This performance was based on a multimedia adaptation of the play 1984. Therefore we used many multimedia techniques to make this performance. I had never worked with multimedia before so it was a new experience. I had to pick up the techniques of using multimedia in all its forms quickly to enable time to plan, organise and use different technical elements. Video tutorials helped and also the input from other people in my class who had more experience with this area of technical theatre.
Multimedia comes in many different forms. It can be visual, oral or aural. These include things like lighting sound, recordings, videos, songs, dance, props and costume. All these types of multimedia can vary also. For example in the canteen their were props that the audience could handle and look at, like the posters and jars of food on the shelves, but there was also edible props in the form of soup and bread, both of which added to performance. Each piece of multimedia was there to support the acting and enhance it. It stimulated the audiences imagination and got them involved which is very important, especially in immersive theatre.
In many performance you will see lighting, sound and props being used to make the performance interesting. However in this performance it wasn't an extra detail to make the play look pretty, it was another performance in itself and the multimedia needed to perform like the actors; efficiently and professionally. In a group of actors someone needs to be well briefed on their task and they need to perform to a high standard. If they don't, they affect the performance of those around them in a negative way and the audience lose concentration of the story they're watching. The same principle applies to multimedia. If the multimedia isn't well planned it will not perform well and in turn will make the world you are trying to create less believable. Therefore time and effort was needed to make the multimedia precise and clear.
Suspension of disbelief is something very present within our performance of 2050. For the performance to be effective you needed the audience to want to believe in the world of the play. Otherwise our jobs as actors became a lot harder as the story we are trying to sell and the world we were wanting to create isn't bought by the audience and we are therefore not fulfilling our roles as actors to entertain and inform. When you need the audience to be involved in the piece they need to believe that they are part of the world for it to work.
To get the audience involved we used a prop to engage them and create the atmosphere of entrapment, control and strict ruling from a higher power. We made them all wear surgical masks. We said that they might be carrying diseases that we didn't want spread. The masks were suffocating which ties in with the theme of the performance. The characters may feel suffocated by the oppressive figure of Big Brother. As we wanted the audience to feel on edge and like they had entered a new world that was completely different from the one they were living in 10 minutes ago. The numbers on the masks also stripped them of their human qualities and made them feel no more than a number. The masks created performance opportunities for us because we could question them if they weren't wearing masks and we could call them by the numbers on their masks.
When the audience walked around another element that grabbed their attention was the costume of some of the performers. The 101 tortures were wearing boiler suits, the trainers were wearing yellow mackintoshes and the anti-sex league were wearing red scarves. This costume separated these groups of people and intrigued the audience to watch them and follow them around. When the anti-sex league did their talk the audience may have followed because of what they were wearing. The rest of us were wearing dull clothes, mainly black and white and this meant that the audience may have also felt alienated because of their clothing.
The performance was sight specific. This meant that the building we performed in was made for the play we were performing. As a school as an institutional feeling about it, a place were rules are present and people are orderly and failure to comply with the rules result in punishment. All of these themes link to the story 1984. Every sight where a performance took place included some form of multimedia.
The Food Hall- in the food hall there were many examples of multimedia. There was a constant video of people from within the 2015 world talking about the world the audience had entered. I was included in the video as O'Brien's PA and I talked about how people who defied O'Brien and Big Brother were shameful and disgraceful. This made the audience feel like they were being watched and scrutinized. There was the sound of the three slogans 'War Is Peace, Freedom Is Slavery and Ignorance Is Strength,' on repeat which was a constant reminder to the audience of the rules of the world and how alien this world was compared to 2014 England. The wall was covered in posters linking to the party meaning wherever the audience looked they saw something advertising the party giving a constant presence.
Room 101- as room 101 is a torture room the multimedia in this room added to the tense environment the audience entered. There was a projection of an eye operation which is haunting and disgusting, but also there is a constant glare from an eye, an eye of someone in pain- it is almost like they're asking you for help. There was a constant sound of a baby crying. As many of the audience were parents their reaction to this was to run and help the child in distress but they knew it wasn't real. However the repetition slowly got into their heads and played with their minds and thoughts. There was a bright flash light in the corner creating an intense atmosphere, but also a heat. This made the room stuffy and similar to the masks, suffocating. The blood on the clothes and faces of the workers is also a sickening sight. Many people don't like the sight of blood so the overall feeling of room 101 was to leave as soon as possible; though this wasn't always possible.
