Thursday, 8 January 2015

How our space makes us feel



We went to explore the space, and we felt exactly the same that we did the first time that we found the space. It made us feel claustrophobic, scared and a little on edge. We explore lighting, by turning off the lights and downloading apps such as strobe lighting, coloured lights etc and came to the conclusion that we would most definitely use strobe lighting and something like glow sticks to exaggerate how dark it really can be in there, to use advantage of the feelings that the space alone can make you feel, let alone by using lighting to connect with peoples emotion now. We also went through in our heads what the most accessible way to direct the audience throughout the space. Although the space is only one curved corridor, there are two entrances/exits and also different rooms off the corridor. Knowing that we wont be able to use these rooms is a shame but i think we can still include the exterior as an impact, such as the doors themselves or the little windows that you can see into the rooms. Here is a small video of the space to give you an idea of really how claustrophobic it can be. Isabella had a really good idea about playing games in the space, such as hide and seek, tag etc. Because of all of the curves within the corridor, it was very easy to hide, when i started walking down the corridor, i felt as if i didn't want to go too fast as you didn't know what to expect around the next corner. i thought that this was really helpful, and knew as a first time audience we could use this feeling to make them feel the same.
 We definitely want to stick with the idea of the mind, we want to make our piece as abstract as we can, by using multi-media and also images around the space, not only to make the face feel more invasive but also so we can show what our piece is about in more detail. We want to focus on one specific case of Rose West ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGZDoJrnnUE ) . We want to explore her mind, and what went on in her mind throughout her life, was she a born killer? What made her do all the horrific things that she did etc? We want to not only explore the anatomy of a mind. the nerves, what makes you think what you think etc. But we also want to look at the more disturbing side of Rose West and her victims ect.