The aim of today's lesson was to discuss the decisions made previously in relation to themes, morals and initial ideas- this gave those who were absent an opportunity to catch up the work missed and be of an equal understanding to those currently progressing with thoughts and ideas.
Although we as a group had agreed on three engaging and possible main ideas (three concepts in which to set and base our piece), these ideas lacked intention, motive and reason. Before devising a piece of theatre, it is logical to first have an intended impact or message in which to translate to the audience. Theatre without reason therefore becomes pointless; a waste of energy to create something that is non- beneficial. Further to this, as we continued to discuss possible characters and story plots we found that we were just repeating the original story yet in a different setting. This clearly was not the brief for our performance, 'Shakespeare retold', therefore reflecting my point - we need to have an intention or a motive to develop an aspect of this play, either shedding a new light on a theme or highlighting an idea/gap/silence from a different perspective.
Some of the themes included-VirginityRevengeHonorClassSpyingMarriageLoveLies and deceit
Considering the themes and the three main ideas, a hotel, underground, and high school reunion, we linked together possible messages/ morals that would be relevant and that we all have an interest in exploring further. This concluded to be 'the complications within love and family'. Now that we have a general message in which we are trying to portray, our ideas and decisions can be structured and shaped around this.
For further inspiration (particularly during the devising and rehearsal process) we could perhaps look to outside sources e.g. Articles, newspapers etc. where similar events or stories relating to our theme have occurred. This provides a platform in which to mold our ideas- can provide a guide/ structure that links different ideas or scenes together.
Although I really liked Amy's idea of setting our play in a hotel (potential to be comedic), I also thought he idea of using different rooms to show different stories, backgrounds or taking the audience on a type of 'search' could be really interesting. Here we could perhaps use audience participation, not only to help them engage with our performance but also to provide a better experience- rather than just watching the audience will be enabled some form of control where they can help to drive the story- perhaps will also grasp a better understanding of the morals/ messages in which we are aiming to portray?
As we continued to discuss possible story plots and settings, the theme of 'love and loss' was also suggested. Similarly to our previous idea, this is quite a simple theme yet has a broad potential in which to develop- could cover a wide range of different topics and adapted to fit most settings.
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