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VIDEOGRAPHY > Treasure Island

Penarth Operatic and Dramatic Society is a local amateur theatre group,, founded in 1924. In 2023, a year prior to their centurial year, they presented a stage play of Ken Ludwig's adaptation of 'Treasure Island' at the Paget Rooms, Penarth.

Matthew Lee was cast as Ben Gunn, but during rehearsals, he was offered a voluntary chore of producing rehearsal photos and present some promotional materials for the show.

Rehearsal Photography

This was the first time Matthew Lee decided to try out for stills photography for a stage production. Most of his photos and videos, taken during rehearsals, was used to promote the show as well as keep updates on the society's social media page.

 

Treasure Island - Behind the scenes
Treasure Island - Behind the scenes
A Rehearsal Prop Map - designed by Matthew Lee
The Map - art design by Matthew Lee
Set Prop
Set Prop
Ben Gunn's shell necklace
Ben Gunn's shell necklace
Prop Shells - made from clay by Matthew Lee
Flint's Crew - Black Dog (Logan Excell), Anne Bonny (Kelly Thompson) and George Merry (Rob Jenkins)
The Set
Tech Run
Tech Run
Tech Run
Tech Run
Tech Run
Tech Run
Chris Glynn as Blind Pew
Smollett, Liversey and Trelawney
Smollett, Liversey and Trelawney
Squire Trelawney (Phillip AJ May),Dr Liversey (Richard Griffiths) and Captain Smollett (Alex Wilson)
Dr Liversey (Richard Griffiths), Squire Trelawney (Phillip AJ May) and Captain Smollett (Alex Wilson

Promotional Videos

"The Radio Concept Teaser" 

The director, Jay Excell had a radio interview with Radio Cardiff and the Wynne Evans Show to promote the show. A small audio teaser was presented on radio which included a script segment.

As a starter of the promotional materials, Matthew took the radio segment and produced a visual concept teaser of the teaser.

"Rehearsal Featurette" (2023)

As the production week got closer, Matthew used for the rehearsal clips he captured and edited them together to make a featurette video. Featuring character lines of dialogue from the respective actors and interviews from a few of the cast members - special thanks to Charlotte Rees.

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