Scene 7
boy meets girl in 'Mirage'
What prevent to create organic harmony?
When we recorded the moment of Miranda and Ferdinand’s encounter, I gave physical task to performers. I asked them to perform that scene with dragging big and heavy bags. The reason why I gave this task is that performers tried to duplicate dramatic encounter scene which they had watched on TV or movie. Big and heavy bags succeeded to interrupt their unconscious duplication, and that physical task seemed to lead them to devise their own physical movement based on their own feeling. I believe there was organic harmony between tow performers.
During the process of devising scene 1, we found that we cannot create organic harmony when we automatically and precisely copy the movement we made before. But how about this scene? The stage has two performers to replicate pre-recorded movement, and when they recorded the movement, there was organic harmony between them.
However, as a result, organic harmony never appears during this scene.
Which factor of this scene does prevent to create organic harmony? Duplication? Lack of creativeness? Too much restriction? More analysis is required.
Inspiration
Miranda and Ferdinand find each other in ‘Mirage’ and fall in love each other as Prospero planed.
Challenge
Virtual reality
‘Mirage’ is obviously the metaphor of VR. I came up with this idea when I heard the story of Japanese boys who enjoy virtual love affair with a virtual girlfriend, using VR. Now they can see, talk with, even touch their virtual girlfriend. However everything is set up by VR developers. And in the virtual space, they are given the role. They are living as someone else and have a relationship with a girl who are created by programmers, however, their affection for their virtual girl friends is often true.
Keyword
image control
Mirada and Ferdinand on the screen (in the virtual space) look more beautiful than real Mirada and Ferdinand on the stage due to video effect named ‘dreamy effect’. Nowadays it is not easy to find images without editing on the internet. Special effect which show images more attractive are used for not only commercial images, but also people’s private photos on SNS.