Exploring multimedia in Katie Mitchels production
- she used props to create the chaos of life.
- added elements to help create an expirience and atmosphere.
- changed angles and views because she got bored of conventional theatre.
Divising a multimedia production
- narrowed down the biok to a much smaller document
- story board the decisions made for each section
- directirs role is to adjust thr actors idea so they fitted together
Acting in a multimedia production
- creating a film every night on stage
- switching from actung to texhnical where they had to focus cameras and adjust lighting etc
- film and stage acting are combined
INTRODUCTION TO GREEK TRAGEDY
- looks suffering straight in the fade
- universal themes, always relevant
- heroes should be good but also relatable so he does make mistakes, ideas like this were made by Aristotle who studied theatre in greek times
- fixed structure: prologue then chorus. Chorus marks the passing of time, they'll be on the stage for a few minuites but hours would have passed in the story
- similar to soap operas
- cathasis meant clensing process
People would come out of the theatre feeling emotionally drained, it clensed their emotions
BBC: acient greece the greatest show on earth
- 6th century before christ
- the classical workd, revolution of theatre created the idea of performance
- tradgedy offers the audrnce tough decisions
- connected politics/democracy with theatre
- the theaters weren't just used as theatres, they were also used for democratic activities
- they drank wine to get out of themselves and closer to the gods
- they held a drama festival with a procession for the god of theatre. A lot of money was spent on it, and that money was paraded around the stage. Orphans whos parents had died to protect the city, had special seats at the front and the city would now fund and care for them. Once the orphans sat down, the plays would begin
- they had comical characters who were half man half goat, to lighten up the mood because the plays were so tragic
- theatre was more a reflection on society and teaching moral value
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