Mark Jonathan - Lighting designer In The Crucible , lighting was very important to set the mood for each Act, and as lighting designer, Mark Jonathan was responsible for using different lighting techniques to create the desired effects. In the opening scene, 24 lanterns are dropped from the ceiling while the actors arrive on stage singing a psalm, and only the actor’s faces can be seen. The dim lighting tries to convey visually the collective religious belief of the Salem community. In another Act, Mark uses another lighting effect: a spotlight gently swinging under the floorboards to give the sense of being in an attic with people walking around below. A gobo – a metal plate with a pattern cut into it - is used later in the play to create shadows that would have come from a set of windows at the front of the stage in the vestry room of the Salem meeting house. |  | |
