workshop one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDKCOe-Q6bE
crate improvisation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEzSkQ5uiiU
crate vlog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG32cDCww9w
first half of the day vlog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAMR7swDtGw
flop house scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buLXDm-_Ngw
second half of the day vlog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2FxODtzgQ4
From this, we were able to create a series of physical theatre pieces, which we then added realistic scenes inbetween to tell the story for the purpose of the commission.
We wanted to make a full 15 minutes piece of physical theatre that used the story and incorporate these scenes we already have. We decided to pin point the key moments of the story that we felt we could manipulate into engaging theatre. These points were..
The girl in the red dress - who Lennie innocently tries to touch her dress and they are chased out of that location and have to leave
Curly's wife - and her relationship with her husband and the power she has with her looks over the other ranch workers, except Crookes, who due to his race and strong hatred for the segregation it causes refuses to fall over her.
Lennie and Curly's Wife - the killing scene of how she innocently lures him and his strength is overpowering
Lennie and George's relationship - and the equal dependence, Lennie needs George like a parent or brother, but George needs Lennie's incredible strength to show they are worth having has workers on a ranch to earn money. We also want to show the killing, and we decide that this will be our end point.
We decided that we would work in chronological order to make a story that's easy to follow considering the lack of words. As the flop house scene and Curly's wife's death happens simultaneously, we shall decide the order of those when we have developed the scenes so we can see which have the best transitioning effect.
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