Multimedia Theater Production
I analyzed how the use of multimedia in a theater production helps in its communication to the audience using the piece "The Waves". The Waves was devised by director Kate Mitchell which was an adaption of the experimental novel "The Waves" by Virginia Woolf. The production was performed at the National Theater and has been described by various critics as a "rarely sighted beast" and a performance where "theater and video come together so seamlessly and complement each other".
From the few clips that I have watched on the rehearsals and devision sessions of the piece I have analyzed, I have concluded that utilizing multimedia in a production actually strengthens the message of the piece and aids in the piece's communication of it to the audience. I believe that multimedia allows the audience to look at the piece from a different point of view and in a different manner which is a not only amazing but also complex thing to incorporate in to a piece. By continuously looking at the piece and all that it is from a different point of view and more importantly a different way of looking at it, the audience will have an even stronger chance of receiving the intended message that the piece intends to communicate and if not an equally strong message of their own.
Multimedia also adds a more diverse way of telling a story or message of a piece and in my opinion takes skill to incorporate in to any piece. Multimedia can also sometimes add a stronger feeling and sense of the reality and truth to the piece as where the audience and company are concerned.
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