The new cast list:
Faustus: Oliver Kelley
Mephistopheles: Leis Fisher
Valdes: Me
Cornelius: Robert Andrew
Murdock: Lorna Clark
Good Angel: Lorna Clark
Bad Angel: Charlie Sanderson
Scholar: Charlie Sanderson
Lucifer: T.B.C
I'm happy with my new role as Valdes because I feel he will be challenging to play and will widen my acting characterization skills. I feel I will need to play him more in a abstract way I will do this by researching into Grotowski's methods.
Today we included Rhiannon into the movement sequence for the seven deadly sins, this refreshed everyone minds, and enabled us to make a few small twinks to improve it.
I created a small power point showing pictures of wrath which we could possibly project at during the movement.
Wrath
Today we worked on Wrath, the past sins has been simple for an effective feel, so we deiced to mix things up and make Wrath more hectic and have a fast pace beat as this symbolizes aggression.
We left off from me getting and since there is a quick transition in music we decided that Lewis and Lorna will throw me onto the floor this shows violence which is an act of aggression, this instantly shows the transition in emotion and movement. We then split into separate groups and devised a fast paced movement sequence, I got paired with Lewis and Lorna, our idea was there to be one victim ( me) and the other to picking on the victim. Charlie and Robert made a fight sequence, each group will perform the movement sequence in different sides of the traverse, this changes the expectations, as we have done the same thing as a group in the past sins, it also allows the audience to watch two completely different sequences.
Our groups movement contained jagged movement symbolizing the sharpness of the sin, this movement is also abstract compared to Charlie and Robs so it'll be a good contrast.
We then starting working on the dialogue on the first scene, I found this difficult as I feel that I don't understand my character yet, also I need to remember that we are performing the show in triverse so I need to be moving constantly so the audience will get my facial gestures and movement indicating my emotions at the point in the play
We left off from me getting and since there is a quick transition in music we decided that Lewis and Lorna will throw me onto the floor this shows violence which is an act of aggression, this instantly shows the transition in emotion and movement. We then split into separate groups and devised a fast paced movement sequence, I got paired with Lewis and Lorna, our idea was there to be one victim ( me) and the other to picking on the victim. Charlie and Robert made a fight sequence, each group will perform the movement sequence in different sides of the traverse, this changes the expectations, as we have done the same thing as a group in the past sins, it also allows the audience to watch two completely different sequences.
Our groups movement contained jagged movement symbolizing the sharpness of the sin, this movement is also abstract compared to Charlie and Robs so it'll be a good contrast.
We then starting working on the dialogue on the first scene, I found this difficult as I feel that I don't understand my character yet, also I need to remember that we are performing the show in triverse so I need to be moving constantly so the audience will get my facial gestures and movement indicating my emotions at the point in the play
Seven Deadly Sins
This lesson we personified the seven deadly sins using a mix of movement. In the script one person is meant to say the whole monologue but since there are not enough of us to do that we decided that we will split up the lines to each other for each sin except for Oliver and Rhiannon because they will be playing there own characters in that scene. Here's what we decided:
Sloth:
We are laying on the opposite side of the traverse stage to where Faustus is and are breathing in and out as one. When we say our dialogue we switch positions but we are still sleeping, this represents laziness as we cant be bothered to move properly also sleeping together as a clump adds to the abstract genre you get from the play
Gluttony:
Mephistopheles will come on stage with a bucket of chicken we will all run to her beast like grabbing a leg of chicken, we will protect our chicken and eat it , whilst we say our lines we will still be eating the chicken showing that the only thing which cares to us is the food. I think we should be more animalistic with the movements relating back to survival and that you only think for yourself. We've also
Pride:
We wanted to in-cooperate modern society into this play, we done this in pride by adding modern technology and taking selfies, as nowadays this consumes a lot of people life's. The sequence starts with everyone doing model poses, in a v formation then when we say our line we will walk down the cat walk and pose, I have the last line so Lewis and Lorna will lift me symbolizing that I think I'm better than everyone else.
We will polish the movements when we rehearse it more, I'm going to go through this at home and practice the lift with Lewis and Lorna after school to ensure that I will be safe and the lift will look clean.