Stanley's Apartment- there was the sound of a radio show on loop playing music and news that had been recorded to sound like something from the world of Airstrip One. It also created an eerie feeling. Many people in the room were silent but there was still a constant voice. There was also a video of training which encouraged people to go and see the training for themselves.
O'Brien's Office- this was the only room that used theatrical light. When O'Brien made his speeches the spotlight was on him drawing all focus and attention to what he was saying. It also made the audience feel uneasy as he was the only one in the light and the rest were left in the dark. The computers also created light, but they were also a prop. When the audience walked over they could see the workers looking at audience profiles or searching CCTV footage.
Space- this was were the group hate took place and at that time a projection of the 'criminals' were put up on the wall for the people to shout at. The audience may have found this disorientating. They could clearly see someone trying to talk, but the shouting of the crowd was so loud that it muted the confessions. The X's on the floor were very formal, placing the audience on exact spots and making them feel like a chess piece- being moved around at the pleasure of their 'hosts.'
Lecture Theatre- lighting played a big part in this space. Before the audience entered they were taken through in to a porch, the lights were turned off and they were left for 10 seconds. They then walked in and the light they saw was the glaring light of the incsog logo. The incsog logo was shown through a Prezi. This was an efficient way to brief the audience on everything that they were going to witness, but in a way that still made the scene and information believable.
As you can see from all I have evaluated multimedia played a key role in our performance of 2050. Without it the performance may not have been as effective and would have certainly given the audience less to engage with. Even though some of the multimedia got cut because of problems and technical issues, these are all human errors that can't be avoided. With more time maybe the problems could've been solved, however time is a luxury we don't have and we worked around the issues to make the performance as creative and effective as possible. However on the whole the multimedia was successful and I was happy with mine and the overall performance. Everyone stayed in character and the audience got involved and 'suspended their disbelief.' Though multimedia is difficult at times I would like to use it again and build my knowledge and experience.
Thursday, 8 May 2014
Wednesday, 7 May 2014
The Theatrical Performance
When we started devised practical work we were shown different resources to aid us when we started preparing our performances. We were shown firstly aiding videos linking to Prezi and how to use multimedia in a performance. Both of these resources were useful because they showed me the basics of the knowledge I would be developing throughout the term. One the most useful sources was watching the film of 1984. This gave us ideas to include in our own performances and gave us a visual and creative example of the characters, props and settings. This allowed us to take ideas and then make them our own, adapting them for our own take on the scenes we'd seen in the film.
We were asked to create a piece of multimedia theatre based on the story of 1984. According to the Assignment Brief my task was made up of four sections: to take part in multimedia workshops, rehearse our performance, perform our play and research to create our blog. All of these elements where key to creating a good performance and without one of them the rest didn't work or weren't as effective.
The topics, themes and issues we wanted to show in our performance of 1984 was the robotic state of the citizens of Airstrip One and their loyalty to Big Brother. We showed this through the characters in our room. Every single person was completely loyal to Big Brother and when the revolution came around none of them turned to the rebel side, they all remained as supporters of Big Brother. Plus when O'Brien made his speeches, they applauded and congratulated him whereas the audience were more timid and weren't enthusiastic in offering their congratulations. This shows that we were undoubtedly committed to the Big Brother regime. Also when the audience walked around the room to watch the workers researching peoples profiles they could clearly see that the work we were doing was in support of Big Brother.
The performance of O'Brien and the brainwashed citizens in the film version of 1984 influenced our piece greatly because it gave us the basic grounding for us to create our characters and the atmosphere that we wanted to create, by both using the characters created and the props and setting according to the themes we had identified. They gave us an idea of what, where and who our characters associated themselves with and we then developed that to fit into our own performance. We included some of the props that were used in the film including the wine bottles in O'Brien's office and the posters all around Airstrip One. Also the dull clothing of the citizens compared to the more classy attire of O'Brien created an interesting performance route for my group to investigate.
