Experiments

Today's lesson was split in half. For the first half we used technology and came up with experiments we could use in the performance, In the second half of the lesson we did research about the play and came up with lots of ideas for our performance.

3 Experiments

Our first experiment was focusing on the way that words were simply removed from the dictionary so that people could no longer express themselves. We decided to use an old projector and write words on it with a whiteboard pen, then we projected the words onto the blind. The actors would then try to say sentences but sometimes they would not be able to say the word because it no longer existed. We tried to ways to make the word disappear, either crossing it our or moving the blind so you could no longer see it. Both ways worked and I thought it was very effective so it could be used in our performance.

When we had completed this experiment we didn't have time to do any others however we did come up with some ideas.

Idea One

We thought that we could use sound using the speaker and have a voice over repeating the quotes 'Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength, War is Peace.' We would have a line of people standing with random words projected on to their body but as they start to here the statements all their thoughts are abandoned and only the three statements are left on them. For this we will probably need a laptop with word, a speaker and a projector.


Idea Two

Finally I though because we are having lots of different areas we could have a live feed in one room which is being filmed in another. For example we could see someone going about there daily routine in front of a telescreen and then in the other room you could see people trying to work out whether or not they are a thought criminal.


Today's lesson was really fun because it meant we could be insightful and play around with the equipment we had to come up with a good idea. Also working as a group meant that we had loads of ideas and realised that it was not that hard if we planned our shots and had good timing. Doing this made me think of so many different ideas of how we could use modern technology to make our performance come to life and it is a great experience being able to act, produce and direct all at the same time.