Monday 20 June 2016

Single - Contemporary Theatre Unit (1984) - Blog 16 - 17/06/16

This lesson, we devised a physical theatre scene for the chorus during the capture of Winston which leads to his placement in Room 101. The song we performed this to was, "Dig" by Mudvayne.

Below is the outline of our completed scene:
  • When the music starts, on the 3rd opening beat, we put our hoods up and be prepared to stand up.
  • On the 4th beat we stand and perform one of three movements:
    • We breakdown to our knees and pound the floor.
    • We lean back and stretch our arms up.
    • We stay standing and arms cross across our chests, uncross them but keep them close to our chest and finally drop them to our sides. We repeat this three times.
  • After we perform one movement, which takes four beats, we move to a new position on stage which again takes four beats. We repeat this twice.
  • Following our fourth beat, we in turn throw our chairs from book club at either Ollie K or Hope and they stack them together. This represents the destruction of the only definite reality which the audience has now associated itself with.
  • Next, we have Charlie place the final chair in the centre and he stands on it. We then have Ollie K, Lorna, James and I catch and lift him as he falls backwards off of it. We carry him towards the back curtain and he "disappears" offstage. We aim to get rid of everyone on stage to just leave Winston and O'Brien. Whilst that happens, the stacks of chairs get removed besides the one left in the centre.
  • Ollie M puts a bag over Rhiannon's head and the pair exit offstage. Meanwhile, Kat and Hope perform a series of hand actions and then exit in fear as they realise many have already left.
  • While Ollie K and Lorna perform a lift in order to take Lorna offstage, James falls and I drag him offstage.
  • Ollie K leans against the chair left in the centre and bends over having his back in a table top. I then run from the left side of the stage and perform an across the back roll and exit quickly.
Next lesson, we will run through everything we have done so far.

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