From the 10th till the 23th of  May at Mosteiro São Bento da Vitória, Porto.

Coproduction Lafontana – Animated Forms / Teatro Nacional São João (TNSJ) from the original text of Fernão Mendes Pinto, with the interpretation of Marcelo Lafontana.

Inspired by the adventures of Fernão Mendes Pinto, a portuguese explorer, reported
from the book “Peregrinação” , published in 1614, Marcelo Lafontana makes a journey through strange stories that are presented in a miniature world.

Through the intersection of puppetry, in particular, the expressiveness of paper theater with the cinematic language, this small world becomes a large space of illusion in which the narrative arises.

The stage, is transformed into a film studio, where scenarios and characters drawn and cut from cardboard are handle in front of video cameras. The images are captured by a multimedia architecture providing image processing, image mixing, sound effects, chroma key, performance animation, and all happens in real-time. The final result is projected on a screen, like a sail of a boat that opens to the charms of a journey through the imagination.
from
Fernão Mendes Pinto

staging e interpretation
Marcelo Lafontana

dramaturgy
José Coutinhas

scenography
Sílvia Fagundes

design of the characters and scenarios
Luís Félix, Rebeca das Neves

photography
JPedro Martins

music
Eduardo Patriarca

Multimedia (architecture and contents)
Luís Grifu

Lighting design
Pedro Cardoso

staging assistance
Rita Nova

I´ve implemented some of the digital puppetry methods in this project. Methods and tools are described in another post in this blog.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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