Rehearsals: Implementing Lights, Sound, Projection

During this rehearsal, we had implemented lights, sound, projection in the production. For the lights, we had moved the lamps directing to the centre part of the stage, drawing the focus to the centre of the stage where all the scenes are happening. The lighting has made the stage and space of our production become more theatrical and professional.  Also, it centres the focus towards the main actions of the production.

For the sound of the production, we downloaded sounds from the internet that corresponds to certain actions involved in the production. For example, we had downloaded sounds of locking doors to show clearly to the audience, that in one scene of the production, that the door was locked. Through the involvement of clear and loud sounds, it passes a direct message to the audience that something has been done in the scene. 

For the projection used in the production, we moved the projector in the drama studio to a certain position where it would be able to project on the curtain behind our scenes. We created a power point and projected it to show the change of scenes and certain messages we wanted the audience to understand without stating clearly in the context of the production.

These implementations were very useful and helpful for the production. They helped the context of the production become more clear and aesthetically presentable. 

Rehearsals: Finishing the Improvisation of the Scenes

This rehearsal was mainly focused finishing the improvisations of the scenes. We had been working on the main scenes of the production for a long time and had not have great progress. Therefore, we had decided to restructure the scene. 

First, we had gave another thought to our theme and purpose of this production. Also, we had thought about the ways to implement the message in to the production with humour that would interest the audience. We found ways to play with theatre techniques and implement them into the production, to make it easier to understand and more interesting to watch. We had known that the improvisations we had before were dry and the context were quite confusing, therefore, we needed a change. Through these two rehearsals spent on improvising the scenes, we had changed the way we presented our message. We had changed from a small scale discussion way of presenting, to a large scaled and humorous way of presentation. After the changes, the scenes have started to make sense, and become interesting to the audience.