The Greeks: Minor Project, Year 3.
To kick off the third and final year of university we've been given 'The Greeks' as a subject area and a selection of texts, poems, and plays from the era to base interpretations and transposals around. The chosen texts are as follows:
The Birds by Aristophanes.
Lysistrata by Aristophanes.
The Odyssey by Homer.
The Orestia by Aeschylus.
The Restless House by Zinnie Harris.
Medea by Euripides.
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles.
Greek by Steven Berkoff.
Iphegena in Splott by Gary Owen.
Upon reading and researching each of these texts individually, the two that I find myself most interested in are the 'The Birds' and 'The Orestia'. Both of these have the potential for a lot of character/ world design and creation which are areas that I'm personally interested in and would like to use this project to explore further.
Certain areas of practice and research that I'd particularly like to use in terms of developing my project will be soundtracks, aesthetics, location hunting, and areas of inspiration from artists, designers, developers etc.
Areas of focus and concepts that sprung to mind when discovering the theme of Greek theatre for the term include mythical monsters, animal symbolism, myth and magic, solar and lunar cycles, gods and mortals; themes thought of with a quick brainstorm. My first stages of development will be researching the plays further and deciding which one I will focus on, as well as deciding on potential making and design projects to undertake.
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