antigone performance

Scenes from Antigone:	Multimedia used and locations	How did the multimedia in each scene enhance the performance?
1. Creon announces that Eteocles will be honoured and Polynices will be shamed and left un-buried.	Video to be shown on screen in reception.	The video will grab the audiences attention which is important as it is the first seen. It also helps introduce the concept of multimedia
2. Antigone goes to Ismene to persuade her to assist the burial of their brother. Ismene refuses.	By the tree - video shown of the thoughts of the characters.	This helps the audience fully understand how the characters are feeling it enhances the performance because their emotions and thoughts are shown through both the video and the actors
3. Antigone goes to bury her brother.	Round of wooden stumps.	The usage of alarm and police tape enhanced the performance by making it more realistic which helped the audience relate to what was going on
4. Creon looks for the support of the chorus of Theban Elders in his  decision to leave Polynices unburied.	Creon announces from fire escape door of 415 - chorus round the tree looking up. Audience looking up also.	This strongly presented the staus of creon because he is above everyone even the audience.
5. A Sentry reports the burial of Polynices. Creon insists that the Sentry finds out who or face death.	Filmed footage of event is shown on screen top of stairs. Sentry talking to Creon.	This made the performance more real because they had evidence, also it reinforced the event that happened
6. Chorus sing about honouring gods.	From the yard up to windows of 413 Recorded chorus played.	Because the audience watched this from above, it made the chorus seem like one moving thing. Also the pre recoring and the breaths made it more intreaging and mysterious
7. Sentry returns with the Culprit: Antigone. Creon confronts her.	Burst into 413 - audience turn to see. Lighting used.	Because the scene is sudden, the lights enhance the dramaticness of it
8. Creon confronts Ismene. Ismene tries to confess but Antigone won't allow it. And in the end, the two sisters are imprisoned.	Still in 413 but Creon live speaks to a projected Ismene. Antigone is walked out the room and joins the real Ismene - escorted off. Lighting used	This made the performance more interesting because they were watching a live actor communicate with someone on a video
9. Haemon both pledges allegiance to his father, Creon, and asks that Antigone be spared. After the discussion deteriorate, Haemon storms out vowing never to speak to him again.	Traverse in 413 - iphone lights as the two talk. Throughout confrontation, lights go out, one by one.	This made the scene more mysterious because there were only two lights to light the characters, also the lights going out added to the atmosphere
10. Creon choses to spare Ismene, and to bury Antigone alive. As she is dragged out, the chorus express their Sorrow.	One light left on Creon's face. Sound of s body being dragged...etc.  Projection and video used	The sound enhanced the performance dramatically because the audience had no idea where it was coming from. The projection and video reinforced the mysterious atmosphere
11. Tiresias attempts to advise Creon that what he is doing is wrong and that the Gods are angry. The prophecy of a dead son is mentioned.	Tiresias never moves his mouth but what he says coupled with weird underscore is played through speakers of 415. Projected video played	This enhanced the performance because the audience would watch the facial reactions of Tiresias while his voice was played but his mouth didn’t move
12. The chorus, terrified, begs him to take Tiresias' advice. Shaken, Creon agrees to release Antigone and bury Polynices.	As many chorus as possible fill cavities of 415 and urge Creon. Three doors and side grated window thing.	The chorus being in the room made the atmosphere more intense
13. Chorus deliver a choral ode to the god Dionysus.
14. Messenger informs Eurydice of Haemon and Antigone's death.	Filmed footage on repeat of Haemon stabbing himself and Antigone hanging, swinging from a branch.	Having the video in the background of haemon stabbing himself helped the audience understand his pain more because they were seeing him go through it. It also made what the actors were saying more dramatic because the audience could see what they were describing
15. Carrying the body of his dead son Haemon, Creon is then met by a 2nd messenger informing him of Eurydice's death.	Audience back outside looking at tree. Creon walking through the courtyard, holding Creon, confronted by messenger at the tree. Chorus look down from 415.	Having the two dead bodies actually lying infront of the audience enphasised the amount of people that had died because of one mans decision. In a strange way, it could also make the audience empathise with Creon because he is staring at his dead wife and son

Evaluation

I am really pleased with how the performance of Antigone went, I felt like that the use of promenade theatre helped to make the play more modern and kept the audiences attention because they never knew where they were going to go next or what was going to happen. There was a wide range of multimedia used throughout the performance: videos, lights, pre recorded sounds, alarms and microphones. This also helped greatly in bringing Antigone to a modern era and it also engaged the audience because they always had more than one thing to look at. Overall, it gave the play a mysterious atmosphere because sometimes only iPhone lights were used or sounds were being projected but the audience didn't know here from. It defiantly had an impact on the audience.

The multimedia impacted the audience because they had no idea what was coming next. The scenes varied so much because we did them in groups and everyone interpreted the play differently and used multimedia in a slightly different way. The multimedia had a positive impact on the audience because it made the piece easier to understand as the story was being explained through multimedia aswell as the dialog of the play. It also made the play more unique and creative because there were so many different elements.

I don't think the performance would have been as effective without multimedia because there would have been no contrast or difference between each scene. I think because we were split into groups and were allowed to chose what multimedia we used, it allowed every scene to have it's own style and it's own way of presenting this story with the use of multimedia. It enhanced the performance because people could be more creative in the way they presented the story which then intrigued the audience because it was something they maybe hadn't seen before and none of the scenes were repetitive, everyone had used multimedia in a slightly different way. I also think multimedia helped the audience understand what was going on. Because the language used at that time is very different to how we speak now, it can be hard to understand, so the use of video and sound helped audience members who were struggling because they could watch the events happening and with the sound, it helped create an atmosphere so the audience could sense what emotions the actors were feeling.

I think the the scene where Haemon's mum finds out about his suicide, a video of him killing himself is played repeatedly in the background, was the most effective. When the mum walks in asking what has happened the audience can sympathise with her because they already know as they have seen the video but are waiting for her to find out. When Haemon's suicide is being describe and what lead to him stabbing himself are projected, the video enphaisis the pain he felt and really engages the audience. I think the multimedia, in all of the scenes, helped back up what the actors were trying to present.

Lesson review - 27/4/15

Today we ran through the promenade peice, in order to see how the audience would move from one group to another. When performing our piece, i felt like i didnt perform to my best. I really need to think about the relationship between me and my brother and how seeing his dead body would effect me. When saying my last line, i need to have a sense of shock when the alarm goes off rather then waiting for it. I also struggled to pull ellis off the stage, but once we have a plastic sheet underneath i think it'll be easier. I also need to go through my lines for the second choral section as i wasnt confident with them when we went through it.