Sloth:
We are laying on the opposite side of the traverse stage to where Faustus is and are breathing in and out as one. When we say our dialogue we switch positions but we are still sleeping, this represents laziness as we cant be bothered to move properly also sleeping together as a clump adds to the abstract genre you get from the play
Gluttony:
Mephistopheles will come on stage with a bucket of chicken we will all run to her beast like grabbing a leg of chicken, we will protect our chicken and eat it , whilst we say our lines we will still be eating the chicken showing that the only thing which cares to us is the food. I think we should be more animalistic with the movements relating back to survival and that you only think for yourself. We've also
Pride:
We wanted to in-cooperate modern society into this play, we done this in pride by adding modern technology and taking selfies, as nowadays this consumes a lot of people life's. The sequence starts with everyone doing model poses, in a v formation then when we say our line we will walk down the cat walk and pose, I have the last line so Lewis and Lorna will lift me symbolizing that I think I'm better than everyone else.
We will polish the movements when we rehearse it more, I'm going to go through this at home and practice the lift with Lewis and Lorna after school to ensure that I will be safe and the lift will look clean.
First Rehersal
This lesson we got given the cast list
Faustus: Oliver Kelley
Mephstophles: Rhiannon David
Murdock: me
Valdes: Lewis Fisher
Cornelius: Robert Andrew
Good Angel: Lorna Clark
Bad Angel: Charlie Sanderson
Lucifer: Lewis Fisher
Scholar: Charlie Sanderson
The rest of the lesson we read through the script. I like the character I got, as it enables me to vary my emotions as an actor, as I've never played as a compassionate person before, I will llok at different actors and characters to see how they do it.
Faustus: Oliver Kelley
Mephstophles: Rhiannon David
Murdock: me
Valdes: Lewis Fisher
Cornelius: Robert Andrew
Good Angel: Lorna Clark
Bad Angel: Charlie Sanderson
Lucifer: Lewis Fisher
Scholar: Charlie Sanderson
The rest of the lesson we read through the script. I like the character I got, as it enables me to vary my emotions as an actor, as I've never played as a compassionate person before, I will llok at different actors and characters to see how they do it.
The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus
Playwright: Christopher Marlowe
Genre: Tragedy
Era: Renaissance
Setting: 16th Century Europe
Published: 1604 by Valentine Summers for Thomas Law
The tragically history of the life and death of Doctor Faustus (commonly known just as Doctor Faustus) is the most controversial play written during the Elizabethan era- besides Shakespearian plays. The story is believed to be based on a famous German legend: "Faust!” The plays experemts moral expectations, and makes the audience wonder about Doctor Faustus' mental state. Also the play consists of satanic beliefs, for example: hell, necromancy, devils, demons and the personification of the Seven Deadly Sins.
Characters:
Faustus: A lonely individual, who's obsessed with knowledge in religion and necromancy. However he is so obsessed he has offered his soul to the devil in exchange for unlimited knowledge, and complete control over one of the Arch Angles, Mephistopheles.
Wagner (known as Murdock in our adaption): Faustus' servant but used to be his fellow companion. Murdock's is the closest person Faustus has, and Murdock worries about Faustus' sanity and wellbeing, he tries to help him however gives up.
Valdes and Cornelius: Famous necromancies. They teach Faustus about, they foresee great power in Faustus but they worry that will become reckless with his new powers, but don't bother to warn him.
Mephistopheles: One of the Search devils, he gets summoned Faustus. He is just a servant to the devil, he may seem bad but he does try to mean good.
Good and Bad angel: They are part of Faustus' imagination. They try to persuade Faustus to do good or bad actions.
Lucifer: The devil.
Scholars: they are scholars amazed by Faustus' power
Synopsis:
Faustus craves for more power so he calls Valdes and Cornelius to teach him necromancy. He learns the power to summon Mephistopheles and makes a deal with the devil which is to give his soul as a gift to Lucifer, so he can have unlimited knowledge and have Mephistopheles as his slave. After almost 24 years Faustus comes back to his hometown and shows off his powers, however his time runs out and he is witnessed being dragged to hell by demons.