We are asked to think about many things when preparing our piece. We had to take in consideration other groups creative pathways, our own, the audience, the space we had and the story and message we wanted to convey through what we were doing. When creating a piece of immersive theatre, communication is key. You need to discuss with other groups their event timetables as your paths are sure to cross at some point during the course of the rehearsals and the performance itself. Therefore when planning our own schedule we needed to have an awareness of others also. Our space was key because depending on where you were put, there were different opportunities when planning your piece. Finally a story and message are key to any performance and therefore all of the elements I have just discussed needed to fit in with the story and message we wanted to create.
The difficult aspect of the performance was creating a complicated and detailed piece with as simple ideas as were possible. When creating a piece of multimedia for example you needed short cuts to perform the task needed without copious amounts of work and technical elements. When you start overcomplicating a performance, problems start occurring and when you don't have any spare time to waste, you need to have as little issues as possible and therefore simplicity was key.
My role was communicated by two main things: my personality and attitude, towards others and towards the audience and the costume I was wearing. My personality was very robotic, like what I was saying was a script that had already been written in my head by the government to say whatever they wanted me to. So when speaking to the audience I was calm and confident, with a friendly tone as I wanted to seem welcoming in a world was the opposite to that, something that I think put the audience on edge even more. However when talking to the other workers my tone showed that I thought that I was in some way superior to them and my sharp tone conveyed this. However when talking to O'Brien I was friendly, but without being disrespectful. My costume reinforced the idea that I thought I was above other citizens because like O'Brien I was wearing a suit which made me stand out from the crowd as a inner party member with some element of importance.
We staged our work around our props. As I had three rooms to prepare, we had a different structure to each. In the main room we had a seating area for the audience where they could watch the speeches. We had a row of computers and then as the main feature of the room, a podium on a raised platform. We had two doors entering the first back room and this let a flow of audience be constant. All the props in the first back room were pushed to the side which meant the audience walked through the middle and the second back room was mainly closed of to the audience, especially when there were people in there as it was O'Brien's office. This meant they just watched from the doorway and then exited when necessary. This layout allowed a constant flow of audience which made it easier for us as actors to perform.
We were asked to create a piece of multimedia theatre based on the story of 1984. According to the Assignment Brief my task was made up of four sections: to take part in multimedia workshops, rehearse our performance, perform our play and research to create our blog. All of these elements where key to creating a good performance and without one of them the rest didn't work or weren't as effective.
The topics, themes and issues we wanted to show in our performance of 1984 was the robotic state of the citizens of Airstrip One and their loyalty to Big Brother. We showed this through the characters in our room. Every single person was completely loyal to Big Brother and when the revolution came around none of them turned to the rebel side, they all remained as supporters of Big Brother. Plus when O'Brien made his speeches, they applauded and congratulated him whereas the audience were more timid and weren't enthusiastic in offering their congratulations. This shows that we were undoubtedly committed to the Big Brother regime. Also when the audience walked around the room to watch the workers researching peoples profiles they could clearly see that the work we were doing was in support of Big Brother.
The performance of O'Brien and the brainwashed citizens in the film version of 1984 influenced our piece greatly because it gave us the basic grounding for us to create our characters and the atmosphere that we wanted to create, by both using the characters created and the props and setting according to the themes we had identified. They gave us an idea of what, where and who our characters associated themselves with and we then developed that to fit into our own performance. We included some of the props that were used in the film including the wine bottles in O'Brien's office and the posters all around Airstrip One. Also the dull clothing of the citizens compared to the more classy attire of O'Brien created an interesting performance route for my group to investigate.
We are asked to think about many things when preparing our piece. We had to take in consideration other groups creative pathways, our own, the audience, the space we had and the story and message we wanted to convey through what we were doing. When creating a piece of immersive theatre, communication is key. You need to discuss with other groups their event timetables as your paths are sure to cross at some point during the course of the rehearsals and the performance itself. Therefore when planning our own schedule we needed to have an awareness of others also. Our space was key because depending on where you were put, there were different opportunities when planning your piece. Finally a story and message are key to any performance and therefore all of the elements I have just discussed needed to fit in with the story and message we wanted to create.
