PRESENTATION
Chinese shadow puppetry is a fascinating form of theatrical expression.
The images projected through light create a sensitive, elegant atmosphere, of great visual richness, and of intense seduction that transports us to the symbolic world.
Its particularities give this genre the ability to captivate audiences of any age.
The overhead projector is a device found in all schools; it is a very interesting tool that, when used with imagination, opens up many possibilities.
OBJECTIVES
- The purpose of the course is to teach how to carry out a small dramatization using shadows projected from an overhead projector.
- With this way of working with shadows, very good results are achieved in a relatively short time.
- This is a very practical course.
- The objective of the course is to perform a small staging of a story, poem or song.
- Students work in groups.
- The course aims to introduce the basic techniques involved in the development of this theatrical genre.
CONTENTS
- Technique for planning a show: Making the Storyboard
- Creation of silhouettes and decorations in black and color.
- Work based on the overhead projector of transparencies. The overhead projector as a basic support for light.
- Introduction to voice characterization and interpretation.
- Staging.
METHODOLOGY
- All work will be centered around the development of a small show, poem or song.
- The starting point will be the argument of a simple narrative and from this, we will introduce ourselves to the technical knowledge of the different plastic and dramatic aspects that make up this form of representation.
DURATION
25-hour course