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1. catatonic
2. relaxed
3. neutral
4. alert
5. suspense
6. passionate
7. tragic
walked around the room in these levels of tension.
catatonic was like someone who was drunk and could not walk straight.
passionate was quite exaggerated.
tragic was like as if you couldn't even move and something was holding you down.
we improvised a scene where we all were a family watching tv. we decided on the genre ourselves - reality tv shows. we reacted to the tv through these levels of tension and automatically, our characters became obvious, e.g. i was the father because i was catatonic.

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Speeches. Women’s roles. Letters. War. Films. Development!!
What do we mean?
How something is done - convention.
Cultural - music, fashion, art, food, architecture. Linked to race, background, religion (influence on society)
What goes on in society influences what goes on culturally.
How people behaved at that time. Dialogue. Newspapers, speeches, good mornings, music. What does music mean to you? Escapism. How did people meet? Not online. Romantic. Dances.
Historical - knowing about wars etc. Historical and social will blend into each other. Historically - women working, socially - how unfair it was & it opened the door to things women never thought they could ever do. Only a privileged few would have an education if they had money.
Social - what’s going on in society at the moment and when your piece was set. Women would go to work because men went to war. Now? Impact and influence on society - knife crime, terrosism
Letter - always receive letters, can interpret it any way you want. Can influence your scenes because the couple never meet as they read letters.
Discuss - evaluation, debate, challenge.

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At first we were given 7 words to look at in groups of 5/6. We were given a short amount of time to create a story and act out a short scene from the information we gathered.
We were put into different groups the lesson after and given the same 7 words but this time the list included a title. Ours was "The Murder". We first acted out a short scene in an unrealistic way with everyone lying on the ground, one person stood up to 'murder' us.
We were then given the task to act the scene out but this time in a naturalistic way.
We then had to act the same scene but in both a naturalistic and non-naturalistic way.

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we first had to come up with a position that we did in class - everyone's was different. we all looked around and commented on them and how they could tell stories. e.g. dictatorship, war, love, loss, feelings trapped, surrounded.
we got into pairs and did this chair exercise by responding to each other's movements and told a story, improvisation used.
for a lot of people, this complicite exercise didn't work because performing this can get boring to do after a few changes, therefore can be boring to watch, especially if not practised and exaggerated.

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looked at a complicate exercise using bamboo sticks. we looked at preciseness. we all had to decide on exactly how the stick should be in front of us all. worked together to decide. e.g. 6 inches above ground, hand in front of our chest, staring right at the stick as we walk, has to be completely straight. this was important as it firstly taught us to work together to decide on something, secondly helped us to learn how to be completely precise so when we're performing specific scenes to the audience, everything looks polished and put together.
we developed it even further and we started doing this in groups of three. we worked together in threes, with leaders switching, the people on the sides being in control of where we go and which way the sticks flow/move. the easy thing about it was the communication between us and deciding when to turn or move. the hard thing about it was keeping up with the other two in the group and making sure everyone looked the exact same as we walked around. we had to change the way we communicated at times to keep up.
we developed this to working in pairs, at first working together and moving across the room with the bamboo sticks with either of us being in control. then the sticks were taken away, this built a relationship, it could be used to tell a short story. responding off of people, critical when doing this in movement. learnt through these exercises the importance of the decision of movement and what it communicated to the audience. the sticks can be used to create ships, boats, forests, which is what we wouldnt be able to make on stage using other things.

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people walked around the room at different paces. (1 to 7). working in an office at different paces e.g. typing fast, photo copying slowly.
we were put into two groups, all picked a number to changes to and picked the last text we sent and had to all say it after we performed very stylised movements leading up to it.
looks exciting to watch on stage for audience. telling a story through movement.
development: putting it into context. fighting, office, shopping, contest.
naturalism - waiting to break up with partner, different paces because they are nervous, angry, upset.
it is all intertwined.
showing emotions through body language, movement.
having a contrast - a conversation with people in background being very stylised.

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Where would you like the piece to go? 09/11/17

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Where would you like the piece to go? 09/11/17

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Looking at more 1940s movies to inspire us. The dance scene could turn into a battle, flipping backwards and forwards.
As the dance is happening, pictures of men and soldiers in trenches or fighting showing on projector screen. Use of contrasting images.
The message and aim of our piece. is it clear or not? something to have to help us evaluate.

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we got some inspiration from looking at a film called Brief Encounter, a love story, which related to what we want to explore and perform. we also looked at clips of this performance by Knee High and how they fused film and theatre together. (they showed some clips from the film on projection screen).

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main character wakes up as if in a disney film. she opens the window and stares out into the world smiling at her surroundings.
shows that the world seems lovely but in reality people lose loved ones all the time because of war and hatred.

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when the couple first meet, they bump into each other as they are swing dancing. everyone on stage dances. works because we could use contrasting images here. representing war?

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Key words for all questions:
•Interpreting
•Creating
•Developing

20 - 30 minutes performance for 6 people.

Extract: attempts of her life. Series of small individual scenes that make one big one.
Response: What did you get from it? Themes, issues, feelings, relation and connection to the world we live in now. Use analysis and imagination to explain.
Practitioner: complicite
Using key moments and extracts to explain what you’ve done in each question.
Style of theatre. What do they use? Watch videos on Neil’s Padlet page. Do extra research. Track how it was developed throughout the devising process. What you learnt and how you did it. How did you interpret it - created scenes - developed them.
E.g. War - Love. Change and development. Track all sessions.
Don’t know where you’re going to go with the piece. You figure this out only after.

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Key stages!!! Not everything.
Decide when writing essay.
Development process: rehearsals. It is a development. What did you do? What would you link to the first question? Devising and the process.
Performance outcomes. Aims and intentions. They will change. The message of your piece? What do you want to succeed in doing? What would you want to achieve it the scene - choral, intimate, naturalistic. Use of theatrical devices - sound, lighting etc.
Linking.

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How were they created? Where did they come from?
Development? Character creation - voice, movement, research, time period (how did they speak/move in that time?), based off someone else?
Choose the best characters. Have equal balance.

Use all elements you’ve learnt from the course. Reference Stan and Brecht. Naturalistic? Could see elements of effects used by.. terminology!! Characterisation.
Emerged = created.

Old men - denying someone’s love but wanted them to fight for their country.
How did characters develop and grow?

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Theatre makers: DV8 and Frantic assembly
Impact: anything you’ve seen in the past. Anything!!
Influenced by movement and imagery? Mention LIVE theatre. Videos on YouTube? Don’t confuse that with watching live theatre.
Light, equipment? Research on how others inspired you to do certain things in your performance.
Piece of literature - bringing it to life.
Other shows you’ve seen that influenced your performance?
Impact - how did it change

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After performance.
Do a questionnaire. Target questions?
Keep notes and refer back.
600 words?
What was successful and what wasn’t?
Always link it back to aims and intentions.

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'The Face of War' painted by Salvador Dali in 1940.