Episode 18, Part 2: Technical Theatre at Grant MacEwan College
As promised, here is part 2 of our first video episode. Scroll down or click on the link to see part 1 and to read about the episode.
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Episode 18, Part 1: Technical Theatre at Grant MacEwan College
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This is the first video episode for Dramatic Impact! Episode 18 will be in four parts and focuses on the Theatre Production program at Grant MacEwan College in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The Theatre Production program is a two year training program in technical theatre. Students learn about areas of the theatre, such as lighting, set building, drafting, props, stage management, and costumes.
Parts 1 and 2 feature interviews with two of the students in the program.
Mentioned in this Episode
Theatre Production Program at Grant MacEwan College (Edmonton, Alberta)
Stewart Lemoine and The Addlepated Nixie
Credits
Videographer and Director, Brandon Rhiness
Production Assistant, Karen Sherlock
Producer and Host, Elaine Elrod
Video Compression, Elaine Elrod
Music: Something Special by Twenty Reasons Taken © 2008
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Episode 17: Stereo Recording of The Invisible Project
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Episode 16 of Dramatic Impact was an audio documentary about the play The Invisible Project; and as promised, this new episode consists of an edited stereo recording of the play. I recorded the play last January when it was performed at The Calgary Drop-In Centre, a homeless shelter that can house up to 1250 men and women per night and that serves up to 3500 meals per day.
For more background on the play, I recommend listening to Episode 16 and checking out that blog post, which includes photos by mask maker and photographer Douglas R. Witt.
© 2009 Douglas R. Witt
Episode 16: The Invisible Project Audio Documentary
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Photographs by Douglas R. Witt
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Something new for Dramatic Impact, an audio documentary. This is also our first episode about a play that was researched and created outside the traditional theatre community. The Invisible Project is a play that was created collectively and researched in Calgary’s homeless shelters. The performances of the play that I recorded last January were at Calgary City Hall and at the Calgary Drop-In Centre, a shelter that can house up to 1250 men and women per night and that serves up to 3500 meals per day. The Drop-In Centre was also where the play’s director and facilitator, David van Belle, assistant director, Aviva Zimmerman, stage manager, Paisley Sim, mask maker, Douglas R. Witt, mask assistant, Carla Ritchie, set and lighting designer, Terry Gunvordahl, and actors Molly Flood, Richard Lee Hsi, and Jed Tomlinson rehearsed and researched the show.
The music in the play was captured from adhoc “performances” given by clients at the Drop-In Centre. I also used snippets of this music for segues in the documentary.
Next Month
- An edited stereo recording of the performance of the play at the Drop-In Centre shelter.
- Recordings of the parts of the interviews not included in Episode 16. The interviews, which you’ll hear in Episode 16 and in later episodes, were with (in order of presentation) Linda Coleman, Drop-In Centre client and volunteer, David van Belle, director and facilitator, and Richard Lee Hsi, actor.
More About The Invisible Project and This is My City
Video About the Positive Impact the Mask Making Workshop had on One Homeless Participant (Directed by Dominique Keller for the City of Calgary)
The City of Calgary This is My City Initiative
Calgary Herald Story about the Play
Douglas R. Witt’s Photos on Flikr
One Yellow Rabbit’s High Performance Rodeo and The Invisible Project
More About Homelessness and The Calgary Drop-In Centre
Calgary Drop-In Centre Web Site
Drop-In Centre Blog
