The stage is a precious space, both magic and real, but plays are written to be performed again and again – why not digitally?
When I was an Ma student exploring the history of film and visual media, my investigative mind inevitably ambled over the connection between cinema and death, most notably the death of celluloid. But when I talk about filmmaking these days, I find myself discussing things being "live" – in the here and now.
This is because the majority of my film work, and my personal fascination, is in filmed theatre – you might call it "alternative content" or "event cinema". It's an as yet undefined media integrating the live and the recorded: an amalgamation of filmic language (close-ups, fades, panning shots, HD technology) and the real, retaining and often even enhancing the live theatre experience. Being able to offer viewers the best seat in the house wherever they live...
When I was an Ma student exploring the history of film and visual media, my investigative mind inevitably ambled over the connection between cinema and death, most notably the death of celluloid. But when I talk about filmmaking these days, I find myself discussing things being "live" – in the here and now.
This is because the majority of my film work, and my personal fascination, is in filmed theatre – you might call it "alternative content" or "event cinema". It's an as yet undefined media integrating the live and the recorded: an amalgamation of filmic language (close-ups, fades, panning shots, HD technology) and the real, retaining and often even enhancing the live theatre experience. Being able to offer viewers the best seat in the house wherever they live...
- 1/31/2014
- The Guardian - Film News
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