Devised Unit - Chasing Pavements (11) (Scene order // Staging // Inspiration)

Today we had another discussion based lesson. We spoke about what scenes we have at the moment and what ones we would like to include. We haven't decided on an order for these scenes as we don't feel this is our priority at the moment, and instead we should be focusing on getting these scenes down and sorted. Also, we think that we should look at our scenes (once completed) and decide which one would be best first (as this would open our entire piece and we want to see what effects on the audience different scenes would create if they were first). So far what we have decided is as follows:
   -   Love making (Movement) = Complete
   -   Talking to the best friend (Dialogue) = Complete
   -   Game show: Keep or No Keep (Dialogue) = Started
   -   Party (Slow mo / movement / dialogue) = No started
   -   Abortion clinic (Sound scape) = Started
   -   What would have happened if they had kept/didn't keep (Split screen) = No started

We also decided on what staging we would like to use. We have decided not to use a traditional and well-known type of staging (like proscenium arch, thrust, in-the-round or traverse) but have instead gone for our own type of staging. We have decided that we would like the audience positioned as if they were in a clinic waiting room. We decided against proscenium arch as we wanted a more unusual and more complicated type of staging, as the issues explored in our piece are complicated and challenging. However, we decided against in-the-round and traverse as these two wouldn't work for our dance scene (Love Making) as we would like people to see it from mainly the front. We have decided on the staging shown in the picture on the left as it is unique and would fit with our scenes so far.

After discussing staging, we spoke about our Game show scene. We read a part of Scene Five from "Ten Tiny Fingers, Nine Tiny Toes", in which a serious situation is presented like a show. We were inspired by this style and wanted to make our Game show completely inappropriate (hopefully without offending anyone) to express how some people don't think about the seriousness of the topic and see it as a way out completely disregarding the consequences.