Creative Ideas!

Today we went off in groups to think and come up with different ideas we can use to perform to the targetted audience of 14 - 15 year olds about abuse. I was a group with my class mates and we sat and thought of creative ways to show a piece of domestic abuse. Firstly we went away and researched what actually goes on with domestic abuse and how people suffer from it. We also got satistics and plenty of information from people who have been abused. We found out that the main focuse was abusive relationships.

 

 

After we researched Penny then went away and created a script and gave each person their role. I was lucky enough to be given one of the lead roles along with Charles. When i went away i was able to find out plenty of chararistics about my role. I was able to understand that my character 'Imogen' is in an abusive relationship with her father. She is at the age of 17 and has convienced herself that the only reason why she gets beaten up is becuase that is what people do when they are in love. After i read my script i questioned myself based on my character where they were, why they are there, who they are and what they are doing. I went home and did extra researched on how specifically women behave when they are being abused so it helps me settle into the character more easily. By doing this research on how people mainly females act whilst or have been in an abusive relationship really helped becuase i was able to get a better idea on what i'm doing and it also helped me become more connected with my character. At first i thought since i've only just joined the class having one of the main roles for this peice already wouldn't go well but i was wrong becuase as i am adapting to my character i'm finding it much more easier to act just exactly as the character Imogen would.

Classroom Lesson.

Yesterdays lesson was actually very interesting, this is becuase we was able to explore the different methods on the introduction of the 'Domestic Violence Project' we will be showing in a few weeks to the schools around East London. The idea that the whole class and the teachers came up with was to start of the play by having random voice messages playing outloud then it would move onto different people standing up and giving the audience the impression that they were making up the settings to the scenes for example Mahim stood up and said 'There's a girl..' then another person would stand up and finish his sentence by saying 'Yes.. and her name is Imogen she's 17 years old'. Then Mahim went 'Yes she's 17 years old and she lives next to a farm' .. and thats how we was able to build up the settings. I found planning the settings really interesting becuase it's new and i've never really done any acting in this form so it was a new experience to me. Personally i feel as if i am fitting into the class more easier than i thought it would be, since i've changed courses i've noticed that i've been less stressed and happier i think this was all down to me doing the wrong courses. As the lesson went on we really grasped onto how the introduction was going to be, i'm really exicited to see how the whole project will turn out to be.