Thursday, 20 January 2011

Isolation Ideas

the more we think about isolation the more we like it, however isolation is quite a negative thing so if we do choose to show that then we really need a harsh contrast with berkoff's comedy.

Isolation

a state of separation between persons or groups

a feeling of being disliked and alone

the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it

a country's withdrawal from international politics; "he opposed a policy of American isolation"

Ideas

Starting to develop more ideas now and looking into isolation, me and joanna really liked the fact that Hockney's painting stood out as isolation because it just looked so much that audience were not being invited in to it as much as other paintings,

Durm and strang

This is our final piece of Berkoff workshop time then we move on to the real thing!!! the other day we watched "EAST" Which was AMAZINGGGGGG! loved the physicality or the characters and the way it is kept up throgh out it all is amazing! i have watched some clips on line but great that we watched it all the way through! I have also been reading some of Berkoffs plays and looking at how he scripts them, there done different to other scripts these scripts feel as if how he says it he just writes it!

Durm and Strang is my last piece of workshop, and its safe to say this one is great as well im finding the monologue parts alot harder just revising lines etc but its good to be challenging different areas of berkoff.

Monday, 17 January 2011

Old People Script

Old People

We have been given the task of creating a piece of drama int he style of Berkoff and lookign at his work and taking from our work shops what we have learnt and crafting our own mini play on Old People, i Learnt alot from this piece like how to make it upbeat with the tempation to be slow because we are "old" and how to keep my movements tight even if i was an old person.

Saturday, 15 January 2011

children

Today we have started doing a children's playground in the style of Berkoff. I'm loveing this piece so much you really can put 100 % effort into your character. I'm finding the way which you have to think to find all those old sterotypes of when you were a child and how you really have to annalyse the things that the character does with there mimed physical movements. Looking forward to adding things to our piece!!