{"id":38921,"date":"2022-09-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/nsf-grant-will-further-development-of-professors-webcam-lighting-studio\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T10:39:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T14:39:38","slug":"nsf-grant-will-further-development-of-professors-webcam-lighting-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/2022-09-05\/nsf-grant-will-further-development-professors-webcam-lighting-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"NSF Grant Will Further Development of Professor\u2019s Webcam Lighting Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a lighting designer for both theatre and dance, Professor of Theatre David Fillmore specializes in \u201clarge, environmental storytelling.\u201d Consider, for example, the Children\u2019s Theatre of Charlotte\u2019s production of Dragons Love Tacos,<\/em> in which he made fire-breathing dragons burn down a house.<\/p>\n

But while he loves \u201cbringing imagination to life,\u201d Fillmore also knows how to make people look good \u2013 on a stage or a screen. \u201cIt\u2019s something I do for a living,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Now, with a 2022 Innovation Corps grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF I-Corps), he may soon bring that skill, and the technology that goes with it, to a Zoom meeting near you.<\/p>\n

When the pandemic hit, and life moved to screens, Fillmore found himself staring at poorly lit faces \u2013 including his own \u2013 for hours on end.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt bothered me that I couldn\u2019t see people in the meetings,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd I wanted to have a little more control over how I looked.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/a>Fillmore also witnessed the struggles of theatre companies trying to produce well-lit virtual productions. So he came up with the idea for the Webcam Lighting Studio, a portable package of lights, plus equipment and software, that range from simple DIY kits for the person who wants to look good for a virtual conference presentation, to a sophisticated package that comes with a professional lighting designer.<\/p>\n

He took his idea to the University\u2019s Ventureprise program<\/a> in Fall 2021, where he says \u201cthe customer discovery process really opened up the possibilities\u201d for his project. Finding a technical lead in Professor Asis Nasipuri, chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the industry mentor Dana Hicks, of Launch LKN<\/a>, he applied for the NSF I-Corp grant and has received $50,000 to further develop his product.<\/p>\n

The National Science Foundation created the I-Corps grants to help faculty and students “extend their focus beyond the university laboratory and accelerate the economic and societal benefits of NSF-funded, basic-research projects that are ready to move toward commercialization.” In addition to receiving funding support, Fillmore and his team, which includes engineering graduate student Karen Gonagur, will participate in I-Corps workshops throughout this fall.<\/p>\n

