Just something me and my friend kim performed ages ago!!!

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TARGETING AUDIENCE!

Targeting the audience! 

Deciding on a specific audience is a difficult task. However the decision has now been made to target an intellectual audience, one who will challenge the ideas performed to them and question the reasoning for our actions and appreciate the fine detail which is tied in within the play.  

The Pinter Pause

The Beautiful Creation Which is The Pinter Pause! 

"During the 1960s, Pinter became notorious–for his trademark: 'The Pinter pause. Actors and directors often find Pinter's "pauses and silences" to be daunting elements of performing his plays, leading to much discussion of them in theatrical and dramatic criticism,. Actors who have worked with Pinter in rehearsals have "reported that he regretted ever starting to write 'Pause' as a stage direction. It often lead to portentous overacting. A pause in Pinter is as important as a line. They are all there for a reason. Three dots is a hesitation, a pause is a fairly mundane crisis and a silence is some sort of crisis.

The use of screens in drama 

Plays have a history of using visual trickery to obscure specific identities while presenting action. Ancient Greek actors wore masks and voluminous robes, and Jacobian theatre's often elaborate costuming and stage design elevated the drama's spectacle by occluding the performers. Technology has changed over the centuries, but the techniques remain similar. The best illusions spring from the simplest ideas. On the modern stage, silhouette screens add both mystery and visual appeal. In essence, this technique uses a screen lit from behind. Whatever appears between the light and screen is rendered visible to the audience as pure shadow.

Wednesday 26th September

Physical Theatre

We have now decided to add physical theatre into our performance. Physical theatre is when you tell a story using gesture and mime.

The means of expression seem to be more physical rather than textual, often augmented by musical elements. Many of these various Physical Theatre traditions share a collaborative devising approach to theatrical development and creation; various groups, such as DV8, Frantic Assemly, Forced Entertainment and the Double Edge Theatre all use differing but nonetheless devising-based processes.

Added extras

After looking over our script we have also looked at the finer details to perfecting our piece. At the start we have a long exagerated pause this creates tension and keeps the audience on the edge of there seats.