The idea of 'projection' was to get everybody who is not main in a scene to hold up pieces of white card and have projected images onto all of the card that are involved with the scene.
For example, when we play the 'skating scene', we decided to project a winter wonderland sort of image onto the card. This works really well because it gives the audience more of a feel of what is going on in the scene if it is not clear. I also think that it works really well with the whole performance as it keeps the pace going with continuous scenes, and it gives the whole performance a more interesting view in my opinion.
The only negative thing I would say however about the projection would be that sometimes in rehearsals the card was slightly noisy when in motion, and the whole chorus would have to be in the exact same place every single time for it to really work. If there are gaps also between the pieces of card again it doesn't work because the projection actually goes right through and doesn't look right. Overall, the idea of projection really looks great and works well if it is performed right.
The themes we thought of for the scenes were:
*Scene 2 (train) - a carriage
*Scene 6 (skating) - a winter wonderland
*Scene 7 ('Simon the goose boy') - geese
*Scene 8 (back to the house, sacking workers) - grandfather clock/fireplace
*Scene 9 (library) - library
*Scene 4/Act 2 (workhouse) - industry workplace
*Scene 5 (journey) - sunset
*Scene 6 (London) - London
*Scene 7 (visiting Aunt Jane) - old poor house
*Scene 8 ('Another train journey') - train carriage
You evaluate the use of card and projection here, albeit a little superficially. You could comment a little more on the impact of the projection, the look of it, and the textured nature of the images as different to the kind of projection achieved with a screen.
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