This week's class will feature a performance by Professor DeWitt's Punch and Judy Show. A micro-scaled theatrical production, the Punch and Judy, like the Flea Circus, is a compact entertainment that has been a feature of fairgrounds and themed entertainment zones like Pleasure Piers and seaside resorts for over 350 years. The Punch and Judy is an exemplar of how sustainable live entertainment has adapted and retained traditional elements in its history and is an opportunity to reflect on what makes a succesful immersive theatrical experience.
Tim Rumage will also be back to talk about sustainability and its relation to your theme park project. In preparation for your work in-class this week you should have formed a "Big Idea" and its possibilities to develop as the heart of your project.
Two Hour Workshop in Worldbuilding conducted by important Fantasy writer N.K. Jemison is here. This is very worth watching.
In our first class for this semester we developed mapped a basic concept for an Oz space. Oz is a transmedia world that is built to house magical characters of various magnitudes and sorts. This week we will be looking at the development of characters or character pieces that fit our concept of an Enchanted Forest.Costume Designer and Fabric Sculptor Sheryl Haler will be our guest presenter along with Keith Nielsen, Ringling College 2015 graduate, who is a New York City-based costume designer.
Keith is working in film, television and theater, Keith maintains a strong sense of individuality supported with in-depth research and development that directly relates to character experiences within a script. Keith has been recognized by Ringling College with the honor of Distinguished Alumni.
Some of Keith's film/television credits include: TOMMY (currently in pre-production), THE VILLAGE, FRIENDS FROM COLLEGE, QUANTICO, WEST 40'S, MOZART IN THE JUNGLE, Untitled UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT (TV movie in post-production). Theater credits for the Westchester Broadway Theatre include: Anything Goes, Phantom, Man of La Mancha, and Mamma Mia.Keith has led various teams in a variety of client-focused tasks including branding, advertising, promotion and experience design. Collaborators include: Cirque du Solel, Hasbro, Explora Caribe and Microsoft Game Studios.Keith will be giving a presentation, followed by a Q & A, in the Morganroth Auditorium on Monday, November 11th, from 7 to 8:30 pm.
It is recommended you attend his talk on Monday night.
To prepare for class this week, you might make a map of that you think should be in an Enchanted Forest. There is no need to stick to conventional ideas about what that might be, but consider what is enchanting to you and how you would like to enchant others. Put some of these things on the map.
You can read the scope document for the Enchanted Forest Project on the InterGalactic Pinterest Page.
Bastille Day Parade 1989 designed by Jean-Paul Goude
Jean-Paul Goude's Designs for the Parade
Visual Anthropology Review by Peter Redfield of Celebrations of the French Bicentennial
"In modern spectacle then, we might see a corollary to
traditional visual ritual, a transitory moment of separation
and reintegration, a glimpse of an underlying social framework and the sacred edges of the profane. Ritual in
traditional societies, spectacle in modern societies, each are
portrayed as important events. Their importance is recognized by their audience and explicated by their interpreter. " ...Redfield
