https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1 Miss Griffiths en-us 2017-09-13 17:50:00 UTC 2017-09-21 20:37:30 UTC hello@padlet.com Ms_Griffiths https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/187294922 Welcome to your first blog post.

You are going to write a post that evaluates how you used the style and form of Physical theatre to create a piece of drama symbolising the struggle of the creature when he is abandoned by Frankenstein. Use the model answer below to help you (I have also posted a definition of physical theatre separately.

CHALLENGE: Try to use alternative vocabulary to replace the word 'effective'.

Model Answer:

In my group we used the style and form of physical theatre to help set the scene and communicate how difficult it was for the creature abandoned in a scary city environment. We first stood in a line to create a wall that the creature was peering over and using to hide behind as he was scared. Then we transitioned into the shape of a train heading straight towards the creature. To make the physical movements even more powerful we used a sound scape of city noises like cars beeping and the rushing sound of the train. This emphasised how loud the city would be for the creature.]]> 2017-09-13 17:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/187294922 https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/187621630 In my group we used the physical theatre by creating a scene in the airport with physical theatre by making the creature go into security where the machine makes a noise, which we created to make the physical theatre even more powerful and the creature gets scared by the sudden noise and then backs away and also has a security guard searching him for items that aren't allowed but obviously the creature has many nuts and bolts and gets scared and tries to find a way out]]> 2017-09-14 15:37:21 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/187621630 https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/187733880 In my group we used physical theatre by working as a group and using soundscape to create an atmosphere. Our play was based on the creature adapting to the modern times and how difficult it was for the creature to see this world he was not used seeing his emotions in the play were mostly based on fear and confusion.  We used many everyday objects and based our play in a public park. The creature kept running away as he felt the need to be alone. As he woke up he was not thought to walk or communicate. This shows us how hard is to be different or to adapt. 



(sorry for making it really short)]]> 2017-09-14 19:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/187733880 https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/187982331 WWW: we showed modern day life using physical theatre in our short piece of Frankenstein 

EBI: We maybe could have added about more physical theatre by adding maybe a speaker or a facial recognition ]]> 2017-09-15 15:22:39 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/187982331 https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/188004147 we used still image, sound scape and noises to create our scene when frankenstine enters the strange peculiar  world for the first time in his life!!!!!!!]]> 2017-09-15 16:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/188004147 https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/188006002 In my group we used the form and style of physical theatre to set the scene of how scary it would be for the creature. We first used physical theatre to create a lampost, dog, and automatic doors we thought that the pets and new automatic things would be alien to the creature. We then transitioned into a superarket-again it was a new environment for the creature with automatic self serve tills. After that we transitioned into an airport with planes. Our group also used sound scape, this was emphatic as people would have an idea of how alarming it would be for the creature. What we could work on was the transitions between the scenes as they were not as smooth.]]> 2017-09-15 16:11:43 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/188006002 https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/188146394 In our group, we created three different scenes using physical theatre. Our first one was outside a supermarket with a dog trying to chase the creature and the street lights surrounding the supermarket flashing in its face. This was presented using physical theatre. I think that the use of the street light and dog was powerful as the creature was only used to staying in a dark room alone. The second scene of ours was inside the supermarket with the self-service tills beeping and saying things like: would you like to scan your nectar card. This was  created using soundscape and was a new experience for the creature. Our final scene was in an airport. We used physical theatre to create a scanner for people to walk through aswell as an aeroplane. Both of these fascinated the creature as it was not used to anything big or not on the ground.]]> 2017-09-16 13:00:03 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/188146394 https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/188234009 in my group we used levels to show the different meanings of the importance of each subject.we also used physical theater to help keep the atmosphere of the scene.we also used lots of soundscape for the audience to picture how it would look and sound like for example: wind,airplane,self scanner e.c.t. We then shaped our self's into a self scanner and said "please scan your items"
"do you have a nectar card?"  ]]> 2017-09-17 15:04:58 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/188234009 https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/188588558 Within my group, we utilized the style and form  of physical theater to enable us to create a scene additionally connect with the audience how complicated it was for Frankenstein's  creature to find it's way around the city. Initially, we gave each othter roles:
Shanice- a Dog
Haneefa- a Human 
Me- a Tree
Sharmin- a Building
Tahsin- a Building(with Sharmin)
Malek- a Vehicle 
When Frankenstein came onto our scene, the human and the dog were scared of Frankenstein hence why the dog barked so much.We created physical theater by making the vehicle move around on the road as well as the tree. In order to make the physical theater even more powerful we added sound scape like:
Vehicles driving 
Trees whistling
Fire engines/ Police/ Ambulance
This emphasized how loud the city would be for the creature.
Sound scape is sufficient as it enables the scene to become even more powerful.

