Having initially come up with the 'integrating stage' idea I mentioned in the last post, I then thought about how I could transform the 2-d stage into a 3-d stage...
As I was thinking about Canary Wharf for the setting, I found a fairly deserted small hill in one of its streets.
I thought if I set up 4 different colour screens, with each one facing outwards, creating an enclosed square.
Within the square (formed by the screens) I would have 4 different sets of shadow puppets on top of a rotating platform (a bit like a large automated potter's wheel). These four puppets would each have their own light source and be separated from one another by two wider screens that quarter the square.
I know this may sound confusing. I will try and explain as best I can:
If you can imagine from a birds-eye view, the square (made up from the 4 four different coloured screens - e.g. bedsheets). Then (still from the b-eye-v) an 'X' made from some opaque rigid material, that goes from corner to corner sectioning the interior space into quarters.
Then have the light sources in the centre corner of each triangular quartered section, with the puppet facing the bedsheet screen.
I would make the 4 puppets dancers, a couple in 4 different poses, that flow with the dance they are doing (so 4 different steps that work together).
The total result of this (slightly confusing to explain) piece would be like a shadow puppet carousel... except the puppets would be life size!
The time and planning of this piece would have taken too long, so I looked for a more appropriate solution...
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