Week #2 - Miss Chinatown Fashion Show

Sadly I cannot provide a picture along with this post, but this weekend I attended a fashion show that my apartment-mate partook in. One of my friends who was also in attendance was adamant about taking pictures during the show but made a comment about the ceilings being too high for the flash on his camera to be effective. After talking about the poor lighting in the ballroom, I looked for the lights that would be used for the runway. When the models began the show I noticed that unlike a traditional fashion show where the room is near dark with the exception of the lit up runway, the room remained fairly lit, and they used a spotlight to draw attention. However, after having played with the lights the other day during class, I realized that whoever was working the spotlight did not do their job properly. The light was not focused on the runway, but very dispersed. Basically, the light was diffused and lit up areas that were unnecessarily lit. And I never realized how much of a difference a proper spotlight made, but I definitely noticed that my attention was not as focused on the models because other areas were lit up. If a crew member walked near the stage I saw him/her and that took away from the focus for a bit. With the lack of a properly handled spotlight, the models definitely lost some attention from the audience at random times during the show.