]]> 2017-09-18 17:35:10 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/188588558 https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/188848091 in my group we id a scene in the park where there were statues animals and bushes to help set the scene these were used as physical theatre. we had a person acting as a dog and was barking. we also had a bird which was tweeting, this added to the soundscape of the park. the creature tried to get through the park however the dog knew something was fishy about the monster so it went and barked at it. the bird immediately  flew away.

]]> 2017-09-19 12:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/188848091 https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/188848904 I used Physical Theatre to create a scene, where our creature uninhibited is travelling the world. Our creature found it very difficult to walk since it was its first unable to control it's leg just like babies. It entered a park not knowing what things were scared of other animals and seeing moving statues. To make it more realistic we used sound scape of gated creaking and dogs barking and birds chirping ]]> 2017-09-19 12:31:47 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/188848904 https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/188850055 In my group, we used physical theatre by making a market with our arms arched up like a roof, and then Hajra sat down 'selling fish.' Hamda and I were moving our hands like the tidal waves of the sea. This created the effect that the creature was terrified of the moving waves.]]> 2017-09-19 12:34:49 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/188850055 https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/189193635 In my group we used the style of physical theatre and levels to show how 'The Creature' was feeling when Dr. Frankenstein had abandoned him. We thought of making a zoo so that 'The Creature' would get to see the different animals and how modern day technology work compared to olden time technology. so Naadiyah and Khadijah stood next to each other and moved away and near each other when 'The Creature' pressed Khadijah's hand. Inside the zoo me, d  ]]> 2017-09-20 07:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/189193635 https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/189269474 I used physical theatre to help us set a scene and show how difficult it if for creatures to see our planet. Our creature is uninhabited in town and as a group we created our scene in a park. in the scene there were animals statues and gates, we used sound scape to create the sound of a creaking gate, dogs barking, birds chirping and moving statues. and our creature reacted weirdly since it was its first time walking/standing on it foot. This shows how different the world is to creatures]]> 2017-09-20 12:05:31 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/189269474 https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/189364334 i have used style and form of physical theater by acting like the creature in Frankenstein. I have also added sounds that sounds like the creature to make it more effective. i have focused on the part that i was playing and didn't want to get distracted by others. The creature in Frankenstein has never been anywhere so u have also acted like a few objects in the part. ]]> 2017-09-20 14:57:25 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/189364334 https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/189366478 In my group we did the scene where the creature is first seeing the zoo. We used two people to create an automatic door and when the creature came up to us we opened, this would make the creature scared as he would have never seen that type of technology this is successful to the scene as the creature would be surprised at it and it would be something different. We then used the other people in our group to show animals as the creature would have never seen animals before and would be surprised at what animals were and how they looked and acted. ]]> 2017-09-20 15:01:21 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/189366478 https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/189375878 wasIn my group we used the style of physical theatre and levels to show how the creature was feeling in a new world when he was abandoned by Dr. Frankestein. We used the idea of a zoo because in a zoo there are lots of different noises. To make the doors/gates to enter into the zoo we stood two people next two each other. As soon as the creature walked past the doors would open on their own. This is to show how technology has changed from push doors to sensor doors. As the doors open (Naadiyah and Khadijah) the creature walks in and is introduced to many new zoo object such as a lamp post for the night and ANIMALS. To show that we used physical theatre to make a lamp post we had Safa stand on her tip toes (levels) and keep her hands straight up in the air and open and close her hands to show the flickering of the lights.
 Finally we had the animals. We had a gorilla (Sneha), a penguin (Drunjal) and finally a stingray (Ameenah). To make the sound of the animals we used soundscape. I was shouting as loud as I could to make the audience think that I was being a gorilla. Ameenah was make a zzzzzz noise for the stingray as it shows the effect that the stingray is stinging someone or something. Drunjal was make a quite pecking sound for the penguin as they are very quiet. As well as being different animals we had to think of how each animal would stand or even just move around. For this part we used levels. This is when I was down on my hands and feet to emphasise the fact that I 