The difficult aspect of the performance was creating a complicated and detailed piece with as simple ideas as were possible. When creating a piece of multimedia for example you needed short cuts to perform the task needed without copious amounts of work and technical elements. When you start overcomplicating a performance, problems start occurring and when you don't have any spare time to waste, you need to have as little issues as possible and therefore simplicity was key.
My role was communicated by two main things: my personality and attitude, towards others and towards the audience and the costume I was wearing. My personality was very robotic, like what I was saying was a script that had already been written in my head by the government to say whatever they wanted me to. So when speaking to the audience I was calm and confident, with a friendly tone as I wanted to seem welcoming in a world was the opposite to that, something that I think put the audience on edge even more. However when talking to the other workers my tone showed that I thought that I was in some way superior to them and my sharp tone conveyed this. However when talking to O'Brien I was friendly, but without being disrespectful. My costume reinforced the idea that I thought I was above other citizens because like O'Brien I was wearing a suit which made me stand out from the crowd as a inner party member with some element of importance.
We staged our work around our props. As I had three rooms to prepare, we had a different structure to each. In the main room we had a seating area for the audience where they could watch the speeches. We had a row of computers and then as the main feature of the room, a podium on a raised platform. We had two doors entering the first back room and this let a flow of audience be constant. All the props in the first back room were pushed to the side which meant the audience walked through the middle and the second back room was mainly closed of to the audience, especially when there were people in there as it was O'Brien's office. This meant they just watched from the doorway and then exited when necessary. This layout allowed a constant flow of audience which made it easier for us as actors to perform.
O'Brien's Speech
O'Brien's speeches were a very important element when creating my groups and my personal timeline. Therefore we included several during the performance. They were an active event for the audience to witness and appreciate and it was a performance that, unlike some scenes, was more personal, as the speeches were aimed at the people listening.
O'Brien's Bunker Speech
My fellow comrades, I will not mock you by telling you not to be scared, as I know you are not threatened by boys trying to play men, which are all these rebel scum are. They will be spreading lies at this very moment, telling you that I am cowering inside his bunker, even that I am begging for my release and negotiating my surrender, yet let this message I send to you now, ring out across Airstrip One- I will never hide, I will never beg and I will never break. Let the rebels know that they will be the ones hiding away in fear, they will be the snivelling criminals begging for forgiveness and that we will break this rebel force piece my piece, bone by bone, thought by thought.
And to all those who are standing against Big Brother, know this. In this world there are people who live according to the rules and teachings of their father big Brother. A family unit that think, speak and do whatever it is they are needed to do, because they are soldiers, warriors, survivors. And then there is you. As useless as the ruins of the war, a bitter reminder of our deluded ancestors. You are cowards, deserters, criminals. And the biggest difference between you and us is that we will live and you won't. your worthless lives burnt into ashes that will scatter in the icy wind and become the dirt for our soldiers to stamp on. You will fail and we will win. You will fall and we will march on. We will survive and you will die.
At this very moment I am joined by my fellow soldiers and it is just a matter of time until we free ourselves from our captors and establish, once again, Big Brother as the leader of all. Join us in our fight my brothers and sisters. Fight the thought criminals, the toy soldiers, the pretenders. Join together and fight for your loving Big Brother. And remember the three foundations our ministry, our country, our world is built on: War Is Peace, Freedom Is Slavery and Ignorance is Strength.
O'Brien's Bunker Speech
My fellow comrades, I will not mock you by telling you not to be scared, as I know you are not threatened by boys trying to play men, which are all these rebel scum are. They will be spreading lies at this very moment, telling you that I am cowering inside his bunker, even that I am begging for my release and negotiating my surrender, yet let this message I send to you now, ring out across Airstrip One- I will never hide, I will never beg and I will never break. Let the rebels know that they will be the ones hiding away in fear, they will be the snivelling criminals begging for forgiveness and that we will break this rebel force piece my piece, bone by bone, thought by thought.
