Part 1

This week you are going to learn about venues. Watch the video before attending class this week. Bring your questions about the video to class.

Vocabulary

Word	Definition
Deck	performance area, the stage
Down stage	Part of the stage closest to the audience
Grid	Pipes or bars over the stage that are fixed to the building.
Ground plan	A drawing of the stage seen from overhead
House	audience area
House right or House left	The side of stage corresponding to the direction from the audience perspective.
Off stage	Those parts of the stage not seen by the audience.
Section plan	A drawing of the stage seen from the side
Stage right or stage left	The side of stage corresponding to the direction from the actor perspective.
Up stage	Part of the stage furthest from the audience
Venue	The space or building within which the performance occurs

Stage Directions

Theatre venue types

Assignment Venues

Go back to black board and take the venues quiz in the Homework, Quizzes and tests tab, quizzes file, Venue Icon.

Part 2 Environments: augmented reality, projection mapping and virtual reality

Lecture video below.

Examples of Augmented reality

Augment realist presentation by Marco Tempest: A magical tale (with augmented reality) on a TED TALK March 30, 2012.

Matt Mills: Image recognition that triggers augmented reality July 19, 2012.

Example of projection mapping

Open Pool. OpenPool is an open source project that uses Microsoft Kinect and a projector to turn any surface into an interactive motion playground.

Rain Room London, October 4, 2012 This is an amazing experience in an all encompassing experience https://youtu.be/EkvazIZx-F0

Examples of Virtual Reality

No Man’s Sky – Frontiers Update Tease & 5th Anniversary Trailer, August 9, 2021

Vocabulary part 2

Word	Definition
Virtual environment	The blending of the physical world with the virtual through computer or other technologies.
Projection mapping	The turning of objects into surfaces for video projection.
Augmented reality	An enhanced version of reality created by the use of technology to overlay digital information on an image of something being viewed through a device.

Assignment part 2

Quiz

Go back to blackboard and take the quiz inside the homework, quizzes and tests tab, quizzes folder Augmented reality Icon.

Team project

Milestone #2 Rough draft of themed project assignment. Turn in on Brightspace.

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