IDEA FOUR - Public Portrayals

This idea is about projecting in public spaces at night time, which is to allow them to show up (obviously) and also add to the atmosphere of the pieces shown. The projections will be of Shakespeare characters but played by young people in modern dress, presenting a personalised monologue that can relate to a younger audience. I can imagine the re-creation of Shakespeare's characters and what the actors need to say to be a collaboration between me and the actor and how we understand what Shakespeare is trying to say.

OPHELIA

This image is supposed to show a female character projected onto a tree in the park outside my flat. She could re-connect and re-establish one of Ophelia's monologues, madness scenes etc.

The characters and sections of the stories shown should be presented and directed at the audience, whoever may happen to be around to see them. The project could reflect the approach of other, more 

charitable campaigns which also use characters to directly approach their audience. A message could be displayed, at the end of the projection, to explain the character's inspiration from Shakespeare and the marketing aims of the piece.

HAMLET

This area was a corner of a street in Peckham. This character could be Hamlet, who has a lot of famous monologues, and could be re-depicting these. His "to be, or not to be" speech is a discussion about the point of life, he is considering suicide, this can be to light common concerns today about teenage depression etc. It touches on these issues but doesn't need to be ruled by them.

The locations of these projections are to be around local areas, whether densely populated or not. I know it's important to consider and reach the audience, however I think the content does that, and the location lends to the atmosphere of the projections and their subject matter. Locations can be the local parks, street corners, Heygate Estate, maybe even more central areas. The same pieces could be shown in many places so that different audience reactions can be recorded. 

THE MONTIQUES

This photo is bases under a bridge around Heygate. It tries to show a group situation this time, which might not involve the same audience to the same extent as they would be dialoguing amongst each other, but it could be more dynamic and visually attention grabbing.

NEGATIVES

- Doesn't really aim toward a definite audience as decided or outlined by my "brief".

- If I have to include a message at the end to clarify its purpose, it may make the content and piece disjointed.

- If the characters are too modern (appearance and language) there would not be enough Shakespeare in it, which is the whole point of this project in the first place!?

- Not enough theatrics involved. No one would consider the theatre?

POSITIVES

- It is based around being shown in public, with random viewer responses which is what I was interested in.

- The darkness would add more atmosphere to what is shown (ideally).

- The content can be more malleable as a marketing opportunity, which is another large part of my 'brief'.

- Visual impact can be more interesting.

- This idea is possible vaguely do-able (by me!!!)!!!