The Christmas Pantomime is the yearly tradition for many families; it is that special time of year where they get to enjoy a theatrical experience with their loved ones. However, nobody has stopped to ask the question about its accessibility. Nobody, that is, until this project idea came up to create a pantomime targeted towards a visually impaired audience and society at large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From the beginning, the aim was to create a show where everyone would have the same experience, leading the team to make the decision that the show would be in pitch darkness. It felt superfluous to create a performance that still needed visuals in order to enjoy its full experience; the team looked at the impairment not as a limitation but as a world of possibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The team have chosen to use binaural technology which records sound using an especially built microphone, arranged with the intent to create a 3-D stereo sound sensation for the listener to actually feel like they are in the centre of the action with the performers. This effect is often created using a technique known as “dummy head recording”, wherein a mannequin head is outfitted with a microphone in each ear. Binaural recording only works using headphones, meaning that every member of the audience will have their individual set of headphones during the pantomime. This idea of a three-dimensional or “internal” form of sound has also translated into the useful advancement of technology in many things such as stethoscopes creating “in-head” acoustics and IMAX movies being able to create a three-dimensional acoustic experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Panto in the Dark<\/em> will be performed between 19 and 23 December 2018 at Planetarium Hall, Esplora. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This project is supported by Il-Premju tal-President g\u0127all-Kreattivit\u00e0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10825,"template":"","funded_project_category":[39],"class_list":["post-10808","funded_project","type-funded_project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","funded_project_category-international"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/funded_project\/10808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/funded_project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/funded_project"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/funded_project\/10808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10827,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/funded_project\/10808\/revisions\/10827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"funded_project_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/funded_project_category?post=10808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}