5|3|14 - Site Specific - 'Find Me' - Transition & Doctors

For our third scene we wanted to include the Verity from the other group in order to show we are the 3 stages of Verity's mental downfall. We found a part of the script where we saw the five Verity's tell the same story but with the same theme our piece had. We decided to use a Berkoff style with jerky movements and synchronisation to hint at the duality of the characters. We used the main stair case of the building as this allows us to create the vision of showing the stages and who's at the top (best mental health) Emily, and Abbie coming from the bottom  (lowest mental health) to meet after I read a poem that makes no sense and has input from both Verity's as if they are voices in my head. 

They physically meet and we begin our joint monologue that talks about our favourite hobby swimming. We can see the changes in our opinions, views and general ways of how we talk about the hobby and what that reflects on our mental state. The focus of why we swim changes in each, showing that Verity has, with time in the hospital, been able to uncover the true reasons. 

First Verity: the love of winning and going fair with it. 

Second Verity: her father supporting her and motivating her to go far

Third Verity: being alone, in the Verity Lake in the Verity mountains. 

This then allows a smooth transition into the second casts work as they can follow that Abbie is the third Verity. Abbie becomes hard to control when taking her away, and as the same happens to me and Emily, the audience is able to see the different levels of force needed when taking us away and how the stay in the mental hospital has not helped support Verity. 

Here are some pictures from the transition scene rehearsal process: