Technical Theatre - Sound and Video

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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

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 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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