transition should seem to move across the stage slowly, as if the change is wiping from one side to the other somehow.
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| Music:
Parisian by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4194-parisian
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
LENGTH: 41 seconds |
8. Festive
Begin with an early-evening or late-afternoon look. Arrive at look that suggests a festive party outdoors at night.
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| Music:
Morocco Sting by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4082-morocco-sting
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
LENGTH: 14 seconds |
9. Mystery
The beginning scene is a secluded and quiet spot outside in a meadow. The music should transport us into a clearing in the woods in the early evening.
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| Music:
Light Sting by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3979-light-sting
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
LENGTH: 14 seconds |
10. Romance
Begin by suggesting a cold or distant relationship between two characters. Proceed through changes that might be complex or they might be a steady shift. Visually support a feeling that the relationship has evolved into something warm with potential affection.
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| Music:
Easy Lemon (30 second) by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3695-easy-lemon-30-second-
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
LENGTH: 31 seconds |
11. Seasons
Begin with a bright autumn afternoon. Indicate a passage of time, including winter and spring, and then arrive at a morning in early summer.
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| Music:
Somewhere Sunny by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4390-somewhere-sunny
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
LENGTH: 59 seconds |