1984 Response and Film

I think this performance is going to be really good because by using multimedia it will bring our performance to life and will show that we are in the year 2050. I think that the book 1984 have given us lots of ideas for our performance and even though we are not acting out scenes from the book we are using the locations to set up our performance and we are also using the themes and political issues in our performance.

Today we watched the film in class and I made lots of notes which are going to be useful for both Mr Rennisons and Ms Lees lesson, because they inspired ideas for certain rooms in our performance and I was able to pick out the key moments of the film which will be useful in my presentation. Having watched the film I can now see how they were brainwashed and how the party kept control which means that I now have a better understanding of how people are trapped in a life they don't want and this will help me in my performance because I can feel empathy for the characters.

Here are my notes:


Themes
Hope
Fear
Violence
Oppression
Control
Betrayal

'Language from the mouth not the mind'
'Oranges and Lemons...' - song from the past.
'Double Plus Good'
'It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of worlds'
Future = 'A boot stamping on a human face forever'
'Past is erased, a lie becomes truth, then becomes a lie again'

Key Moments

• 'I Love You' note
• Sex in the woods
• Notebook
• 2+2=4 in diary
• Buying the antique shop room
• Childhood keeps coming back, stealing chocolate, when return mother and sister gone all that is there are rats
• Reading the Book
• Woman singing
• Hidden telescreen and arrest
• O'Brien questioning and torturing Winston (2+2=5)(tooth pulled out)
• Still has feelings for Julia
• Room 101 (rats)
• Betrays Julia
• Winston and Julia meet - they are brainwashed and broken (betrayed each other)
• Winston confession - didn't commit all crimes, wants to be shot with clean mind
• He loves big brother

Other

• Constant War
• Always watched
• Chants with salute (x arms crossed)
• Hate Goldstein
• grey, dirty area
• Called brother
• Mrs Parsons - children accuse people of being thought criminals - uniform
• Street parade warm criminals and enemy shot and hanged
• Everyone suspicious of each other
• Children march, sing, like army
• INGSOC posters everywhere
• Paper weight/snow globe - message from 100 years ago
• Luxuries - Winston and Julia
• Bombs in background
• War with Eurasia and Eastasia - keeps changing
• Helicopter surveillance
• Electric torture
• 2+2=5
• Brainwash
• Make people disappear
• Room 101 - Worst Fear
• Winston believes himself to be mentally deranged

Characters

Winston

Julia

O'Brien

Mrs Parsons

Mr Parsons

Big Brother

Children

Torture assistant

New speak worker

Bad - Room 101, arrest of Julia and Winston, Hate, Brain wash, torture

Good - Hope, love note, Winston and Julia together, diary.

Using this information I can use the themes to come up with a new style of this play for my presentation.