Bench determines form, color, and composition before she begins. In her series a very costly masque prepared but not shown, she references contemporaneous descriptions of sixteenth-century theatrical elements. Aleya creates a simple stage that includes a set, props, and costumes. With her camera set to a long exposure, She captures the movement of the figurepulling the light, color, and form across the picture planethereby creating an illusion of motion and, at the same time, one of reverie.