Locovisual - St. James Theatre

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St James Theatre, designed by Henry White in 1912  was at the time the largest theatre for vaudeville and pictures in Australasia. (Lee, 2007)

The theatre was designed for live performances and silent movies, but over the years has been modified and adapted to house performances ranging from live Shakespearean performances, to concerts and movies, and is now the home of The Royal New Zealand Ballet. ("The St. James Theatre ")

St James Theatre is designed in a Baroque Revival style; from the outside this can be identified by a facade adorned with classically inspired columns with curvilinear organic capitals, a combination of linear and domed archways, a pastel stucco finish, and plaster statues that pay homage to the Statue of Apollo. The interior is highly ornamental, decorated with curvaceous plastering, dancing cupids, harps and horns all with gold-leaf gilding. (Blunt, 1978)

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Historically, Baroque theatres were designed with the greatest technology available such that stages could be transformed mid-performance to provide new settings in seconds whilst hiding the unsightly elements key to the stage's function. This gave rise to a new dynamic available for playwrights to weave into their work, and effectively created a new theatrical genre providing viewers with a multimedia experience. (Norberg-Schulz, 1972) Theatres intending to screen such performances would generally be modeled in Baroque fashion, and as such reflects the styles of performance on offer such as at the St. James Theatre . St. James Theatre also intended to use the greatest technology available and was the first theatre in the world to be built from steel and the finest English concrete reinforced with top quality cow hair. (Cochran, 1993)

St. James Theatre has survived financial turmoil and threat of demolition, (McGill, 1998) and has been once again been recognised as an "outstanding cultural and historically significant" theatre and focus for performing arts in New Zealand. ("The St. James Theatre ")

Blunt, A. (1978). Baroque & Rococo architecture & decoration. London: Elek.

Cochran, C. (1993). St James Theatre, Courtenay Place, Wellington : cultural heritage assessment / report prepared by Chris Cochran in association with Ross Thorne for the New Zealand Historic Places Trust/Pouhere Taonga. Wellington, N.Z.: New Zealand Historic Places Trust/Pouhere Taonga.

Lee, A. Y. J. (2007). Theatre of three horizons : re-design of ballet building, St James Theatre, Wellington. Wellington, N.Z.

McGill, D. (1998). Full circle : the history of the St James Theatre. Wellington, NZ: Phantom House.

Norberg-Schulz, C. (1972). Baroque Architecture. Ney York: H. N. Abrams.

. The St. James Theatre Retrieved March 4, 2008, from http://www.stjames.co.nz/

Stop Motion Inspiration

Quite a cute little clip, a little slow but I love the use of the cardboard and fabric in a real world environment. It has helped me identify techniques to help me mesh people and objects into a real world animation.

Stop Motion Inspiration

This animation..... is amazing. The interactions with the water and the use of th sand to give the appearance of movement really make this animation for me. A very quirky storyline and so effective for such a short clip.

Stop Motion Inspiration

I love this animation for the way the characters move in the video, appearing to glide after each other instead of walking, and also the quirky interactions they have with their surroundings. It's also animated with real people which is the style I intend to use for my animation.

Brainstorm - The Clip

This is my individual brainstorm for "The Clip" on the topic of Industrial Design. Personally, I used the group brainstorm for the purposes of brainstorming, but made a flow chart to arrive at the decision of focusing on what I believe could be termed "Renewable Design". This will be explained in my standpoint on Industrial Design.

Spot Cleaning Company Advertisement

This is our group's advertisement for "Spot Cleaning Company" for the second DSDN101 Group Project.

Spot Cleaning Company is a house cleaning service targeting families with young children, particularly busy or overworked parents who are often not able to allow time to maintain a clean household in their busy schedules.

Spot Cleaning Company understands these needs, and aims to provide a fun and friendly cleaning service to help ease the stress of your busy lifestyle by providing a professional cleaning service that maintains our high standard of cleanliness and hygiene whilst being family-friendly and entertaining the children.

Our advertisement reflects this with the use of our clean and friendly mascot, Spots the Dog; a mischievous and helpful labrador who both cleans to a high standard and serves as a role model for children, showing them that keeping the house clean can be a fun and exciting chore. This is also reflected with our use of the soundtrack "Yakkity Sax" from the Benny Hill Show. 

Summarily, the mantra of Spot Cleaning Company is "Making Families Happy", a reflection on the company's dedication to helping busy families maintain a joyful and harmonious lifestyle whilst living in a clean environment, and no matter how dirty the mess we keep your house feeling like home.

"The Clip" Test Animation

This is a test animation for the style of stop-motion I want to use in my project for "The Clip"