The first formal group meeting was held today. Everyone read the script according to the tasks assigned by the tutor two days ago, and then shared our opinions with each other. Then the tasks were assigned. I was mainly responsible for making costume. However, since it is a special period now, even if I have finished making the clothes, it is impossible for me to send them to the actor in another country, so I may not make the clothes. It is very likely to get inspiration of clothes through research information, and then give suggestions to actors, so that they can find similar clothes for performance. However, this is only a tentative idea at the moment, and more related work may be done in the future.
Up to now, I have finished the intensive reading of the script, and then summarized several important scenes in it to share with the team members, so as to facilitate our follow-up work. And then I did some historical research on the two main characters. I feel that the process of communicating with everyone is a process of learning from each other, and help me understand the working process of other professionals in this industry.
RUNDOWN
Two characters:
The Shinto Priest, Matsumura Hyogo
The soul of the mirror, a young woman, Yayoi
The Ghost appears three times in the show, so there are three acts that can be shown to the audience.
- In the first scene, she seduces the priest and nearly kills him. It was daylight。
When the priest went to check the well, he was initially scared when he found something unusual. Then he sees is the makeup profile of the woman, which I think is just the top half of her body. Then she turns to him and smiles, capturing his mind in a moment. He began to feel dizzy. All around gradually became dark. The woman’s face clearly appeared in the depths of darkness, and it became more and more beautiful. And dragged him into the darkness.
So I think when the ghost turns around and starts to smile at the priest, it should be beautiful, not scary.
If it is on a stage, the man and the well can be on the left of the stage, and the man looks down at the well, and Then the large curtain in the center of the stage somehow projected the scene from the well. It shows unusual waves of water, and then the profile of a woman’s makeup gradually emerges. This Angle is designed to give the audience a clear view of what is going on in the well. When priest starts to get dizzy, we can play different music and Vertigo images or effects.
- The second act is the day the dragon leaves, she has a chance to escape and seek the priest’s help, to save her from the well.
A week after the fence was finished, heavy rains began to fall and the drought ended. Then there were three days of breathtaking downpours, accompanied by lightning and thunder, which brought down a number of Bridges. On the third night, at about two o ‘clock, there was a knock at the priest’s door. Then the second act begins.
Actually, I feel like the heavy rain is just the dragon leaving with its water.
We can simply show the rain and the damage to the city with stage effects, and then let the characters come on stage.
- The third act is the priest’s servant to find the mirror. Then the priest’s observation of the mirror can be highlighted, such as the details of the mirror. The priest was reminded of the woman’s identity. She is the soul of the ancient mirror. After knowing these things, the priest polished the mirror where the ghost lived, blessed the mirror with a sacred ceremony and placed it properly.
- In the fourth act, she comes to express her gratitude to the priest and tells her story of how she came to Japan from the Korean Peninsula. As a delicate mirror had been circulated among the nobles, but because of the war, it was thrown into the well, and has been under the control of the dragon ever since. Finally the Ghost wants him to help her return the mirror to the descendants of the original owner. And warned of the danger of the house as a reward, so the priest’s family survived.
RESEARCH
- Shinto priest
The priest is living in the period of the Ashikaga Shogunate. 1435-1490
- Soul of mirror
It was in the time of the Emperor Saimei that the mirror was first brought here from Kudara.Kudara is a country that existed on the Korean peninsula between the fourth and seventh centuries.