28/09/15
In this lesson, Rhiannon was absent so we didn't run any of her scene, nor could we polish any lifts. Instead, we fully developed mine and Robert's child soldier scene. We kept the beginning part of our scene similar, but we then added dialogue from the squadron leaders (Oliver and Lewis). When they entered, they shouted commands which Robert and I had to respond to instantly. The only difference we made to the beginning of this scene was that Robert and I gradually made our childish movements more mature and more like actual soldiers. Also in this lesson we developed Charlie's confession scene. He performed his monologue to the rest of our group and took part in Forum Theatre. We gave him improvements (mainly add extra pauses and try different emotions during the monologue).
02/10/15
In today's lesson, we ran our piece from start to finish in C5, where we shall be performing next lesson. Our main aim was to work out our transitions from scene to scene, as to make our piece seamless. Everything else was pretty much sorted, we just polished our lifts and any ensemble movement. Moreover, we altered and added to our final scenes. After Charlie does his monologue and gets shot, he lays down centre stage, with the rest of us sitting in our positions from our "actual introduction scene". James thanks the audience for watching the show and describes how "we'll be here next week" and the week after that and the week after that and so on. Between each "next week" he says, we each say a fact about human trafficking. James ends the piece by saying that this is "the show that never ends".
05/10/15
This was our final lesson on our Refugee devised piece. We performed it this lesson to the Year 13 students and two drama teachers, and we filmed it too. Our performance was on the whole quite successful. One moment which could have been improved was the beginning of Rhiannon's scene. Whilst Rhiannon performs her monologue, the rest of us are supposed to used Frantic Assembly techniques to create a busy London atmosphere around her. However, this was delayed as we didn't begin at the same time. As no one started the movement, we all lost a bit of confidence and were unsure when to start it (also, this scene was one of the least rehearsed and there were debates earlier in the devising process whether to include it or not, thus confusing some of us). However, our lifts were very tidy and we received very positive feedback for them. Also, we were complemented on our use of facts at the end. To improve next time, we need to work on transitions sooner in the devising process, rather than leaving them to the last minute.
