The aim of the first rehearsal was to explore the creative possibilities of using light from an overhead projector. For this part of the project I was working with a solo dancer Claire Coleman (pictured above). I was keen to use sources of light which were easy to use and source and this idea was suggested to me by the theatre and lighting technician Karl Thurston Brown. The default light which is projected from an OHP is a white square with rounded corners. It is easy to adjust the height, size and focus of this output by using the manual settings on the machine.
One of the advantages of an OHP is that it is extremely quick and easy to change the shape and dimension of the light which is projected. By placing different pieces of card onto the top panel of the machine it is easy to create different frames of lights such as columns, stripes, curves and squares.
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