9|10|13 - Open The Door - The Child

As the child is now the issue, we were told the purpose of this scene was to debate leaving the child or taking the child with us. Having this as the stimulus for the scene we created a large brainstorm where we debated why we should leave or keep the child and the argument that would be specific to that. This was helpful to create a more structured argument scene as we would be able to hit the correct points instead of going off track. This felt like an important part of the devising process so we could be as concise and just elaborate on the points we felt put it across the best. 

I worked with Chris for this section, I played the Journalist and he played the Photographer. We created a piece which followed the argument structure making sure the Journalist's best interest was the child and the Photographers was the story. Here's what we managed to create: 

After running the piece, we were told we had the correct tone, especially when I try and avoid the discussion of her dangerous side by asking for water and blankets. It was decided that I would also not leave the child when talking to Chris, which I agree with as we want to show her connection. He also reminded us of the pictures he told us to research of children caught in the warfare. This made it easier to use stanislavski's 'what if' and imagine this child to resemble one of these pictures in order to get a correct response. As a female I would also attempt to help this child as part of a motherly instinct. 

This scene is important as it's sets up the debate that the whole piece is trying to put across: if a child covered in blood turned up at your doorstep, would you let it in?