We have been working on a piece called 'The Ritual of the Lost Souls'
It starts with us being spread out, using our bodies to create levels, We are as still as can be, slowly reaching out for something, hoping it may the truth, something that makes sense to each individual. We have in our mind set something that we are truly searching for, this allows us to keep focused and give an honest performance.
The further we reach the harder things get, or the more frustrated we are in not finding our truth. Some people get extremely vocal whilst others use their facial expressions to show their emotions. During this whole ritual there is music played throughout, until suddenly it turns off, everybody gets back to the real world , and start sweeping things under the rug, which will symbolize how people don't always take the truth , or in finding it well...
Monday, 28 November 2011
Friday, 11 November 2011
Devising for the 45 minute piece- the process!
So far things have turned out to be rather emotional, in order to create real theatre we must find the truth, the truth inside ourselves. This for some has not been an easy exercise and for me personally was also hard, however it's very satisfying to speak about true emotions, fears and secrets.
This process is 'A Way In', in helping us with the devising process. It also allows us as actors to be real and comfortable with our emotions on stage. Letting go only allows an actor to be more free. Lots of improvisations have been part of this process too. We have been learning about 'Plastics' which is a full body movement, using our bodies to show emotions, a training method of Grotowski. We used plastics whilst listening to music, reacting with impulse which too allows us to free our minds. In other lessons we had to write a few paragraphs to express our thoughts and feelings about our lives, how we get by, what are morals may be, how do we guide ourselves, etc... Through this exercise we used a few lines from each written piece to form a small piece of theatre. This whole process developed into something a little more interesting. Each day we are building new pieces of work, it seems so far that our play will be about identity and will be short pieces interlocking rather than a full flowing 45 minute piece, however things do change.
This process is 'A Way In', in helping us with the devising process. It also allows us as actors to be real and comfortable with our emotions on stage. Letting go only allows an actor to be more free. Lots of improvisations have been part of this process too. We have been learning about 'Plastics' which is a full body movement, using our bodies to show emotions, a training method of Grotowski. We used plastics whilst listening to music, reacting with impulse which too allows us to free our minds. In other lessons we had to write a few paragraphs to express our thoughts and feelings about our lives, how we get by, what are morals may be, how do we guide ourselves, etc... Through this exercise we used a few lines from each written piece to form a small piece of theatre. This whole process developed into something a little more interesting. Each day we are building new pieces of work, it seems so far that our play will be about identity and will be short pieces interlocking rather than a full flowing 45 minute piece, however things do change.
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