We then devised the next scene which showed how restricted Hope was in her relationship. This scene was very physical theatre and involved non-contact puppetry. I felt that using hand puppetry was an effective way of showing how manipulative Charlie is without actually touching her. We first thought about using our stimulus, "Chasing Pavements," as background music but we decided to go with, "You Don't Own Me," by Grace and G-Eazy. We thought this would be a good track as it reflects the same message that our scene is trying to put across: that restrictive partners are bad. Below is an outline of what we created so far:
- Charlie starts seated in front of the table, while Hope stands upstage left.
- On the "Ah ah ah ahhhh" at the beginning of the song, Charlie pulls her back in line with him (All interactive actions between Hope and Charlie are non-contact puppetry).
- During the short rap section, Hope bangs on a metaphorical wall between the pair which represents how distant they've become distant. Charlie then stands up and gestures towards her threateningly and she falls to her knees begging for forgiveness. He walks off to fetch a drink.
- During the first verse, Charlie enters with a drink takes a sip and places it on the table followed by him sitting on the seat. He uses non-contact puppetry to pull her over to him and her head rests on his leg. He then pushes her away and stands up.
This was all we got through in this lesson, but next lesson we will aim to complete this scene and potentially a new one too.
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