PROP CREATION – Create a prop which can be used in your Puppet Theatre performance (the main puppet is not included in this assessment component) – take photos of the prop for your process diary and discuss: How will it be used in performance? How was it created?
My prop is a film of transparent plastic which a printer has printed ink onto it. This is used in accordance with a projector to display a black or white image onto a cloth or screen. To make it all you needed to do is select a suitable image, replace the normal printing paper with a transparent sheet and print. This is extremely simple but and effective method in shadow puppetry. I have been selected to take and replace the sheets from the projector and selecting the images which are suitable to the current scene. The images I have chosen range from an introduction picture of A …show more content…
At upstage centre, I am sitting with my projector and each of the transparent pictures. Here I will change each of the transparent sheets to match the current scene that is going on. At centre stage we have a horizontal shadow screen which is just a thin white cloth held up by a black frame. The shadow screen begins with a photo of Tracy Grimshaw and the A Current Affair TV program. Besides the shadow screen John and Rory are sitting on stools either side of the shadow screen. John (Gracy Trimshaw is sitting on the right-hand side and Rory (Kyle Brovloski-schwienburger) sits on the left. The lights are dimmed to a point where it is easy to see the displayed image on the shadow screen but not to dark that you cannot see Rory and Johns puppets. In the opening moment begins with Gracy Trimshaw singing “hello” by Adele whilst an instrumental of the same song is playing behind it. She is then told that the show has indeed already started and she is live, and the rest of the storyline
My prop is a film of transparent plastic which a printer has printed ink onto it. This is used in accordance with a projector to display a black or white image onto a cloth or screen. To make it all you needed to do is select a suitable image, replace the normal printing paper with a transparent sheet and print. This is extremely simple but and effective method in shadow puppetry. I have been selected to take and replace the sheets from the projector and selecting the images which are suitable to the current scene. The images I have chosen range from an introduction picture of A …show more content…
At upstage centre, I am sitting with my projector and each of the transparent pictures. Here I will change each of the transparent sheets to match the current scene that is going on. At centre stage we have a horizontal shadow screen which is just a thin white cloth held up by a black frame. The shadow screen begins with a photo of Tracy Grimshaw and the A Current Affair TV program. Besides the shadow screen John and Rory are sitting on stools either side of the shadow screen. John (Gracy Trimshaw is sitting on the right-hand side and Rory (Kyle Brovloski-schwienburger) sits on the left. The lights are dimmed to a point where it is easy to see the displayed image on the shadow screen but not to dark that you cannot see Rory and Johns puppets. In the opening moment begins with Gracy Trimshaw singing “hello” by Adele whilst an instrumental of the same song is playing behind it. She is then told that the show has indeed already started and she is live, and the rest of the storyline