Entry Four

Reflection on Progress we have made thus far

1) Movement wise
Alright, we have made considerable progress in terms of our movement. Our original deadline was to actually have our whole performance choreographed by 30th July, so that we can start on full-dress rehearsals, but we realised that this was quite an impossible target. Considering the fact that we had little experience in physical theatre and that we had to re-choreograph plenty of our movements to make it less "dancey". These comments were made after our showcase of the first scene.

Therefore, we realised that we could make the movements less "dancey", especially for the first scene, by moving off-beat to the music. Basically, it means that we do not move to the music, but rather the music should fit our movements. Therefore, we tend not to follow the rhythm and tempo of our music. We plan to incorporate this in our following scenes.

Currently, we have completed 4 scenes out of 6.

2) Multimedia wise
Currently, our lights are pretty much already done. We just need to have more tech-runs to make our light changes more fluid.

In terms of sound, we are currently facing a problem. Miss Norzian commented that one reason why our movement piece seemed "dancey" was because our music were songs instead of sound. Songs have their own specific beat and rhythm, and when we perform our movements, we perform them according to the beat of the songs. Rather, we should have choreographed our movements first, before either designing or finding a sound that fits our movements.

Therefore, in order to tackle this problem, we have re-choreographed the "narvas" portion of the first scene as this portion was the most "dancey" part of our whole performance. We are also going to change our song choices for the remainder of the scenes.

3) Set/Costume wise
I think we are pretty much done with the set as the props we need are pretty much already acquired. The only major problem we have is regrading the screen. We are still trying to come up with an idea to implement the fish-eye effect for our projections, but at the same time we have to find a suitable screen. Our original idea to use a black cloth fell through, so we are thinking of using a white one. But if we use a white one, we might as well just use the current projection screen, no? The problem with this though is that it might pose a distraction. Therefore, we are trying to remedy this by doing a freeze-frame whenever words are projected on the screen.

In terms of costume, it is still work in progress. Steph has been coming up with the sketches and they are quite promising. We are going costume shopping soon so we should be able to get the costumes done and over with as soon as possible!