At the start of this lesson we were shown a video of a site specific piece of drama done on a single corridor, it showed many places of office work, transporting you to different various locations but the camera angle was fixed. We were given the task to use the voids, and we must use all 3 layers, and the camera had to stay in the same place and could only tilt. This helped us work on our ability to place an audience in order for them to see everything which meant we knew where we could direct our acting.
We decided that we needed to create a reason for the three different layers, we thought of progression and deterioration. Through this the idea we all felt interested was the decline in mental health. As the camera would tilt down through the voids, we'd see the mental deterioration of the patient as if they'd been admitted from a hospital.
We had to be aware of the space in which the camera would view, this meant Matt would look at tell us while doing a mock run of our decided parts. This was vital in being able to understand the audiences point of view and the fluidity of the actions. This is the full video:
Reasearch:
From doing this, I knew that looking into other site specific theatre company's, I'd be able to have a wider knowledge of what happens and if there are reasons for the theatre and the effects.
'Red Earth'
One company mentioned was 'Red Earth', this company uses large and vast landscapes to inspire their performances. They work throughout the world in places such as Japan, Europe and Mongolia exploring the world live in and altering our views and perception on topics such as climate change and the complex relationship we have with nature. The pieces are a variety of interactive and non interactive.
What I find interesting about this company is the effectiveness and the incredible nature of the piece, as when we did a small workshop using the outside ourselves, we found the factors very tricky, and these as a company are successful in creating effective pieces of drama. The nature of their pieces often seem exaggerated but in comparison to their stage being so large, their movements hold a lot more power in this way as they carry more meaning.
'RCINY'
The Romanian Cultural Institute in New York created a site specific piece called 'The Window'
I was really intereged by the idea of how it was presented to passer byers, and they were allowed to chose the amount of time they watched the performance that actual ran every 20 minutes between 7.30pm to 10.00pm. This broke the traditional theatregoer tradition as it was their personal choice.
The idea that there is a physical fourth wall, and from the video presented, we can see that the actors are actually speaking, making it all the more interesting as the audience cannot hear - allowing them to make up their own stories.
I like that business and unpredictable nature of this piece and think it can say something about society and what we perceive to be happening with just what we see.
Health and Safety
From this research were told to think more about Health and Safety aspects of a performance.
This involves actions such as stunts or large movements, making sure we are on a stable support and that there was no harm of injury.
The idea of lighting, thinking of the outside condiitions and where the effects of the lighting would actually be necessary as we need to think of the audience and how they will be transported.
The buildings or sites outstanding rules such as fire exits being blocked or other activies or jobs that may be occurring else where in/on the site.
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