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Unit 7

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Unit 7 allows us to showcase the skills and techniques we have learnt throughout the year by producing a number of different shows and also taking part in a national competition run by the Royal Opera House. When I started this course I had very little experience with the processes and techniques used in technical theatre and production arts. Most of my theatre experience was based on sound and music production. However, I have realized that I have a natural talent in the programming and operation of our lighting console, in which I had very little experience with in the past, and have since made the decision to specialize in lighting design. Because I had very little experience with production values and elements, due to a lack of experience, I made a point in developing these skills throughout the course of the year as they are extremely important when working in the industry. September/October: During the first month of the course I was shown how to operate both our ETC Gio light...
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Unit 5 and 6

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Unit 5: Royal Opera House: For our Unit 5 we were tasked with designing and creating an entry for the Royal Opera House design and create challenge. As well as this we also produced Lighting and Sound for Little shop of horrors and 3 versions of Macbeth. For the Royal Opera House challenge I chose to design makeup for 5 characters in Romeo and Juliet. I originally chose to create my designs based around the 4th directors vision given to us, which was to keep the ballet in its original state. To begin my research I looked at previous designs used by the ROH as well as other companies such as the Australian Ballet Company and the New York Ballet Company. I also researched how men and women in the medieval times would wear makeup/have their hair so that I could represent this best in my design. I found out that the makeup worn by women was very basic and I thought it wouldn't look the greatest on stage. This is where I decided to change my directors vision from 4 to 3, which was ...
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Unit 4

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Painting the base onto our Brussels sprouts Research: For Unit 4 we were tasked with creating a tableau showing a Christmas dinner from a specified era. I was given the Victorian era. To start we began research as a group, this helped start the creative process. Once everyone had a basic idea of what they wanted to do we began doing our own individual research on how we can make the tableau's come to life. I began my research by looking at the type of clothing people wore during the Victorian era. I then moved on to looking at what type of Christmas dinner I would like to create. I decided I was going to use an upper class family because it matched the type of clothing we had to hand. I then thought about the type of setting I would liked to have used. I decided to go for a table service dinner with a butler serving the dinner to the family.       Preparing the papier-mâché to make the turkey Create: It was then decided that the class would be using si...
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Unit 3

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Lighting: Shows and Parades: Disney utilizes a variety of different lighting techniques for their closing displays. Examples of these are: Lasers, projections, fireworks, LED's, Moving lights and strobes, amongst others. During some of the midday shows lighting is used to little or no success. Because of the sunlight and distance between lighting fixtures and stages the lights are washed out and have no effect on the performance. In main street, USA gas lighting is used for authenticity as it matches the time period of the area. other areas of the park have lighting to match the themes of the areas. for example, adventureland has lanterns hanging from trees and discoveryland has wall lighting and LED's. Rides:  Disney has made a lot of technological advancements on their rides. This includes the use of 3D, 4D, Projections, VR and LED's. The use of 3D technology on rides is very modern with Disney being one of only 2 companies to use it. The other being Universal Studio...
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Unit 2

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In our lesson with Rebecca we were taken onto the Gallery and shown how to correctly use the ETC Gio lighting desk and the sound desk. We were shown how to create, record and delete cues as well as save them. To create a cue you must first select the lights that you want to use, once these lights are selected you can then choose what intensity you want to use them at. You can do this by either using the wheel on the right hand side of the board or using the "at" button and selecting the intensity by typing in the percentage you want it at e.g. "100." Before turning on the Sound Desk you must make sure that the amps are turned on first. Once the amps are on you can then turn the sound desk on. the Master output must always be set at 0dB. For our induction shows I was asked to design a group of lighting states to be used in acting pieces and dance pieces. I had 2 days in the theatre to complete the plotting and planning of lights. I engaged in small production meet...
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Unit 1

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History of Lighting: The first know form of stage lighting was used in Grecian theatres. Their theatres would face south so that the stage would be fully lit throughout the afternoons. Naturally lit theatres were then used by the Romans, who built more amphitheatres as their empire expanded, eventually bringing roofless theatres to England. Artificial lighting was developed, and continues developing today, to allow theatre to be performed indoors. At first candles were used for stage lights, however these were very dim and meant that performers had a very limited amount of space before they lost their light. In Europe chandeliers were made to be suspended above the stage to provide more light. This worked but risked performers being burnt by dripping wax. The invention of limelight was revolutionary in theatre, as it meant that a brighter light could follow an actor on stage because of differently positioned lenses and reflectors. Electrical lighting has displaced limelight in all the...
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