An Orgy Of Thought - Week 6

Week 9 - An informal session to develop the concept for the Street Theatre Project and create a more tangible directors treatment.

Following the excitement and progress of week 5, we decided to get our ideas down on paper. Below is our directors treatment by Rhiannon.

WEEK 6 BLOG CONTENTS!

1.The Street Theatre Directors Brief
2. Mood Board
3. Props
4. Summary
5. Evaluation


1.The Street Theatre Project Directors Brief

Below is a summary of our thoughts form all of the previous weeks in a director treatment, including: mood board, props, summary and evaluation.

2. Mood Board

This mood board uses found images to help convey the directors vision, support the summary, and communicate influences, themes and styles to others that may help them understand the vision.

(images remain copyright of original owner, sources unknown)

3.Props:

• Bin
  
• Stool
  
• Steps
  
• Pole
  
• Masks
  
• Coat
  
• Sunglasses
• Drums

4.Summary

3 hobo’s in the space.

Emilie walks in to the space looking for the best place for a sculpture/machine/ invention
Reece and Nat enter adding to the creation. At this point you are all concerned that the machine is built correctly. Nat places a component, Reece thinks it’s wrong. He undoes Nat's contribution. Nat responds, they are a volatile pair. They begin to squabble. Emillie continues to add to the creation until they consider it done.
Emilie and Nat regard the bin as something wondrous; they explore it and regard it with suspicion almost afraid of what’s inside.

Nat: “What does it do?”

Reece knows what’s in the bin and sees it for what it really is, a bin.
After building the suspense the bin is opened and they are entranced by what is inside the bin.

Reece: “Look what I’ve found!”

Reece put pulls out a coat, he puts and on and feels in the pockets and pulls out a bag of coins.

Reece: “I’m rich...... It’s not a bin it’s a treasure trove”


The girls spurred on dive in to see what they can find. Reece inspired by his new fortune goes off to spend it/ make more/ buy some diamonds/ buy a rope to pull in the moon (anything really we‘ll see how that develops! But he has to have good reason to leave)

He shuts the bin lid on their heads and leaves. The girls heads in bin scrambling around having the time of their lives, (we have to believe there is a whole universe in there that your enjoying exploring) after a while you pull off the lid to reveal you looking out at the audience with masks. You begin to play with the masks and degenerate (maybe mock yourselves and Reece, your situation??).

Reece re-enters as a bin man. With a struggle takes the bin away from them.
They look after the bin as it is dragged away. And pull they’re masks off to reveal disappointed faces.

The music – keep up with the music and rhythms, it could potentially fit anywhere in the piece as it develops. It’s really watchable and builds your relationship to the audience. It’s fun to see how you three misfits mesh together music is a great way of doing it.

Emilie- that higher voice that came out as you were playing with the masks, was great I think you should adopt it as part of your character.

Start adding in characteristics to your performances. You don’t necersarily need ‘characters’ but you do need develop your own identity on stage, so think on attributes and attitudes that differentiate for each other.

Does anyone have any circus skills, if so use them they’d be perfect for this?


5.Evaluation

• Questions to ask?
  
  
• Is it a machine/ shrine/ sculpture etc?
  
  
• Is it something different for each character?
  
  
• What do I think it might be?
  
  
• Try not to get too fixated on this scene. try something new that may seem unrelated at the time but put them altogether and you’d be surprised by how you can make it fit. Concentrate on creating new scenes.