am a gorilla. Drunjal's hands were flapping and she was waddling to give the effect of a real Penguin walk. Ameenah was fullylaying on her belly and sliding around just like a real stingray. The feedback we got was to show more of the physical theatre in buildings rather than just in animals. Whereas we had a great use of soundscape.]]> 2017-09-20 15:16:29 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/189375878 https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/189384541 Drunjal 8B
in this drama piece for Frankenstein i used a few techniques in my or in my group and those techniques were levels, physical theatre and also we used background noises to create a noise in the atmosphere or background. as the scene we created a abandoned flat in a apartment that somebody lived in and had also taken ed peoples brains and possessed then into thing that so the possessed other human beings. and we also discussed that there were noises and horrible smells coming from that apartment such as rats, bodies and much more that was dingus and dirty and we did that as an new creature was stepping into the big world and it was shocked and confused to see different thing or humans that an bigger that him.]]> 2017-09-20 15:30:54 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/189384541 https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/189506210 In my group, we used physical theatre to make a tourist shop that Frankenstein would come across. Perhaps we could've used physical theatre much more successfully as the roles of two other people probably wasn't that effective. I think this because in a marketplace it isn't really an event you would come across, only fairly rarely (singing and dancing), and it may have even seemed out of place. Adding more on to the tourist shop, someone was inside it calling for people to come to their stall (which I believe is very common in marketplaces). I was meant to be a customer who would bump into Frankenstein but because of my lack of confidence I fear I may have said it too quietly or not confidently enough. If I successfully played my part of a fairly (verbally) aggressive passerbyer, Frankenstein should've been alarmed in a way-but I don't know if anyone heard me. If the two singing and dancing people were doing something else involving physical theatre maybe the piece could've been more constructive. ]]> 2017-09-20 19:09:16 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/189506210 https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/189506377 Last week my group used physical theatre by creating a surrounding where the monster goes through a gets confused and scared. our setting was in a market place next to the beach. two of us created a stall using our hands and underneath the stall there was someone selling fish, and on the right front stage there were people singing and dancing.]]> 2017-09-20 19:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/189506377 https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/189510795 In my group we used physical theatre to make a scene which 
 was an airport. The scene showed how difficult it was to go through an airport which is confusing at first. Firstly we had the creature walk towards the counter where you give your luggage etc. To create that scene we had someone on their knees and hands to represent the counter and then we had someone else behind her with their hands out expecting to be given his tickets. Afterwards to use layers, we had somebody else pretend to be luggage, which was next to the metal detector. After the creature walked around it finally went through the metal detector which was difficult since the creature had may nuts and bolts in him. Of course the metal detector went off which scared the creature since he's new to all of his scents. We had some else with a stick that you wave in front of someones body which will then beeped or turned red when metal was recognized. He got terrified and started to run. This was his first interaction with modern day items (Electronics).]]> 2017-09-20 19:19:12 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/189510795 https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/189514806 In our groups we worked together to make a realistic scene that would make the creature seem as if it is in a new world of his own. We used soundscape to make the setting slightly more naturalistic aura , for e.g we had one of us making whooshing sounds alongside swishing gestures with their hands to show that she was a tree. We also had various sorts of animals in our scene , dogs and birds, which also made their own sort of noise , and constantly moved around the creature , which made it more scared then it already was.]]> 2017-09-20 19:30:15 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/189514806 https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/189556597 Our group used the characteristic and technique of physical theatre by creating a still like image of what the creature would go through. We speculated the idea of setting the scene on a beach sidewalk and took this idea ahead by including markets and stalls on one side as well as street dancers on the opposite to confuse the creature of the noise around him. In addition to that, we used sound scape to bring the scene to life, e.g.  people to make the rushing sound of footsteps everywhere and a stall cashier yelling for attention. To make this even more powerful we wanted to play along with the creature and make him actually feel like he is alive, so we tried to budge the creature a little as we had a customer at the stall who yelled at the creature for pushing him. This was adequate because the creature has never experienced a human talkimg to him.]]> 2017-09-20 22:12:19 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms_Griffiths/8BBLOG1/wish/189556597