Some Reflective Notes on Directing the Online Auto-Ethnotheatre See You Zoom - An Account of the Lives of Hongkongers in the Dramatic 2020 線上自傳式人種誌劇 See You Zoom 的導演反思筆記——香港人在戲劇性的2020年下的生活
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This article accounts the director’s reflection on the creating and performing of the auto-ethnotheatre See You Zoom series (February-October 2020), through the video-conferencing software Zoom during the staying home period due to COVID-19. Driven by an urge to connect community people under the cumulative impact of the social unrest and the pandemic since mid-2019, the director started this creative journey, encountered challenges, and gained insights of devising, rehearsing and staging auto-ethnotheatre entirely through Zoom. Three aspects of online theatre-making were reflected: (i) working with actors without their physical presence (ii) playing with the public and private spaces, and (iii) managing the engagement of Zoom participatory-audience.
作者在2019冠狀病毒病自願居家隔離期間，透過視頻會議軟件Zoom來創作和演出自傳式人種誌劇See You Zoom系列(2020年2月至10月)。本文為作者以導演身份對此創作的反思。自2019年中以來，在社會事件和疫情的持續影響下，作者基於渴望聯繫社區內不同人士而開展了這一創作旅程，並在途中遇上種種挑戰。透過是次經驗，作者對於全程在Zoom上編作、排練和進行現場演出有所發現及洞察。作者在以下三方面反思了線上劇場建構：(i) 在未能與演員實體同場的情況下共同創作 (ii) 運用公共和私人空間的關係，以及 (iii) 管理Zoom觀眾的參與度。
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