Documentation Strategy
For documentation purposes I always tend to keep a folder with the title of the project on my computer and a back up drive. In that folder I first start with a word document where I write my initial ideas and inspirations and I keep adding them up until I have the beginning of a first draft script.
Then I proceed to keep different stages of the script in separate documents as it evolves so I am able to see a clear growth and how to project changed throughout the process of making.
As I start going into the studio, I begin to take pictures and film different stages of rehearsals, especially with movement based shows.
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As of 2024, I hardly use social media platforms to document any work that I am doing but for future endeavours, I am planning on using it as a documentation & marketing tool that will start from the early stages of the production. (With no spoilers!)
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Please see some examples below from Chandelier, a show created in collaboration with Yu Fan Lee and George Murray, a piece inspired by Carl Jung's Map of the Soul and the notion of the persona, ego and shadow.
Below you can see an example of how I keep notes and document early stages of the production. These photos & videos are the kind of content I will start using in my documentation and marketing strategy.
A movement score created for the piece by the artists.
Notes on the book that inspired the show with relevant information artists look back on during the early stages of the production.
Using a musical score to build a structure for the show. (very early stages of the production.)
Video recordings of initial ideas we have.
Translating the movement score.
The different stages of movement from the start of the project to a more fixed version.
The different stages of building the set.
The search for props & costumes
The BTS photos & videos that show a more realxed version of the performers and create a connection with the audience before the show
