In one scene ‘Jimmy’s been naughty’ I felt that their use of focused white lighting helped express the pain and suffering of the…
The visual element of subtle cues of lighting and colour create an atmosphere to position the audience to understand the big ideas, such as people’s relationship with the land and cultural and individual survival.…
These are visually presented depersonalised and simple, allowing theatrical flexibility. The interplay of dialogue, music, sound effects and projected images work together to create wartime setting and an extra emotional dimension to the play. The audience’s proximity to the stage enhances the intimacy created by the bareness of the stage and the re-connection of the two main characters: Bridie an Australian Army Nurse & Sheila a British Civilian.…
The dance starts in the center of the stage as if they were continuing their conversations and then traveled to upstage in a straight line. The females and males were dancing as a due. Each duet contrasted one another in terms of tempo. The performers traveled in a circular formation with one male standing in the center. His solo was movement that was performed from the beginning of the piece with more twisting of the foot around himself.…
Nacho Duato uses great elements of space in his different techniques in the performance. The areas of the stage that the dancers inhabit show that they stay of their farm and never leave the enclosed garden to see what’s on the other side of the fence. This shows the cyclic lifestyle of the working class, Catalonian people who live off the land.…
It also helped the audience make sense of the setting because the transitions from scene to scene was quick and there was no background design. The lighting took my experience to a whole new level because it helped bring out all the characters and the settings. This play's setting was all dependent on the lighting because they used the lighting to establish the different settings and I think they were successful. It was the strongest statement in the production because not only did it help us, the audience but also the actors on stage to understand where the barriers were between different the rooms and helped make it look like an enclosed area.…
Lighting is a key factor in the creation of the dramatic elements in this moment. With the use of chalk, the narrator has made it easy to see what character he is playing when he stands on the different days of the week. The personification of the days of the week is a large reason the days can be made into characters, with such days being lazy and lethargic like Monday and Tuesday, or Friday being made into the character of a bogan party animal. With the use of chalk and lighting, the contrast of the stage is used well with the light spots where the narrator stands and the rest of the space being in darkness.…
the color of their clothes. When the piece is done on stage the characters are…
A wonderful story about friendship, courage and love. One of the funniest movies ever made, a true story that will capture your heart and have you laughing on the floor at the same time. Nacho Libre was directed by Jared Hess and written by Jared and Jerusha Hess and Mike White. Jared Hess was born on July 18, 1979 in Glendale, Arizona. He is a writer and actor, known for Napoleon Dynamite (2004), Nacho Libre (2006) and Gentlemen Broncos (2009). Jerusha Hess was born on July 12, 1980 in Olathe, Kansas, she is a writer and producer, known for her contribution to Napoleon Dynamite (2004), Nacho Libre (2006) and Austen land (2013). She is married to Jared Hess. Mike White was born on June 28, 1970 in Pasadena, California. He is a writer and producer, known for School of Rock (2003), Nacho Libre (2006) and The Good Girl (2002).…
The black and white scenes are used to tell the story of what previously happened. The black and white is used to give narrative structure amidst its confusing plot, rather than for he purpose of adding “visual richness” (however it serves to do that too)…
Figure 2 is a frame from Oldboy that evokes the clear message of ‘insanity’, shown by the expression on the characters face along with the deranged almost primitive hair. Additionally, the lighting that is used allows the scene to have a more dramatic uneasiness about it yet draws the audience in, because of the offset of the lamp and the shadows that are cast along the back wall as the light source is within the frame; this creates an increase in depth. Here Chan-Wook uses a backlight to make the wall appear and add additional texture to the scene to contrast against the subject so that his shadows won’t get lost in the darkness. The additional soft key light that is not included in the frame is used to light the subject’s face and particularly his crazed expression. Chan-Wook has mixed colour temperatures to show the confusion within the frame because the key light is not the same type of light as the backlight.…
One day while I was dancing to a record in my living room, my mother’s friend who was a Spanish dancer noticed me and encouraged me to start taking dance lessons. So I began taking lessons from a prestigious dancer, Paco Casino who was related to Rita Hayworth. Before I knew it, dancing was changing my life in a blink of an eye and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. As I was turning nine, my phase as a Spanish dancer soon took a shift to staring in dramatic radio shows.…
I was quick appreciate one of the cinematography tips that used in the movie. I noticed that in the movie, the light design in most of the scene is gray, lifeless. For example dullish canteen and gloomy city. The scene transition was surrounded through this type of background which create a visual effect. At the first glance of the scene, it…
Because of the camera framing, the viewer can identify the main characters. The use of close up shots draws attention and focuses on the characters to show their expression and emotion. The use of low angled long shots gives a sense of drama and tension. Also, the body language of the characters helps communicate with the audience in addition to their speech.…
As the performance commences, an immense yellow sun captures the audience, whilst the rest of the stage remains unlit, revealing the silhouettes of the still dancers, together in the formation of a V shape. As the performance gradually unravels, the dancers rapidly shoot up directly into space, standing with straight arms reaching above their heads, whilst dust is thrown and released into the air. The bodies begin to move in a dramatic however sudden and sharp manner across the stage. They have separated into two groups dancing in opposition and are somewhat symmetrical to each other. Assembled again, the dancers perform direct and strong hand and arm gestures to assist them across the stage, whilst the continuity of what sounds like a ‘pulsating heartbeat’ flows in the background. The movement becomes in more intensity, angular and linear suggesting that this is a dramatic, contemporary/lyrical styled piece. We can potentially recognise a few of Laban’s effort actions throughout the performance, as there are several slashing, gliding and thrusting body…