We have begun research on the Royal Opera House design challenge. The ballet this year is Romeo and Juliet. We started to read through the directors visions and visualise what each of them wanted to see from our designs. Some wanted to keep to the traditional aspects of the story and really embrace the history whereas others wanted a new twist and for the show to be modernised. We watched some trailers of different versions of the ballet to see the difference in set, costume, hair and make up designs. We then looked more at the different ballet versions of Romeo and Juliet and talked about the importance of certain aspects of a dancers hair styles and costumes, as these have to be taken in to consideration when designing. In the afternoon I began work on my sketchbook for the ROH design challenge. I found youtube videos the ROH had made a few years ago when the ballet was on last. This had interviews with the dancers, directors and designers. It gave me an idea of their views on the ballet and also what they want the audience to think and feel when they watch the ballet.
I have changed my area to marketing, strategy and design as this is something I feel more comfortable in and it suits my skill set better. I want to create either a poster or a series of trailers for the show, which could be a social media campaign (one of the things they ask you to create). I could use James’s lesson to help me with the editing as he has knowledge of the software, and Anna’s lesson to do the research. I have also come up with the idea of filming a 360 virtual tour of the royal opera house as this will tie in with our 360 VR lessons with James. I will liaise with the royal opera house before I continue with this idea incase I am unable to do this idea.
I have started work in my sketchbook outlining facts about the royal opera house as it is part of the criteria to research the client.
In our 360 VR lessons we have been looking in to creating a virtual tour of the royal opera house. This will be inclusive to everyone and can access it as we can publish it on the website and on youtube. I have been researching if this has been done before and also we have contacted the royal opera house to see if this can be done. Whilst looking at videos of the ROH I found the following:
It is a 360 video taken from above the stage during The Nutcracker. This shows that the ROH are moving forward with their technology and trying to make theatre more immersive for their customers.
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