Pearl Theatre Company - And Away We Go

Some photos from The Pearl Theatre Company's world premiere production of Terrence McNally's And Away We Go.

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I like the first and the last - the light and expression in the first are more interesting I think, whereas the last needs a body gesture as the mask takes away facial expression, this is a problem with masked theatre, it relies a lot on gesture.

Gesture in the second one is ok, but her action hasn't helped with the focus. Also the white balance is a bit on the magenta. The third I can see what you're trying to do, capturing the scenography but the character gets a bit lost in the scene and the image lacks a focus, in my opinion. The chairs at the bottom are also quite distracting. Maybe consider framing from the table upwards, the lady and her expressions would be larger in the scene and the lights appear more dramatic - you'd need to change the focal length but a wide field of view should still be possible ...

Hope this helps. Good to see some more theatre around here ...

Thanks, Owain. I tried pulling the magenta back a little on that second shot. I need to break down and get a Colormunki

This set was very challenging to work with -- it was a representation of a cluttered backstage and was very busy. For that third shot I wanted to get a feel for the scale of the space with that wonderful light sculpture and I knew I would lose the detail of the actress. This is actually a crop of the original, I looked at cropping at the table top, but it cuts the actress off in a very unflattering way.

Thanks for the feedback! We have to keep a beachhead of theatre and dance here!

AlFooteIII wrote in post #16492489
Thanks, Owain. I tried pulling the magenta back a little on that second shot. I need to break down and get a Colormunki

This set was very challenging to work with -- it was a representation of a cluttered backstage and was very busy. For that third shot I wanted to get a feel for the scale of the space with that wonderful light sculpture and I knew I would lose the detail of the actress. This is actually a crop of the original, I looked at cropping at the table top, but it cuts the actress off in a very unflattering way.

Thanks for the feedback! We have to keep a beachhead of theatre and dance here!

I did wonder if that was the setting, it sort of reminded me of Jeff Wall's rendition of Invisible Man. Fair enough if the crop didn't work.

A bit of a theatre and dance club would be good, for certain!

Owain has some good points, i'll add that these appear a little on the soft side also?