Material Justification and Overall Evaluation

Justification of Materials

The Frames of the projection screens were made from softwood. This was the best choice as softwood is relatively cheap and strong enough to be bolted together and be hung. Although the wood can splinter and break easily, the wood is being framed with fabric so the way it looked was not an issue and so it wouldn’t have been necessary to buy a dearer more attractive looking wood.

The white material used was cotton, as it is cheaper from thicker fabrics and as the frames are being hung, they won’t be handled that often so we needn’t worry about the material ripping.

It had to be white as the projection would show more clearly on this. If we had used a darker colour the projection would not have been able to be seen.

 

Evaluation

Considering that the client brief only asked for something small and basic, I feel as though it worked will with the piece it assisted. The Projector Screen worked and the film was seen perfectly. The frame was built accurately and safely and hung as it was designed to, and it didn’t take focus off of the dancer.

Although I do feel as though the space looked bare, and would have benefited with some set dressings however the dancer did not want this. Although I feel that clothes scattered about the place, or ‘not for sale’ signs on flats may have looked better and accented the performance and made it clearer to the audience what the piece was trying to communicate, the client wanted bare space and so this was compromised with and the set consisted of only one projection screen.