My phobia is called bacteriophobia where individuals have a fear of bacteria. So, in my drawing, I chose to illustrate a blank room that is white where daily objects that contain large amounts of bacteria are piled in a corner. I drew a large transparent bacteria over each object to show that they are ‘contaminated’.  The other small colorful dots also represents bacteria where they are the bacteria that we can’t see with our naked eye.

My mood board shows the fear of bacteria where there are various images that shows places that have bacteria. The object shown may cause those who have a fear of bacteria to feel disgusted or anxious. 

Analysis

Color:  My mood board has a variety of colors including blue, red yellow representing the different types of bacteria.

Symbol: The symbols here are bacteria and other objects that we usually use in our daily lives since there are bacteria on them.

Image: Hands, objects used in our daily lives, bacteria

Texture: Some have smooth surfaces and the rest are rough or lumpy

People: Mainly adults who are touching the objects

Location: Public places such as subway stations, bathrooms, elevators, or places at home such as the kitchen or any room.

Emotions: Some here show disgust, fear, and even anxiety whereas the others show no emotions

Movement: Holding or having contact with the object or cleaning a surface and washing hands

Scenic Design – The aspect of production that gives a sense of space or location. Can be realistic or symbolic. Aids in creating the atmosphere

Mood Board (Concept) – A poster that contains imagery that will help focus’s the design or conceptual weight of a piece of theatre

Thumbnail Sketch – A quick sketch or drawing that becomes the starting point for a design

Stage Configuration – The layout of the stage in the theatre you are producing in the play

Ground plan/ Birds Eye View – The top-down look of the design. Gives you an idea of WHERE things are on the stage

Elevation – The FRONT look of the design. Gives you an idea of what you will see when you are looking at the stage

Flat – A scenic piece that is used to build doorways or walls. Light, flexible, and can be built to order

Sight Lines – The view of an audience onto the stage. Sight Lines are taken from many different seats to see what they see

Masking/Masking Flats – Flats or curtains designed to hide the elements of the stage we don’t want the audience to see

INQUIRY

At the start of the episode, Es commented that her practice over the years has been to follow the path of inquiry and then find collaborators who are willing to share their paths with her. What does this mean to you?

For me, I believe that dedication in her path allows her to find people that have the same interest with her where they come togther and improve and develope new ideas with them.

INGREDIENTS

During the episode, Es stated 5 ingredients of stage design.. (and perhaps photography). What are the ingredients?

Ingredient 1: Space

Ingredient 2: Light

Ingredient 3: Darkness

Ingredient 4: Scale

Ingredient 5: Time

Pick ONE ingredient and describe or explain what it means according to Es.

Space: Thinking outside the box to impress the audience and also using the whole stage space where all parts of it are filled up.

COMMUNICATION

For “Watch The Throne” tour featuring Kanye West and Jay-Z, Es questioned what the word Throne meant to the artists. For them, Throne was being on top and then having to fight to stay on top — in other words, the Throne meant the tension between power and vulnerability. Can you describe how she created a design that communicated the ‘tension between power and vulnerability”?

During the Watch The Throne” tour, Kanye West and Jay-Z was on a block where it was above the audience. This is able to show power because they are on a high elevation as everyone else are bellow them. However, without any safety precauations, one missep would allow them to fall to the bottom. So, this is able to show the vulnerable aspect as well.

Finish Story board

Today’s task:

-Start story board

The book 1984 by George Orwell is essentially about the main character, Winston smith where he is a low ranking member of the ruling party in London. He is constantly being watched everywhere even through the screen of a television by the big brothers. The party are the controllers of Oceana even controlling the history and language. I believe one of the important theme through out this book is physical manipulation as the book constantly reminds the protagonist, “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU”. I really enjoyed reading this book because it introduces a variety of topics throughout the book using similes and metaphors.