Making Dinner Scene
For this week we started making some scenes to fill our 30 minute time. We started off by making a scene at a dinner table between the family. The abusive dad played by Lewis, the scared mother played by Kennedy, their youngest daughter Betty who is played by Phoebe and their eldest daughter Bobbie played by Donna. This scene we had created was quite easy to create as they improvised as me and Joe who plays Billy watched and directed. It was good for me and Joe to watch as we got an audiences perspective and we could input different ideas to enhance this scene. I brought up the idea that the family should be saying grace to start the scene to show their religious views. This was lovely because the first thing they see is a religious family at dinner thanking God for their meal. This sets the scene and foreshadows one of the major themes in our devising piece. While me and Joe were watching we felt that it was good but it needed more of a physical theatre influence. Kennedy then came up with the idea that Betty, Father and Kennedy's character all asked Bobbie why she wasn't eating at the same time. This Berkovian type effect will make it more memorable for the audience and will also make them feel sympathetic for Bobbie. We decided that we could have a dinner scene more than once to show the gradual progress of the family and the repetition in the characters feelings.
Tableaux



disrespect to their love. Kennedy's transition is quite easier as she changes how she stands and puts her arm on the dad's shoulder. This subtle transition is almost not seen and this is good because it looks like it flows from one Tableau to the next. In our final tableau I felt I did well portraying my character, as shown I am holding hands with Betty while also having my arm around Bobbie, this shows how I am in love with two women. I also think my stature in this is good as I have a good posture as I'm standing tall, this shows my status in the eyes of the father compared to Billie who is down on the floor.
I think this week we progressed a lot, I'm sure we will add these tableaux into our scene to show the thoughts and feelings of each individual character in a more in depth way.
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