FIRST PITCH:
When I read this story, I didn't have any immediate ideas, mainly because of the somewhat complicated plot. But as we discussed briefly on what the pitch should include, I had an idea. The music we include in the performance could be done like the group "STOMP." I thought of this mainly because of the practicality. Since it might be a hassle and even expensive to get instruments, we could use pans, pots, spoons, sticks, boxes, bottles, cans etc. to make the music.
heres one of their performances:
Then I thought of the lighting. As we experimented with colors in lighting (as reported in my previous entries), i thought I could input those experiments into my pitch.
When there is a scene in the forest, we could use green light to show the reflection of the leaves.
When there is a battle, we could use red light to show hatred, violence and aggression.
But then I saw this video:
and i liked the flickering of the light from the fire because it added onto the sense of violence and aggression. But since a fire might be a hazard during the performance, i thought that during the battle scenes, the light used could be shaken constantly to attempt to give the same result.
Also, I liked the idea that the characters would constantly leave the screen and come back on. This makes the audience confused and also attentive. This builds tension.
Going back to the lighting, I thought that instead of just having red light, we could also add onto the tension by constantly flashing red light instead. And other colors could be flashed along with it.
LISTENING TO OTHER PITCHES:
As I listened to other pitches, I liked the ideas of each person.
SOFIA: The two narrators were a good idea. Especially considering that the audience are elementary kids.
SARA: The idea of the close-ups were nice. This would make the audience more interested in the story as they could see it almost like a movie.
MEI: The use of traditional instruments interested me. This would also keep another traditional aspect of Balinese theatre.
MARIA: The inclusion of multiple screens was what intrigued me the most. Then the kids would be excited because the action does not only happen on one screen. (However, the practicality of this idea is not too good. We only have one screen, and so the maximum number of screens we could have is two (we could build one), considering the time we have).
RE-PITCH:
With those ideas in mind, I kept the Narrators, the close-ups, the traditional music and the inclusion of multiple screens in my re-pitch along with my idea of STOMP music.
I thought that the close-ups could be on one screen and the action on another, but both screens are moving at the same time. So the audience has a magnified version of the scene on the other screen.
>>Then after hearing everyone else's re-pitches, I realized that the narrators don't have to be omniscient narrators. We could modify it so that they can be characters themselves. Such as grandma and grandchild, teacher and student, friends, writers etc.
NARRATORS
Since we had decided that Mei and I would be the narrators, we thought of other ideas. Then we decided to stick with the narrators being two writers. This way, we could also ask questions that are not related to the story, for example "what's another word for 'winning'?" etc.
NAMES
Majority of the group liked the fact of changing the character names into modern english (well-known) names. Here are the changes:
Srikandhi: Serena (derived from the word Serenity)
Arjuna: Lancelot (alluding to the story of Camelot)
Prabu Jungkungmardea: King Wrath (We wanted to make this one obvious. Wrath is a sin and it means violence and aggression)
Trusthajumena: Lyle (meaning Loyal)
LIGHTING
Mei and I were in charge of the lighting. I told her my initial ideas of the flashing colours, and she liked the idea so we decided to use it. Also, she reminded me of her idea of using gobos such as fire gobos or forest gobos, and i also agreed to this.
Our performance date is coming up (next Tuesday), and although we are not good with time, we are also not amazingly far behind, and I think we can make this successful.
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