How Light is Used in the Last Scene of The Truman Show
My earlier post about lighting design in casinos and The Venetian hotel got me thinking about the last scene of The Truman Show. He's at the edge of Seahaven Island where the wall is painted to look like the limitless sky. The set where he has always lived is sunlit and bright. A space where Truman has 'nothing to fear'. When he opens the small exit door, there is darkness. Just like the casinos were designed to be oasis in the middle of the desert, the outside world is shown
The Power of Lighting
In 'Learning from Las Vegas' Venturi talks about the low lit gambling rooms and the brightly lit oasis-like patios of casinos. Light in casinos is 'anti-architectural' You don't know if it's day or night. You don't know where the room begins and where the room ends. 'Time is limitless' and 'space is limitless'. 'Lighting, is antiarchitectural.' The purpose of lighting here is to distort our senses. The shopping centre in The Venetian Macau has no natural light and is made to
BEING BOLD
In the world of Interior design, the fundamental rule of aesthetics in is that there are no rules. Some people like interiors which have...