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cause a room is essentially a room. For the rest of what

we do, it is still largely different every time.

So, when I found myself looking at two small rooms, no

more than 8x10, I knew I had to do something differ-

ent. The need to do something was even more pressing

because Akira changed outfits quickly and that meant I

would have little time to think through each new lighting

scenario. While Akira freshened her make-up, I decided

to apply the same discipline to lighting a scene that we

used to determine the volume of light. If light fills space,

then I knew where I had to start.

 I began by looking at each room. If I were going

to understand how light filled each room, I needed

to understand the physical structure of each room.

(See Figure 1, page 98)

 If I were going to move the lights from one

room to another without significantly re-staging

the lights, I needed to know both the similarities

and differences between the two rooms.

 Experience has taught me that before I can

"see" how things are different, I need to know how

- if - they are similar.

There were many similarities. A partial list includes:

 Both rooms had a sliding door facing the lake behind the house.

 While I didn't measure the rooms, I did "walk" them. They were about the

same size. So similar in size that for all intents and purposes, they were identical.

 Both had a door to a common bathroom.

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