INVISIBLE MAN 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Film Direction, Photography, Creative Consultancy

This documentary film captures the creative process undertaken by the multi-disciplinary artists and musicians as they devised a theatrical production of Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison.

THE CONCEPT

PRODUCE AN AUDIO-VISUAL SKETCHBOOK

DOCUMENT the multi-disciplinary approach to the Invisible Man R&D with an audio-visual sketchbook to reflect the fluidity and experimental dynamics of the research and development process embarked on by the company at the Bush Theatre.

CREATIVE 

INSPIRATION

Nomad Creative Consultancy decided to create an audio-visual sketchbook to capture the multi-disciplinary approach taken by the company to devise the Invisible Man theatre production. 

An artist's sketchbook records initial ideas and research notes prior to the creation of a final artwork.

Nomad Creative Consultancy decided that an audio-visual sketchbook film would capture effectively the diverse personal and collective explorations of the actor, jazz musicians, deaf choreographer, BSL interpreter, assistant director, lighting designer and producer as they undertook the R&D process in the development of the full length Invisible Man play.

The project was funded by the Arts Council England. 

CONSULTANCY

PURPOSE OF THE FILM

Following the success of the Invisible Man at the Decibel Festival, the director wanted to integrate a mixed-media and multidisciplinary approach to the dramatisation of the performance, adding greater depth to the sensory experience of the play.

The audio-visual sketchbook concept would enable each element of the creative process to be documented equally. By weaving together the artists' individual journeys, the film illustrates the fluidity and spontaneity of the creative process and the impact the director's approach has on the artists personal development.  

The company also designed the set, costume & multi-media projection. We chose minimal and classic 1950's props to enable the complex themes of marginalisation within the seminal novel Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison to be illuminated to the audience.