This lesson we wanted to try and develop another idea from our list, this way we would have more than one piece of movement that we would be able place our attention on our idea of using torches, so this lesson we solely focused on this. Alice came up with the idea was inspired by the musical 'In the heights', specifically the number 'Blackout'. Although the video below is an amateur dramatic production (Spirit Young Performers Company) of the number, you can still see how they use the torches/lighters of the cast to create this really nice chaotic effect and how the idea that the characters are searching for each other . We thought we could implement this idea into our masterpiece, however in a much softer way (not chaotic) where our characters do not want to be in the light as they are insecure about themselves so it's a much more emotive interpretation of the use of torches.
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Here is our piece that we developed this lesson:
We used the instrumental of Bastille's song 'Oblivion'. We wanted to use a song that was quite mellow as we wanted to create an atmosphere yet not hinder the audience's concentration on our movement. The song provided us with beats that we could use specific moments to create emotion in our movement i.e. at the start where we each turned our light on (0.04-0.14) and when the pace increased and we met in the middle of the stage (0.27-0.32). We tried to do this with lighting as we wanted the audience to be able to see us however it didn't feel like it expressed the same message than it does when they can't see us- so we decided to use no lighting here.
You may be confused as to why we chose to jump out of the light and circle the light, this was to emphasise how insecure our 'characters' are about themselves and do no want to be in the spotlight, which is symbolic of attention. Portraying the message that if we can't accept ourselves then no one will- which is what most people with body dysmorphia can think.
R.A.D.S incorporation into this movement:
Pathways across the floor- space- 0.16-0.27
Meet and Part- Relationship- 0.29-.0.34
Pivoting turn -Actions- 0.32-0.34
Travelling in a group- Actions- 0.34-0.40
Travelling as a transition- Actions- 0.38-0.40
Levels- Space- 0.40-0.45
Canon, with the lights- Relationships - 0.39-0.46
Side by side, waiting- Relationships- 0.40-0.47
We also hope to incorporate verbatim theatre into this piece of movement. We have written ideas that we could have on pre-recorded audio playing over our music that highlights what people with body dysmorphia think about on a daily basis. Cameron has software which allows him to multi-track audio so we could build up the amount of pre-recorded audio on top of each other to create a chaotic thought process towards the end of the this movement- however still keeping the beginning of this very mellow.
I would like our verbatim theatre to be genuine and not created by us. In between the end of this lesson and next, I am going to, at a lunch time, get as much people as possible to write down an insecurity of theirs- which we can record with our voices for audio. Although this may not be directly from people with body dysmorphia, it will still allow us to use their insecurities and apply them to our piece as if they were from actual people with the disorder.
For next lesson I think we should carry on developing this idea and maybe move onto a new idea which we can create, or re visit our old work now we have Chloe back in lesson.
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