The central focus of ‘What’s in A Frame’ is the understanding of how film techniques can be utilised to help reshape live theatre for the digital landscape. Live theatre is an unedited raw depiction of the human experience - similar to life there are no second chances. Film crafts its narrative with carefully considered visuals that immerse the viewer into the world of the story. With respect to the current restrictions on live theatre during this time, there is a clear and substantive opportunity to create a more immersive experience of live theatre within the digital landscape.

The first half of the semester was spent exploring the frame. The frame is a tool that holds value to how the world is viewed, experienced and interacted with. It is a malleable and versatile tool that shifts and transforms depending on the desired relationship to sight. It can create boundaries as well as reshape our perception of sight. 

Progressing into the second half of the semester, the research shifted into looking at the role of the frame in relation to film. Looking into a short scene from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and how that could be adapted for the digital stage. There was research conducted into the potential use of the online video communication platform ‘Zoom’ as the potential new digital stage for theatre and what could be done to elevate the experience of watching a theatre performance in ‘Zoom’. The main focus of the explorations was the relationship between actor and camera, along with conducting different investigations through the use of different perspectives and spacial arrangements within the frame, that can help immerse the viewer into the narrative.