Fillmore came to UNC Charlotte in 2004. He has created more than 200 designs for local, national, and international productions. While he has trained and worked in both scenic and lighting design, he especially enjoys creating with light.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe light etches out everything, like a sculptor does with tools.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pictured above, Fillmore demonstrates an outdoor lighting setting with Webcam Studio Lighting.<\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a lighting designer for both theatre and dance, Professor of Theatre David Fillmore specializes in \u201clarge, environmental storytelling.\u201d Consider, for example, the Children\u2019s Theatre of Charlotte\u2019s production of Dragons Love Tacos, in which he made fire-breathing dragons burn down a house. But while he loves \u201cbringing imagination to life,\u201d Fillmore also knows how to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":38923,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_clt_a11y_last_scan":"1778693241","_clt_a11y_has_violations":"0","_clt_a11y_violations":"[]","_clt_a11y_suppressions":"","_clt_a11y_needs_validation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-38921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-theatre"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNSF Grant Will Further Development of Professor\u2019s Webcam Lighting Studio - College of Arts + Architecture<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NSF Grant Will Further Development of Professor\u2019s Webcam Lighting Studio - College of Arts + Architecture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As a lighting designer for both theatre and dance, Professor of Theatre David Fillmore specializes in \u201clarge, environmental storytelling.\u201d Consider, for example, the Children\u2019s Theatre of Charlotte\u2019s production of Dragons Love Tacos, in which he made fire-breathing dragons burn down a house. But while he loves \u201cbringing imagination to life,\u201d Fillmore also knows how to […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/2022-09-05\/nsf-grant-will-further-development-professors-webcam-lighting-studio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"College of Arts + Architecture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-09-05T04:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-03T14:39:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/Fillmore.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"A-Luc A-Setzer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"A-Luc A-Setzer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/news\\\/2022-09-05\\\/nsf-grant-will-further-development-professors-webcam-lighting-studio\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/news\\\/2022-09-05\\\/nsf-grant-will-further-development-professors-webcam-lighting-studio\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"A-Luc A-Setzer\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2524d439f4495febdf4512de0e26f801\"},\"headline\":\"NSF Grant Will Further Development of Professor\u2019s Webcam Lighting Studio\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-05T04:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-03T14:39:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/news\\\/2022-09-05\\\/nsf-grant-will-further-development-professors-webcam-lighting-studio\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":423,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/news\\\/2022-09-05\\\/nsf-grant-will-further-development-professors-webcam-lighting-studio\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/807\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Fillmore.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Theatre\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/news\\\/2022-09-05\\\/nsf-grant-will-further-development-professors-webcam-lighting-studio\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/news\\\/2022-09-05\\\/nsf-grant-will-further-development-professors-webcam-lighting-studio\\\/\",\"name\":\"NSF Grant Will Further Development of Professor\u2019s Webcam Lighting Studio - College of Arts + Architecture\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/news\\\/2022-09-05\\\/nsf-grant-will-further-development-professors-webcam-lighting-studio\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/news\\\/2022-09-05\\\/nsf-grant-will-further-development-professors-webcam-lighting-studio\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/807\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Fillmore.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-05T04:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-03T14:39:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2524d439f4495febdf4512de0e26f801\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/news\\\/2022-09-05\\\/nsf-grant-will-further-development-professors-webcam-lighting-studio\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/news\\\/2022-09-05\\\/nsf-grant-will-further-development-professors-webcam-lighting-studio\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/news\\\/2022-09-05\\\/nsf-grant-will-further-development-professors-webcam-lighting-studio\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/807\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Fillmore.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/807\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Fillmore.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/news\\\/2022-09-05\\\/nsf-grant-will-further-development-professors-webcam-lighting-studio\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NSF Grant Will Further Development of Professor\u2019s Webcam Lighting Studio\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/\",\"name\":\"College of Arts + Architecture\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2524d439f4495febdf4512de0e26f801\",\"name\":\"A-Luc A-Setzer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/06f3f6dd924257205e2ce6b0a28ccb6d9dcdafa5f025fc5a4387dae6fda2e579?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/06f3f6dd924257205e2ce6b0a28ccb6d9dcdafa5f025fc5a4387dae6fda2e579?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/06f3f6dd924257205e2ce6b0a28ccb6d9dcdafa5f025fc5a4387dae6fda2e579?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"A-Luc A-Setzer\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/author\\\/tsetzer3_a\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NSF Grant Will Further Development of Professor\u2019s Webcam Lighting Studio - College of Arts + Architecture","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"NSF Grant Will Further Development of Professor\u2019s Webcam Lighting Studio - College of Arts + Architecture","og_description":"As a lighting designer for both theatre and dance, Professor of Theatre David Fillmore specializes in \u201clarge, environmental storytelling.\u201d Consider, for example, the Children\u2019s Theatre of Charlotte\u2019s production of Dragons Love Tacos, in which he made fire-breathing dragons burn down a house. But while he loves \u201cbringing imagination to life,\u201d Fillmore also knows how to […]","og_url":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/2022-09-05\/nsf-grant-will-further-development-professors-webcam-lighting-studio\/","og_site_name":"College of Arts + Architecture","article_published_time":"2022-09-05T04:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-06-03T14:39:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/Fillmore.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"A-Luc A-Setzer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"A-Luc A-Setzer","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/2022-09-05\/nsf-grant-will-further-development-professors-webcam-lighting-studio\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/2022-09-05\/nsf-grant-will-further-development-professors-webcam-lighting-studio\/"},"author":{"name":"A-Luc A-Setzer","@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/#\/schema\/person\/2524d439f4495febdf4512de0e26f801"},"headline":"NSF Grant Will Further Development of Professor\u2019s Webcam Lighting Studio","datePublished":"2022-09-05T04:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-03T14:39:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/2022-09-05\/nsf-grant-will-further-development-professors-webcam-lighting-studio\/"},"wordCount":423,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/2022-09-05\/nsf-grant-will-further-development-professors-webcam-lighting-studio\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/Fillmore.png","keywords":["Theatre"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/2022-09-05\/nsf-grant-will-further-development-professors-webcam-lighting-studio\/","url":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/2022-09-05\/nsf-grant-will-further-development-professors-webcam-lighting-studio\/","name":"NSF Grant Will Further Development of Professor\u2019s Webcam Lighting Studio - College of Arts + Architecture","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/2022-09-05\/nsf-grant-will-further-development-professors-webcam-lighting-studio\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/2022-09-05\/nsf-grant-will-further-development-professors-webcam-lighting-studio\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/Fillmore.png","datePublished":"2022-09-05T04:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-03T14:39:38+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/#\/schema\/person\/2524d439f4495febdf4512de0e26f801"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/2022-09-05\/nsf-grant-will-further-development-professors-webcam-lighting-studio\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/2022-09-05\/nsf-grant-will-further-development-professors-webcam-lighting-studio\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/2022-09-05\/nsf-grant-will-further-development-professors-webcam-lighting-studio\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/Fillmore.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/Fillmore.png","width":600,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/2022-09-05\/nsf-grant-will-further-development-professors-webcam-lighting-studio\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NSF Grant Will Further Development of Professor\u2019s Webcam Lighting Studio"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/","name":"College of Arts + Architecture","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/#\/schema\/person\/2524d439f4495febdf4512de0e26f801","name":"A-Luc A-Setzer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/06f3f6dd924257205e2ce6b0a28ccb6d9dcdafa5f025fc5a4387dae6fda2e579?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/06f3f6dd924257205e2ce6b0a28ccb6d9dcdafa5f025fc5a4387dae6fda2e579?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/06f3f6dd924257205e2ce6b0a28ccb6d9dcdafa5f025fc5a4387dae6fda2e579?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"A-Luc A-Setzer"},"url":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/author\/tsetzer3_a\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38921"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38925,"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38921\/revisions\/38925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}