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Forever- this piece is shot on 16mm film with a very simple projection. it was created in 1993. the piece is all projected from behind, infortunatly i am unable to find a picture as his web site has only got his currant work on there.

Inland- this was another piece which used projection and other formes of midia. still usingheprojection he also had a telivition screen pulled on by a dancer. the TV showed a dog going for a walk. this was a conectin between real life and media. having the performer pull the dog on stage mimics them taking it for a walk. the TV was powerd by very larg batterys as there was no wires for safty.

Wright created a very asthetically pleasing image for the audience. having a small projection in one corner and then the performer dancing with the projection. a simple image of Bird can give a story to the movement of the dancer. this creates a duet etween real life and midia.

He creates some very clever images, for example when the perfoemer is infront of the "mirror", he moves perfectly with the image of himself, reacting so will to the extra interaction between them. for example when the reflection slaps the real person. he also has a nice section when all the performers are in a projection, but then one of them leaves and enters the stage in real life, interacting still though with he projection. it is all very clever, showing a shift in time in the performance.

i think the reason why this all works so well is because Wright takes time to no his performers and what there life situation is. he then takes this and makes his performances around the performers.

http://www.douglaswright.net/ hee is a link to Wrights web page.

-the different sounds that can be created
ambient sound, a way to pull across sound. meaning sound that is underneath the action. a sound that helps what ever it is acompaning to be succsesfull, setting the mood.

Both found on Google, web definition.
the general sounds, no matter how faint, that fill the background of the primary recorded sounds.
hhh.gavilan.edu/grichards/hum4/terms_000.html

This term generally refers to any sounds that are used to establish location. The ambient sound of a scene in a park, for instance, might include birds chirping, children laughing, or a dog barking. ...
faculty.salisbury.edu/~dtjohnson/filmterms.htm

Mic's-aquiptment to record sounds
Radio mic, is a body mic that runs from a small battery pack which is possitioned on the body, the microphone head is very smll and easally attatched to either clothes or to he face. this is often used in stage productions.

Shotgun mic, is a microphone tha picks up very small sounds alowing you to record them and play them back at a higher leval to hear them.

Speakers-out putting the sound
a PA sysem is a piece of equopment also none as a public address system that contolsthe sound by electronic ampifier.
Alot of people are recording on there mobile phones now to. this is a very quick and easy way to create video's to put on the net.