And to all those who are standing against Big Brother, know this. In this world there are people who live according to the rules and teachings of their father big Brother. A family unit that think, speak and do whatever it is they are needed to do, because they are soldiers, warriors, survivors. And then there is you. As useless as the ruins of the war, a bitter reminder of our deluded ancestors. You are cowards, deserters, criminals. And the biggest difference between you and us is that we will live and you won't. your worthless lives burnt into ashes that will scatter in the icy wind and become the dirt for our soldiers to stamp on. You will fail and we will win. You will fall and we will march on. We will survive and you will die.
At this very moment I am joined by my fellow soldiers and it is just a matter of time until we free ourselves from our captors and establish, once again, Big Brother as the leader of all. Join us in our fight my brothers and sisters. Fight the thought criminals, the toy soldiers, the pretenders. Join together and fight for your loving Big Brother. And remember the three foundations our ministry, our country, our world is built on: War Is Peace, Freedom Is Slavery and Ignorance is Strength.
Notes From Evaluation Lesson
Justify our use of Multimedia NOT the performance itself
Multimedia- the use of different technical elements. That can be visual, oral or aural. Lighting, sound, recording/video, songs, dance, props (edible and props the audience can handle), costume.
Normally multimedia supports the acting, but in this, the multimedia is as important as the acting. The play was multimedia. Like actors all the technical elements performed.
What worked- costume intrigued the audience. When they were wearing certain costumes they wanted to follow (boiler suits, anti-sex league, mackintoshes)
Light- lecture theatre. The lights were turned off to disorientate the audience and then they were led into a room with a bright board depicting the ingsoc logo.
Suspension of disbelief- the audience want to believe in the world of your play.
Sound- sound of the crying baby and depressing music in Stanley's room.
What didn't work- more time would be good but time is a luxury and when working on a large scale play, time is a certain luxury we don't have.
School building- institutional feeling. Sight specific- created a performance for just that building.
Food hall- sound of slogans. Projection of interviews on a loop. Poster covered walls. Labels on the ingredients.
101- projection of eye operation. Sound of baby. Bright flash light- creating heat and bright light, suffocating feeling, torture tools. Blood on the board and on the workers.
Stanley's apartment- hidden music player playing radio show on a loop and music. Video of training.
O'Brien's office- spotlight for speeches. Computers- prop and light. Dressing room costumes.
Space- projection, sound, lighting, X's on the floor.
Lecture theatre - Prezi. Lined up on the carpet lines.
Masks- put them on edge. They were hard to breath in. They made then feel alien and detached from us. The numbers took away there human qualities. Helped them buy into our world- disease and strict rules. Created performance opportunities- we could tell them off for not wearing them and call them by their number.
Idea for masks (and whole performance) from Punchdrunk in their performance. It allows the audience the freedom to perform.
Year 13- ushers. Both spectators and actors- 'spectators.'
TALK ABOUT ACTING BUT LINK TO MULTIMEDIA.
Tuesday, 6 May 2014
My Character
My Character is O'Brien's PA. My job will be tend to all his needs and run any errands for him. I want my character to be a party supporter but as I am a inner party member I know of everything that goes on inside the government system as I am directly involved. Therefore I want to be very robotic when talking to the audience, but with other party supporters I want to have a certain knowledge of the whole situation. I will always support everything the party proposes and will quickly stamp out any opposition by personally doing something or reporting the 'traitor' to my boss O'Brien. I think my character will be well spoken and stuck up when addressing everyone but O'Brien. As I work closely with O'Brien my character thinks they have an importance within the party and therefore everyone else is lower than them. When addressing O'Brien, however, I will be very polite, always addressing him as sir and never challenging his word and only giving my opinion when it is asked for. When the revolution takes place I will still remain a faithful party supporter and will suffer any consequences that come along with my loyalty.
I will be wearing a costume that reflects my job, status and persona. I will be wearing a black pencil skirt, white shirt, black blazer and black shoes. I will wear my hair in a neat bun and will always have a clipboard with me to take notes, collect information and list any jobs I need to perform.
