Monday23rd March 2015

Monday 23^rd March 2015

During this lesson we discussed further on the use of multimedia used in theatre. We talked about this for a while and this was useful because it made us more aware on how and why you can use multimedia in theatre. I learnt that it can show different views of the scene for example if there was a screen showing the birds eyed view as well as behind view and left and right side views. After this discussion, we all took part in a small activity in groups of 3-4. My group was included Jamie, Amaia and myself. The task we were set was to make a mini performance of 7 lines from the script and incorporate our phones as our device of multimedia in the performance. We decided to use our torches on our phones to include multimedia. Our short performance went really well. Using the torches made the piece look effective and eerie. Because we were given this task of using our phones as a way of multimedia gave us the chance to experience using multimedia in theatre and was a way of helping us think of ideas on how to use multimedia. It opened our minds and we really had to think outside the box.

After our break we separated in half and one group stayed in 413 and talked to Mr Crowthe and the other half went with Miss Baalam to another room. We talked about use of multimedia. Firstly with Mr Crowthe he showed us how to use live feed in a theatre production. I learnt new ways to incorporate this into theatre. For example I thought it was really interesting when Tim stood in front of the screen whilst Jamie was at the back of the room and when she walked closer toward the camera it would look as if she was walking behind up to Tim. Talking to Mr Crowthe about the use of live feed helped us to understand how to use live feed and how it can be effective. For example, it gives the audience to ways to look at the performance they could look at it being filmed or they could look on the screen.

In the room with Miss Baalam, we talked about the use of sound. We were told about the use of Garage Band and how that was helpful to us. It was useful to use because instead of having a video clip with acting and sound we were informed that we could make a voice recording and have it played over the top of our live performance and this to me was very interesting and I think it will look & sound great! Also Miss Ballam showed us how to use Garage band so it was useful for us because we were shown how we can use it and how we can use it in a show. We were given the app so we could experiment at home and also it made me remember that we didn’t just have to use voice recorders on our phones we could use special apps to make the sound more clear and louder.

Later on in the lesson, we were put into groups. My group included Roseby, Jake and Benji. There were 4-5 groups. We were each given a slip that had a scene from Antigone on it. My group had the scene where Creon was told by the Guard that someone had buried Polynieses. We were told that we had to think of ideas how we could use multimedia in the scene we had. My group came up with many ideas such as: we could video record some things and make it look as if it was a CCTV camera in the show and this would be shown on a t.v around school. Another idea we had was to use a clip that we filmed previous to the show and show it as if we were acting outside and then run onto stage through an entrance to make it look as if we were somewhere before but we were actually hiding behind stage. This was useful for our learning because it gave us the opportunity to think of how we can use multimedia in Antigone- the show we will be performing. Therefore this was a good exercise because we then we were able to brainstorm our ideas on how to use technology in the show.