Evaluation
What went well:
How could we improve:
- The set was cool and worked really well
- Cabaret seating enabled us to move around the audience easily and it helped them to be immersed inside the scene
- There was really funny scene where everyone enjoyed
- We worked very well together giving each other cues
- The stock characters were clear and people understood who was who
How could we improve:
- Everyone could improve the characterisation as everyone did lose their character a bit I think this is because everyone didn't let go to perform to their best
- There was too many things going on at the same time that the audience didn't know what to look at
- We need to project our voices so everyone could hear us
- I think we should of worried more on the performance than the set on the day of the performance
Plants
This lesson we discussed about props and Plants. We need plants in order to add them into the show this will make the audience think that they are more immersed into the show as well. We picked two plants both having a lot of experience in shows and plays this way we know that they will do well as plants.
We also discussed more scenes that we need to devise they are:
We also discussed more scenes that we need to devise they are:
- Extendo Fork
- Oil Cocktail
- Intro of the critic
These are small transition scenes which wont take long to make.
Evaluation
Response to Stimuli-
The stimuli we got given was 'Chasing Pavements' , analysis the lyrics to the song I thought that Chasing Pavements is about chasing dreams, and realization that you cant have everything you want, we got a variety of ideas from this, this included: Eating disorders ( we did a small movement piece were Ollie and I was controlling Cel,and she couldn't do anything about it), Comedy (we tried to create 4 different pieces which connect to each other at the same time however it didn't turn out to be funny), Therapy in Prison (we tried out alternative seating during this piece everyone including the actors, we also incorporated physical theater to make the audience feel like they are at the scenario, we also tried out a soundscape) and Domestic violence ( we did a small movement piece to show how unknown domestic violence can be. We also had many ideas this included: Madaline Mckaan, Ian Brady, Terrorism etc.
Development of our idea-
We experimented with many different techniques before we came up with the idea of the Jamie Bulger idea, our main technique we wanted to use at the start was Multi Media- we wanted to have many projections on at the same time however this would've been to difficult to put on as we performed in the hall so we didn't have access to many projectors.
For Handbag we thought that proxemics was really important as we need to show the shift in power, I found this very difficult to get a hold off as the script was altered.
We also improvised a lot ion order to get ideas for scenes, we had massive discussions and arguments which helped a lot as there is so much research into it the arguments was based on real situations which gave us ideas for scenes which would make the audience think about this issue.
Collaboration as a group-
Our group went through a few difficulties however this didn't effect the piece I think the arguments helped our group develop this piece, I also liked the versatility of the idea as everyone in the group gave completely different ideas, if I would do it again I would hope there would be less discussions as I feel we could of spent more time on the practical side.
Performance
The stimuli we got given was 'Chasing Pavements' , analysis the lyrics to the song I thought that Chasing Pavements is about chasing dreams, and realization that you cant have everything you want, we got a variety of ideas from this, this included: Eating disorders ( we did a small movement piece were Ollie and I was controlling Cel,and she couldn't do anything about it), Comedy (we tried to create 4 different pieces which connect to each other at the same time however it didn't turn out to be funny), Therapy in Prison (we tried out alternative seating during this piece everyone including the actors, we also incorporated physical theater to make the audience feel like they are at the scenario, we also tried out a soundscape) and Domestic violence ( we did a small movement piece to show how unknown domestic violence can be. We also had many ideas this included: Madaline Mckaan, Ian Brady, Terrorism etc.
Development of our idea-
We experimented with many different techniques before we came up with the idea of the Jamie Bulger idea, our main technique we wanted to use at the start was Multi Media- we wanted to have many projections on at the same time however this would've been to difficult to put on as we performed in the hall so we didn't have access to many projectors.
For Handbag we thought that proxemics was really important as we need to show the shift in power, I found this very difficult to get a hold off as the script was altered.
We also improvised a lot ion order to get ideas for scenes, we had massive discussions and arguments which helped a lot as there is so much research into it the arguments was based on real situations which gave us ideas for scenes which would make the audience think about this issue.
Collaboration as a group-
Our group went through a few difficulties however this didn't effect the piece I think the arguments helped our group develop this piece, I also liked the versatility of the idea as everyone in the group gave completely different ideas, if I would do it again I would hope there would be less discussions as I feel we could of spent more time on the practical side.
Performance
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