Monday, 30 September 2013

In the first lesson in theatre focusing on world war one, we looked at sequences and when we thought of war what words came to mind. After thinking of words, we had to make sequences or moving images on those words, and then make a group of four to mix them all together and make a final sequence. I worked with Tia, Eloise and George and we got into a circle and rotated our pieces between each other and then used more physical theatre elements to our piece by including lifts, moving around each other and even using floor movement. After performing these to the class and seeing various other pieces that were amazing, and really flowed and were in sync with each other, we got into pairs. Me and Tyler got into a pair and were told to be a couple and 'in love'. The drift of the story was that the husband was being sent off to war and it was their last moments together. Me and Tyler made ours very physical as we believed it would have a lot more effect to it and especially for the audience, as it would look like we were confident around each other and that shows a connection and emotion. I enjoyed doing something more personal as you got to work closely with others in the class. I think it was a good and productive lesson.