Friday, 20 October 2017

The Road of life story

Reflected on life- made road map showing life events- helped me think about what has changed/affected my life in positive/negative ways- significance of certain life events

3 key moments- noted down details- why it was important/interesting story- one age 7, one age 12, one age 18.

All told stories in front of class- emotional/powerful/interesting.

Got into groups of 5- used timelines to explore story in detail- asked loads of questions e.g. surroundings/senses/emotions experienced- helped visulaise the world of the play/become engaged in other stories- more detail/description = more exciting/believable stories.

 chose a story (Ella's counselling story)- find orginial/creative way to present this

Consider objectives/units/characters/story telling.

Rehearsal process- justify choices/blocking/strenghts & weaknesses.

Outcome of first piece- evaluate


Second story

New groups- with Gabriel/Poppy/Lottie

Each had childhood stories relating to teeth (my story age 7)

Made each story short/snappy/clear- using lots oh physical movement/enegry.

Need to break into clear objectives/units/what we want to portray.


Second story- changed


New idea- Dad's leaving daughters.

Disappearing act- Magic/comedic effect- Magician does magic trick to make dad disappear, can't make him come back. Slap & tickle effect.

Repeat phrases from timeline, showing what happened straight after. I repeated 'Silence.'

Phrase accompanied by physical movement in a set pattern, building up in canon.

Sound bulit up, tension rose until Poppy screams, becoming too much for them.

Repeat Lottie/Poppy's thought process- added power/meaning to words.

Ring tone- build up- canon- build up on tension/shows how frustrating it is.

Poppy/Lottie ask questions- reply with automatic reply- voicemail- shows how they don't care/ are never there for them.

Great British dad off- play cheesy/ordinary Dads- show how they are normal people with normal lives- not villains.

Send text without glasses/dance off- comedic & fun atmosphere created- juxtaposes how they never had this and wished they had- idealistic family

Sudden/shocking contrast- life is hard.

Needs to be shorter/more polised.


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