I am happy with the character I have been given as I think I will be able to develop my character a lot. As I have a different view on the party and its members I have a different approach to party policy compared to the other supporters. I understand what goes on behind the scenes and I have helped in these happenings. I think the character has distinctive features that will make my character interesting and memorable.
Lesson Evaluation
Today we were clearing out our rooms to be able to set up our props for the performance the following week. My room consisted of three separate rooms, all of which required attention and details completely different for each individual room. Our main concern was the two back rooms we were in charge of as they were covered in props from previous performances. We needed to clear out these rooms to be able to start planning where and what we could put in the two rooms. This task was as hard as I had expected as the whole group and some people from other groups helped us clear the room out. Another concern was also moving the props out of our other working space once they had been moved from the back rooms. This task was also helped by other group members as they took some of the props we had cleared out for their room. Some of the props were kept by my group as we thought they would work well in the particular themes of our rooms.
For each individual room we had different themes and scenes that would take place in each room. For the main room we would have a computer room were workers would be constantly be looking at the profiles of the visitors and reporting their findings to O'Brien or myself. There would be a podium in that room for O'Brien to make his speeches and this podium may be raised so whoever enters will know the hierarchy of the world they have just entered. There will be a projector to project the digital doubles onto and any other information.
The first back room will be O'Brien's dressing room. We thought it would be an interesting and also slightly comical comparison to the dull lives of the other citizens by having rows of different coloured shirts, blazers, ties and shoes. It also shows that even though the ordinary citizens are told that everyone has the same as they are one unit, one mind, one mouth, one person, the inner party members have a more luxurious lifestyle, undermining the foundations the world of Airstrip One was built on.
The second back room will be O'Brien's office. This is where he will write his speeches and have his meetings. All his files and profiles will be here and other various documents available for the audience to look at. We also wanted to add some empty glasses and wine bottles as in the film, O'Brien is shown drinking wine, which in this world was a luxury unknown to the normal citizens. This would make interesting interactions when other characters come into both the back rooms as it will be a puzzling experience. they have rations on their food, clothes and necessities, whilst O'Brien has all the luxury a man could wish for.
After we had cleared out the rooms we had to decide where to put the props that we had found and the ones we had brought in ourselves.
Props List
Computer Room
Desks (6)
Chairs (5)
Wheeled chair
Computers/laptops (6)
Podium
Stand
Filing tray
Dictionary
Paper
Paper weight
Pot of pens
Dressing Room
Dressing Table
Mirror
Perfume
Make-up
Chair
Clothes rail
Suits and shoes
Ironing Board
Iron
Vase
Office
Desk
Chairs (2)
Filing tray
Filing cabinet
Posters
Bottles
Pen Pot
Snow Globe
Whiteboard
Map
Lamp
For each individual room we had different themes and scenes that would take place in each room. For the main room we would have a computer room were workers would be constantly be looking at the profiles of the visitors and reporting their findings to O'Brien or myself. There would be a podium in that room for O'Brien to make his speeches and this podium may be raised so whoever enters will know the hierarchy of the world they have just entered. There will be a projector to project the digital doubles onto and any other information.
The first back room will be O'Brien's dressing room. We thought it would be an interesting and also slightly comical comparison to the dull lives of the other citizens by having rows of different coloured shirts, blazers, ties and shoes. It also shows that even though the ordinary citizens are told that everyone has the same as they are one unit, one mind, one mouth, one person, the inner party members have a more luxurious lifestyle, undermining the foundations the world of Airstrip One was built on.
The second back room will be O'Brien's office. This is where he will write his speeches and have his meetings. All his files and profiles will be here and other various documents available for the audience to look at. We also wanted to add some empty glasses and wine bottles as in the film, O'Brien is shown drinking wine, which in this world was a luxury unknown to the normal citizens. This would make interesting interactions when other characters come into both the back rooms as it will be a puzzling experience. they have rations on their food, clothes and necessities, whilst O'Brien has all the luxury a man could wish for.
