MINSHIN  YANO

I enjoyed making floor plans and lighting plans because I could see how the whole show would be. This also helped me to find issues of transition very easily. 

However, I wish I could have done this with everyone. Everyone could have a vision how the show will be and what kind of issues there are.

Maybe I could try to ask helps instead of holding all the work by myself.

 

Problem Solving

 

I developed the ‘Minshin’s Kitchen’ a little. Because of the size of the theatre, there was a huge distance between and Audience. 

 

The lighting plan for ‘Minshin’s Kitchen’ was only a squared spot light on the table. When I rehearsed with the lighting, I could’t see audience seat. 

 

To make the gap between me and audience less, I requested wash lights on audience in order to eye contact with audience and feel  the reaction more from audience. I made everything bigger. Printed chickens became A2. I used 1 m paper guillotine and huge tv screen. Most of the time, I was standing during the performance in order to show the printed chickens to audience. 

 

As I made my tools bigger, I couldn’t hide them in my belongings. 

As the health and safety policy, I needed to carry out my iron safely when I leave the space.

 

 

Central Saint Martins Live final performance

 

Because of heath and safety issue, the ‘Calamari, More, Scone’ part has been cut. I didn’t want to hide the fact that the scene was cut 2 days before the final performance.  After getting permission from collaborators, I decided to protest. I announce to audience why my scene has been cut and how the scene used to be on a TV screen. The reason why the scene has been cut was the amount of water and salt. As an irony, I used same material in the tiny amount.