Festival Project Journal

 During my tech rehearsal full run, I took some photos of the piece. Because I was still trying to watch, there were a lot less than usual, and the lighting was quite dark, but I'm still glad I got some higher-quality images of the piece as its initial stimulus came from photography.

 Tech Specifications & Reasons: Low gobo wash as they're breathing together: I wanted the light to be low and patchy with the gobo to isolate body parts and establish their relationship as a connected system, so I didn't necessarily want to audience to see who is who whilst establishing that starting position that will be repeated a few times. Sidelights + Wash brighten through opening sequence: As they start moving off their spot I wanted them to get more visible so the relationship is more visible through movements and breath. A diagonal overhead light starts as Emily walks backwards to upstage right:  This marks the start of a new section as they both finish their solos and are drawn back together, it gives Emily a clear direction back to Tilly and continues to the end of the song with the movement through the light which is brighter than the wash to highlight the leaning positions.  Lights pulse over gobo wash with the beat of Song 2: This enhances the 'heartbea...

I went into the tech rehearsal with these notes to tell Nick, Courtney and Deane, which we went through and put in place with a combination of music and visible cues. This went quite well and we were able to execute what I had envisioned with the tech on the rig.  I got some positive feedback from my tech team that all of the cues were understandable and digestible with very clear markers in either the music or in the choreography as the physical cues were consistent in happening and very obvious for them. The only cue that we had to go over was at the end of Tilly speeding up when she stopped, but I just had to show them that she does a double turn instead of a single, which Tilly will always consistently do, and after that it was fine. We started then by doing a full run with the tech, which  Luc í a  (and Aggie :) ) watched, which went really well for me, I felt like the tech brought the themes of the piece together and enhanced the build of tension throughout the piec...

Superficial Thinking by Kate Ovington Technical Rider Contact: bafestivaltechteam@gmail.com   General: Day of Performance Thursday 30 th Performance Running Time Thursday 30 th 5:00 – 5:15 Performance space Theatre Number of Dancers 2 Brief Description of the Piece     Space Set Up: Backdrop Brick backdrop Wings Yes Information about audience management/ space set up   Props / Set     Lighting Information/ Special Requirements: Please let us know what lighting requirements you have for the performance, including any specials. warm sidelights, start quite dim but get brighter, possibly some lights pulsing in and out slowly, gobo wash from top light, quite a lot of haze. Haze Quite a lot of haze Projection     Sound Information: Type of File (preferred format eg.MP3/WAV/AIFF) 3 tracks playing one after another Additional Sound requirements (speech / microphone)     Any Additional Information: deals with topics surrounding mental health bu...

Tech Requirement F orm   Dance City , Newcastle - [Fuzion Festival]     Please complete th is form and return it by 28/03/2024 :   ( info is subject to change , tech rider will be sent out at a later date )      Choreographer   Kate Ovington   Email Address   Bh99yk@student.sunderland.ac.uk   Performance space (e.g. theatre, studio space)   Theatre   Number of performers    2   Names of Dancers    Emily Armstrong, Tilly Jobson   Name of work    TBD   Duration of piece    10-12 minutes     Brief description (Include any props/set e.g. Backdrop and wings)   Contemporary dance work in theatre, brick backdrop , wings.   Sound information (preferred format eg.MP3/WAV/AIFF)   Sound TBD, no silence, most likely 3 tracks playing one after another.   Lighting information/ tech specials (e.g. spotlights, back diagonal special & Haze)  ...