After we had cleared out the rooms we had to decide where to put the props that we had found and the ones we had brought in ourselves.
Props List
Computer Room
Desks (6)
Chairs (5)
Wheeled chair
Computers/laptops (6)
Podium
Stand
Filing tray
Dictionary
Paper
Paper weight
Pot of pens
Dressing Room
Dressing Table
Mirror
Perfume
Make-up
Chair
Clothes rail
Suits and shoes
Ironing Board
Iron
Vase
Office
Desk
Chairs (2)
Filing tray
Filing cabinet
Posters
Bottles
Pen Pot
Snow Globe
Whiteboard
Map
Lamp
Evaluation of the Lesson
Todays lesson was not a practical lesson, it was a planning lesson. Though not as exciting as performing, it is a key element when putting on a show. If you don't understand what, where and how you are doing a scene, more and more complications come to the surface at a time when you should be rehearsing and performing. As a group we had already created some scripts and props so when planning we took in to consideration what we had already planned, making our job easier than planning it all from scratch. We had to list props, key/dramatic moments and a timeline of when different moments of our scenes would take place. The performance starts at 18.45, after the audience are let out to roam and so we had to plan every detail from then to the final moment. Some of our original plans had to be scrapped, either because it overcomplicated the scene or didn't add anything to it and was perhaps at risk of taking away from the actual performance. We also had to take into consideration what other groups were doing. This is because as it is such a large scale performance, we will need to use other people in other rooms in out own scenes. Therefore we need to incorporate their ideas and timings into our own to make the scenes and importantly the transitions as smooth as possible. It was quite a difficult process especially due to the lack of communication between groups at times. Once you had planned your groups performance timetable it was harder to incorporate other ideas into them, but each and every group needed each other to help the performance have structure and a good storyline. After the lesson I know have a clear understanding of my timings and the timing of mine and other groups also.
My Groups Timetable:
18:45- preparation- preparing computers and dressing O'Brien.
19:00- O'Brien's first speech.
19:05- digital doubles.
19:20- O'Brien's second speech
19:25- USB smuggling.
19:30- mini revolution.
19.40- bunker speech.
19:45- break out from the bunker.
19:50- meeting in O'Brien's office.
20:00- Revolution.
My Timeline
18:45- in the Lecture Theatre/welcoming room collecting data of the visitors/audience.
19:00- take notes on O'Brien's speech.
19:05- feed information to the people running the computers to set up the digital doubles.
19:15- feed back to O'Brien on his speech and inform him of today's schedule.
19:20- take notes on O'Brien's speech.
19.25- feed back to O'Brien on his speech. When smuggler is discovered I will take him to a soldier to be taken away to Room 101.
19:30- get pushed into the bunker. Whilst inside I will help O'Brien write his bunker speech.
19:40- take notes on O'Brien's bunker speech.
19:45- break out of the bunker.
19:50- meeting in O'Brien's office.
20:00- revolution
During the preparation of the performance parts of each of these timelines may have to be changed.
My Groups Timetable:
18:45- preparation- preparing computers and dressing O'Brien.
19:00- O'Brien's first speech.
19:05- digital doubles.
19:20- O'Brien's second speech
19:25- USB smuggling.
19:30- mini revolution.
19.40- bunker speech.
19:45- break out from the bunker.
19:50- meeting in O'Brien's office.
20:00- Revolution.
My Timeline
18:45- in the Lecture Theatre/welcoming room collecting data of the visitors/audience.
19:00- take notes on O'Brien's speech.
19:05- feed information to the people running the computers to set up the digital doubles.
19:15- feed back to O'Brien on his speech and inform him of today's schedule.
19:20- take notes on O'Brien's speech.
19.25- feed back to O'Brien on his speech. When smuggler is discovered I will take him to a soldier to be taken away to Room 101.
19:30- get pushed into the bunker. Whilst inside I will help O'Brien write his bunker speech.
19:40- take notes on O'Brien's bunker speech.
19:45- break out of the bunker.
19:50- meeting in O'Brien's office.
20:00- revolution
During the preparation of the performance parts of each of these timelines may have to be changed.
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