Digital Technology and its use in Scenography for Children's Theater Performances

Abstract

The twentieth century witnessed the storming of technology and technical development with all the outlets of life, especially the theater, which brought about sophistication in the design of the theatrical scene, that is, the era of the image, which is one of the most important parts of the theatrical show today, like audio and visual techniques are called the scenography that is formed through lighting, music, decoration, costume, and makeup, where it adheres These theatrical techniques with each other to provide theatrical performance more beautiful, beautiful and dazzling. And the goal of the scenography is to create an expressive assortment picture that translates the text into a tangible reality on the stage, that is, melting of all its elements into the image. Hence the need to shed light on the digital technology for cinematography in contemporary theater shows, and how to use them in children's theater shows, as the emergence of digital technology is one of the effective and interactive achievements with the child’s theatrical presentation, which pushes its components forward in terms of employment and beauty, and this interaction creates The element of surprise, anticipation, and excitement of the receiving child by broadcasting beautiful visual images. The second chapter included three topics, where the researcher in the first topic touched on digital technology in terms of its philosophical concept and its use in scenography. As for the second topic, it dealt with the emergence of history historically. The student came out with the indicators of the theoretical framework, which he informed him in designing her procedures and her research instrument, and she concluded the second semester with close toresearcher her studies, which was reached by her predecessors in this field.
As for the third semester within the research methodology, the researcher reviewed the descriptive-analytical approach, being the closest approach to investigating the research goal, and describing the research community that included(10) Iraqi and Arab presentations, presented in the period from 2012 to 2019, and the research sample was intentionally elected from one presentation: ( And in each era Wawan) as the limits of research as it sheds light on digital technology and the possibility of its use in the scenography of children's theater shows. The research tool represented (the instrument of analyzing the presentations was built into three main axes which are (digital music, digital lighting, and digital decoration), and the research tool was subject to the conditions of honesty and consistency so that it can be used in analyzing the presentations and extracting the results, and the percentage was adopted as the ratios of statistical means to reach, Therefore. The research ended with the fourth chapter, which included the results of the research, its conclusions, recommendations, and proposals.