Evaluation

Evaluation

Evaluation of the performance:

• List all of the multimedia used in the performance.

- Cameras

- Lights

- Projection

- Speaker

- Videos(TV)

- Phones

- Recording

• How did multimedia enhance the overall performance? 

Multimedia enhanced the overall performance because it emphasised tension and emotion. It also meant the audience had to focus to not miss anything meaning it engaged them and showed a different way of performing. It told the story without always using dialogue, it brought life to characters that were showed through each scene. Multimedia made it easier to communicate to the audience what we wanted to adding onto this it enhanced emotions and the atmosphere. 

• What impact do you think it had on the audience and why?

I think it had a good impact on the audience because they were always on there feet looking interested about what was happening or about to happen. However I think they felt confused at times because there was a lot going on and they didn't have a lot of time to take it all in. As a whole i think it interested them to see what we could with multimedia and how we could incorporate with a greek tragedy. 

• Would the performance have been as effective without the multimedia? 

I think the acting was as strong as the multimedia so yes although at times we found it hard to incorporate it as we were learning at the same time i think we did well and without it i believe it would of had the same effect as we used promenade. 

• Which moment of multimedia was most effective and why?

I didn't get to watch many of the scenes that were inside so i didn't see much of the multimedia used but i saw the set of one scene in 415(Daniel group) and that looked very interesting i felt tension and a eery atmosphere when i walked in looking at the lights and projection so i feel they used that well. Although the use of the speakers for the chorus outside seemed most effective because it made us work together and move as one while building a emotion and telling a story to the audience.

multimedia

Multimedia aspect of your blog.

•   We began with a discussion of "what is multimedia?"

Multimedia means that computer information can be represented through audio, video, and animation in addition to traditional media

The word multimedia really shone out to me because in my generation at the moment it is a big thing, videos are shared virally, news spreads quickly through media and social networks and phones are used far to much, but to incorporate it all into a theatre piece excited me. I felt we could challenge ourselves as a cast and work together. After learning more about multimedia i felt we could use the setting as advantage such as the tv's spread around the school and electronics we had. I felt it benefited our play and brought life to it in a diverse way.  

•   Incorporating aspects of your mobile phone when responding to a moment of the chorus.

•   Exploring what "Live feed" is and how can it be incorporated. 

A live broadcast is fed through to you via television or the internet.

•   Garage band - what is it and how can it be incorporated?

GarageBand is a music creation studio with a complete sound library that includes software instruments, presets for guitar and voice, and virtual session drummers.

Exploring the Promenade aspect of Antigone.

•   Responding to your site and how it can be used within your section. Sound/ Visuals...etc.

•   Consideration of how multimedia might be used within your piece. 

•   Considering your site and how it dictates what you can/ can't use.

Throughout the unit i have enjoyed learning how promenade works and how it can be used to visualise key scenes while moving around and using a lot of action, i learned it can take away from a piece but also add to it. It can add to a piece by setting the scene and keeping the tension high but at the same time it can take away the gripping feel of watching a scene right in front of your eyes the focus is on you and you can really put forward your emotions however while moving i noticed i got slightly distracted because i was thinking about where i was going and where i needed to be. This can show very clearly to an audience through body language but i also believe if you keep in full character showing strong body language and interpreting the right emotions from the character you are playing it will be a great performance. I found exploring a greek setting made it easier for me to visualise how the setting would look like, this helped because although the audience was watching me in a circle of wooden stumps i felt i was at a crime scene. 
The unit multimedia stood out for me at the start of learning about it but as i progressed i realised that it was also very difficult and you have to adapt your learning to suit the environment your in, when i found out my scene was not in the play and we were left to our imaginations to create an interesting scene that wasn't really thought about i found it a challenge but i also felt excited. As the unit went on i learnt that you can sometimes get distracted with setting and props and realised we hadn't thought to much about the multimedia as we were set outside and more focused on how we could bring excitement and humour into Antigone. We put a scene together and thought about how we could use phones and videos but we tried it and it didn't really fit together or create an atmosphere so we changed the piece and as a group realised that if we put our all in our piece will succeed. Our site did dictate that we couldn't really bring much multimedia into it but we felt we could use the setting at an advantage.