| Living Stage | ||
|---|---|---|
| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 11354 |
| Catalog #: | 493063 | |
| Clip Number: | 493063-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 61-0189 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | A THEATER STAGE AREA | |
| Year Shot: | 1981 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/THEATER: Amateur | |
| Description: | INTRODUCTION: This video is the combined product of Master Numbers 11352 and 11353. Really this is just a replay of Master Number 11352, for not much of 11353 is used. Nonetheless, refer to Masters 11353 and 11353 for the complete descriptions of the following footage. The following is not much more than a timeline of the footage. Burn codes do not match up. This video is the third tape in a four tape collection. OPENING: 01:01:43 Footage transitions in from a black screen to show a group of theatrical performers rehearsing for a production. All are dressed in stereotypical hippie attire and are playing music instruments. 01:02:18 Footage shows a Living Stage producer giving an interview about the motivation behind his company. 01:03:17 The title of the program, "Living Stage Theater Company," is shown set again footage of the performers rehearsing. They move into a line anticipating that their audience is about to arrive. BODY: 01:04:55 Footage transitions back to the interview with the producer. 01:05:32 Footage transitions back to the performers. A group of school children enter the room and sit down in front of the performers. A variety of instruments have been placed there for them, and each kid picks one up. A variety of shots capture the performers in relationship to the kids. 01:06:47 One of the performers greets the kids. 01:08:40 The performer takes the kids line by line through the song. 01:12:02 The kids are called to their feet to sing. Close-ups are made of them. 01:13:22 The performer begins to make big sways with her body to encourage the kids to really get into the spirit of the song. The other performers to the same thing. 01:14:25 The performer begins to dance around the room. The kids are not sure what to make of this. Another performer dressed as a red ship sail enters the stage area and works off of the momentum her partner began. Then, a third performer begins to parade around with a polka-dotted bed sheet freaking the kids out. 01:17:30 The first performer begins to give a singing sermon to the kids. Next, a role-play begins. 01:23:42 The performers freeze in scene. The producer enters the stage (This is not part of his interview). He asks the kids to describe the expression of the performers' faces. He eventually stands in between the two role-players and directs them as to how to proceed. 01:30:45 A student helper is selected from the group to help act out the second part of the role-play. 01:44:52 The performers, including the kid, freeze a second time. The producer asks the students to again describe what they see. 01:45:55 The role-play is over. The first performer sits on a box and beings conversing with the students. 01:47:00 The other performers join her, and the students are told to gather around. 01:49:05 The kids and the performers scattered throughout the stage. They begin to act out different emotions. Everyone screams and gestures their bodies. Six different freezes are made. 01:53:00 Everyone moves to on end of the stage. One at a time each kid runs to the other end and freezes. The intention is to create one large sculpture. Once everyone is down to the other end, the first performer orders them to take one more movement, and to create yet another sculpture. Everyone then begins to sing. CLOSING: 01:56:14 The credits read, "Theater of The Heart: Living Stage Theater Company." They are set against additional footage of the emotion freeze thing. 01:58:08 The performance is over, and the kids are shown leaving the stage. The performers then go back to signing their song. 01:59:52 OUT. | |
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