Rehearsal Log for Antigone

In today's lesson we learnt about Garage Band. We learnt about what it is and how to use it. Garage Band is basically this app where you can play lots of different instruments like the Piano or the Guitar. We are going to use Garage Band in our performance, by editing the chorus voice over we made as a class. I think Garage Band will be good to use because it can make any boring piece of music or voice over a lot more exciting and original. We can also use it to give any kind of atmosphere, from a happy to a scary vibe.

We have developed the character Creons scary side and enhanced it. For our scene we really want to make it as creepy as we can, because we think it will be really interesting for the audience to watch and also not many of the other scenes are really scary so it will be a good change that will keep the audience on their feet. 

We have looked at different ways of using multimedia. One of them being where we film someones face which is then projected onto a screen, and they are talking to someone who is in the room but not facing them directly. This gives the affect of showing how these two people are in different places, or you could show it as someones thoughts and feelings, which my group are attempting to do a similar thing. We are projecting Creons face onto the cave walls ( were creating the cave out of grey sheets hung onto the ceiling) when Antigone is in the cave, its going to be as though Creon is always watching her and all her fears are all around her as Creon. 

In our scene we are using multimedia, we are projecting onto sheets, videos of Creon shouting Antigone's name and Antigone being dragged to the cave in which shes going to be buried alive in.  Were also using music in the background, which will create a tense scene that will keep the audience guessing. Were using the multimedia to develop the work we have created. We will do this by showing different peoples consciences, and from their prospective. We will also show what happens to Antigone without showing the audience live, which gives me the chance as Antigone to get off stage while the audience are watching the video and then run back on for the rest of our scene. 

  By using multimedia in our performance were able to show the audience what happens to Antigone when being taken to the cave. As that part is very violent it would of been harder to show live, so by filming it before and editing it we can make it a lot more scary and thrilling watch but mostly look more realistic and better than it would have done live. We are also telling the audience about how Antigone puts up this front and comes across as this brave, fearless character, when actually she is terrified. In our scene we have used multimedia to show how scared she is and also her fear of Creon.

 I want the audience to see a different side to Antigone, which is the fearful side to Antigone. I also  want the audience to be really scared when their watching it, and actually feel like there in the cave with Antigone. I want them after to feel relived to be out of there but amazed at what they just saw. I also want them to grow a fear of Creon so when they watch the other scenes they feel a lot anxious about him, and hopefully will make the show even more exciting for them to watch.