Ok, so the performance didn't quite go as planned. First of all, the jingle didn't work so we had a picture of the logo but no jingle which was a bit disappointing. Then, the hyperlink to youtube worked but not the video that we shot via web-cam and Heather had to go through the powerpoint slideshow in design view instead of the actual slideshow view as something was wrong with one of the videos which meant that when the slide of the e-mail came up, you couldn't read the e-mail and probably couldn't tell that it was an e-mail, come to think of it.
Gutted.
Getting it all together
We decided that the best way we could get the performance to flow would be with the use of a slideshow. We used power point for this but found we couldn't embed our youtube videos onto the slide. We got around this by posting a hyperlink on the slide that will take us to the youtube page that our footage was on. We concluded that this wasn't such a bad thing anyway as it allowed us to take the audience on a journey through an element of on-line performance.
Heather created a news logo for us to give a better effect that our performance was based on a news report. We added a jingle to this too which made it sound a little more professional. The next slide was the e-mail from the viewer. We created this by writing out an e-mail and using the 'prtsc' button which copied an image of the screen onto the slide.
Next came our manifesto which we could embed onto the slide. This was good as it was in a different format to the 'escaping' footage and we hoped that this would convey a good exploration of various technologies in our performance. For a copy of the slideshow, send me an e-mail on 109420@bathspa.ac.uk and I'd gladly send you an attached copy.
Overall, we are pleased with our presentation and are looking forward to the showings!
Heather created a news logo for us to give a better effect that our performance was based on a news report. We added a jingle to this too which made it sound a little more professional. The next slide was the e-mail from the viewer. We created this by writing out an e-mail and using the 'prtsc' button which copied an image of the screen onto the slide.
Next came our manifesto which we could embed onto the slide. This was good as it was in a different format to the 'escaping' footage and we hoped that this would convey a good exploration of various technologies in our performance. For a copy of the slideshow, send me an e-mail on 109420@bathspa.ac.uk and I'd gladly send you an attached copy.
Overall, we are pleased with our presentation and are looking forward to the showings!
Filming day!
Oh dear! Well we had quite a lot of fun during filming- there are a few outtakes that you can see if you click on the link on the left side of the screen. Our first film was the footage of the miner coming out of the mine (thankfully the weather was fine!). There is a link to this under the 'performance pieces' list on the left side of the screen.
Heather filmed while I 'escaped' from the mine. I found it difficult not to laugh as I was covered in black 'coal dust' (make-up), was wearing a man's shirt and a hat. Luckily we shot it in my back garden so we didn't need to worry about members of the public seeing us (apart from the neighbours but I think they're used to me by now!).
Our next film to be made was our manifesto. We did this in my bedroom with my web-cam. The camera was perched on my desk so that the both of us could be in shot. We had created a manifesto that outlined our ideas regarding virtual and digital performance and advocated the use of various medias in theatre, claiming that they were beneficial in enhancing a performance. This is also available for you to view by clicking on the 'performance pieces' link on the left side of the screen.
Heather filmed while I 'escaped' from the mine. I found it difficult not to laugh as I was covered in black 'coal dust' (make-up), was wearing a man's shirt and a hat. Luckily we shot it in my back garden so we didn't need to worry about members of the public seeing us (apart from the neighbours but I think they're used to me by now!).
Our next film to be made was our manifesto. We did this in my bedroom with my web-cam. The camera was perched on my desk so that the both of us could be in shot. We had created a manifesto that outlined our ideas regarding virtual and digital performance and advocated the use of various medias in theatre, claiming that they were beneficial in enhancing a performance. This is also available for you to view by clicking on the 'performance pieces' link on the left side of the screen.
Fourth Meeting
Ok, Heather and I have written the script and have decided to use a camera-phone to shoot the footage of the miner coming out of the mine. This will be presented by the news reporter (Heather) as...
'Here is some amazing footage from youtube, shot by a passer-by on a camera phone'
This will encorporate a digital element to our performance and the fact that it's on youtube is a prime example of digital performance. We are thoroughly looking forward to filming this- I just hope it's not raining!
We will also include an e-mail in our performance (it will be an e-mail from one of the viewers asking a question to the miner) this gives scope for the miner to ask questions about e-mails and the internet. This is when the reporter will start to talk about the elements of the internet then branch off into internet-based performance.
Our plan then, is to have a piece (like a report), a pre-recorded video that talks about the advantages of using technology in the theatre. This will be our manifesto.
'Here is some amazing footage from youtube, shot by a passer-by on a camera phone'
This will encorporate a digital element to our performance and the fact that it's on youtube is a prime example of digital performance. We are thoroughly looking forward to filming this- I just hope it's not raining!
We will also include an e-mail in our performance (it will be an e-mail from one of the viewers asking a question to the miner) this gives scope for the miner to ask questions about e-mails and the internet. This is when the reporter will start to talk about the elements of the internet then branch off into internet-based performance.
Our plan then, is to have a piece (like a report), a pre-recorded video that talks about the advantages of using technology in the theatre. This will be our manifesto.
Third Meeting
Today we started working on the actual structure of our piece as we wanted to begin writing the script. I came up with the idea of performing in the style of a news program. We decided that this was a good idea as it would allow us to incorporate different medias into our performance without it looking as if we were randomly sticking different medias into our performance just forthe sake of it. With this idea we could use telephone conversations, videos, e-mails and links to the internet within the structure of a news program.
The basic plot of our performance is focused on the story of a miner who got trapped down a mine for forty years (this way, he would know the basic concepts of what machines, computers and telephones are, preventing a boring rapport that the audience would probably not appreciate). There is a link to youtube (http://www.youtube.com/) that will show a video of the miner coming out of the mine. We're going to try and make it quite comical so we'll have to wait and see how that turns out!
The basic plot of our performance is focused on the story of a miner who got trapped down a mine for forty years (this way, he would know the basic concepts of what machines, computers and telephones are, preventing a boring rapport that the audience would probably not appreciate). There is a link to youtube (http://www.youtube.com/) that will show a video of the miner coming out of the mine. We're going to try and make it quite comical so we'll have to wait and see how that turns out!
Second Meeting
On second thoughts, we have decided not to use a historic character as the 'idiot' character. This is because trying to explain all of the terms 'machine', 'computer', 'technology','digital' etc will be rather lengthy and boring for the audience. Our new plan, therefore is to inlcude a character who's been stuck down a mine for 40 years (a bit unbelievable, I know, but it should add some comedy value- hopefully!) It was decided that I'd be the miner (a welsh stereotype which should come easily to me!) and Heather would be the other character. We decided that to encompass the whole 'virtuality' aspects, we'd encorporate our maifesto into our performance in the form of a video. This would show our exploration of the use of digital in theatre. We were thinking of possible doing a piece involving digital replicates of our selves on 'second life' (http://secondlife.com/) and do a whole performance in the digital realm but we concluded that we wanted to explore the boundaries between the 'real' and the 'digital' instead of relying fully on one or the other.
First meeting
Just had my first meeting with Heather to talk about our group work. We've decided that we want to do a kind of scene where there is one dumb person who knows nothing of the internet etc and one who is a sort of whizz-kid. This gives us scope to explain virtual theatre in relation to our contemporary society. Ian suggested that the idiot character could be a from history, so they would know nothing about the evolution of technology.
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