Upchurch Orchard
Upnor Castle
Chatham Dockyard
Fort Amherst
The whole class took part in a vote deciding where we would like to perform, Fort Amherst got the majority which meant this was our main location to perfom in, we then also had in second place Dockyard as our back up location.
We were then split into groups to devise another scene based around Fort Amherst, last time we were given the picture of the tunnel system inside for Amherst. However this time we were given an outside location on the Fort Amherst which is one of the benefits of performing at Fort Amherst is we have a range of places to perform including inside and outside.
As we were in the same group that brainstormed the idea of the mental asylum, we continued on with this idea. Due to the fact we created a movement/ physical theatre piece last time based around the same idea we wanted to create a more dialogue involved scene. We came up with a short piece based on the mental patients free time. This linked to the picture of being outside, as the scene would take place when the patients get their small amount of time in the sun and fresh air.
We tried to think of what makes the patients unstable, I had researched a wide range of mental disorders prior to this lesson and we chose a few from this, we found it very difficult to find mental disorders that were scary enough for an audience but normal enough for the patients to talk or form some sort of dialogue. The mental disorders we used were: Autophagia, Alien Hand Syndrome, OCD and schizophrenia. In the scene, we wold have someone playing the doctor leading the audience around, introducing them to the patients. One by one, we were introduced, interacting with each other and making our traits obvious, whilst breaking the Forth wall with the audience and getting in amongst them. The next part involved the doctor ringing the bell, and all the patients running into a circle, as if we knew what the bell signified, play time. This shows how, like dogs we were controlled by the sound of the bell. We got the audience to gather in a circle with us, getting up close and personal, before switching who played the doctor in an attempt to confuse the audience before leading them out.
We tried to think of what makes the patients unstable, I had researched a wide range of mental disorders prior to this lesson and we chose a few from this, we found it very difficult to find mental disorders that were scary enough for an audience but normal enough for the patients to talk or form some sort of dialogue. The mental disorders we used were: Autophagia, Alien Hand Syndrome, OCD and schizophrenia. In the scene, we wold have someone playing the doctor leading the audience around, introducing them to the patients. One by one, we were introduced, interacting with each other and making our traits obvious, whilst breaking the Forth wall with the audience and getting in amongst them. The next part involved the doctor ringing the bell, and all the patients running into a circle, as if we knew what the bell signified, play time. This shows how, like dogs we were controlled by the sound of the bell. We got the audience to gather in a circle with us, getting up close and personal, before switching who played the doctor in an attempt to confuse the audience before leading them out.
My main concern after doing this scene is how we would construct a whole piece around this idea without making each scene too silimar, I'm not sure that we could include a wide range of techniques to ensure we get good grades and the piece could end up turning into a horror maze instead of a well constructed performance.
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