Concept Precedent
(PunchDrunk
Figure 6.1 Punchdrunk actors and audience
experiencing narrative in-action.
Punchdunk is a great example as they
demonstrate the use of lighting and how
important lighting is in order to bring their
perfomances to life as they are trying to
catch the audience’s attention. Lighting is
a poweful source in theatre as its like a can
of paint splashed onto a black canvas in
order to have something that the audience
can look at.
They have a scheme where they provide
masks to their audiences to wear during
the performances. The mask acts as a
seperation between the actors and the
audience as it shows the actors that there
are no audiences. For this project I want to
create similar atmosphere of the
seperation of actors and audience within
the narrative.
Figure 6.2, Audience memeber wearing mask to
subtract themselves from the narrative.
Figure 6.3 Punchdrunk theatre in Red lighting to
convey mood for the audience within narrative.
Figure 6.4. Collected keywords representing
the strcture of Punchdrunk’s theatre.
For this project the secondary research will help
understanding the concept of immersive theatre,
where the audience can experience theatre without
being in a typical theatre and rather experiencing it
in a much different way as possible. Punchdrunk is
one of the inspirations for this project as
Punchdrunk demonstrates theatre and drama being
performed in a non theatre space.
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