My Week in Pictures

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This week saw the first mock up of our show poster, the creation of our teaser material and some choreography work with the cast. Also, our company brand continues to develop as Refract’s status begins to grow around the city.

On a marketing note, this week has seen the first concept images being created for our poster and flyer design, as well as ‘polaroids’ to use as teaser material. The latter’s purpose is to engage with the audience on a more ambiguous level; to hint at who we are but also reserve some creative tools for our main campaign launch. Inside each ‘polaroid’ is a quote from a famous photographer or a question written by ourselves to invite the audience into considering there own views on the text. I decided to use text instead of imagery because I thought there was an interesting dynamic in the combination of the two, especially when our piece uses storytelling, text, to understand and deconstruct photographs.

Based on our skill set as a company, movement and dance seemed to lend itself well to our group dynamic. As a budding choreographer myself and choreographer for the company, I developed a piece of movement linking to the harrowing image of the falling people on September 9/11; probably known as a ‘famous’ image across the world. Who were these people? Did they know each other? Had they only just met? What were their last words? As we are still in the early stages of the devising process, I approached the choreography with this image as a stimulus; to engage with the idea of loss, of falling and of relationships. A cast member even likened this image to Peter Pan and his shadow; what a beautiful interpretation.

Works Cited

Figure 1. The Death Posture (2013) [Photograph] At: http://timeconsumerrr.tumblr.com/ [Accessed 6 March 2015].

 

 

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