Month: June 2016

The social , historical and cultural background of the stimulus? Does it have a defined background?

The  stimulus is the Aysar Ky and refugees for the start of this production theme

Ideas for the play:

The play will be set in the countryside where i am setting it because there are a lot of places and props that  i can use and there are big open places and wide spaces.

Fear of moving the kids

Death -are devastated that the mother did not come back with the dad

The outline of the play

There are three characters and there are two children and the youngest child was 10 and the oldest child was 18.

There are three people in the scene and there are 2 children and they are left on there own and the dad turns up out the blue and the kids get shocked because the dad came alone and the mum wasn’t there and the oldest son went and asked there dad that where is mum and the dad didn’t answer them and then both of the brothers  asked there dad and the dad was not answering them and the oldest son was then starting to speak up and he started saying to his dad where is mum and then dad still did not reply to his son and then the oldest told his little brother to go and site in his bedroom and then the oldest son went asked his dad where is mum the dad then told his oldest son to go and  pack there clothes and they can only take three things with them and the kids start slowly listening to there dad and they take there favorite toys with them and the kids want to take more than 4 toys with them and the oldest kid wants to still argue with dad about were is mum and dad still doe sent answer him and the youngest kid starts asking and the dad in the end tells the kids that your mum has died and the kids get in to a shock and start asking questions about what happend the dad said pack your clothes and take your three toys and the dad starts crying as he is in stress and the kids and the dad start crying together.some stuff and we are leaving and son says where are we going and the dad says you can only take three things with you and the dad was saying go and pack your things and your brothers things and the son says where is mum and the son started screaming where is she and then the dad says mum is dead .

Feelings

DAD the dad is in stress and is hiding it from the kids and the he doesn’t want them to relies

Oldest Sons the oldest son is heartbroken and cant stop crying

Youngest Son the youngest son has started crying

Item 2 –

The situation in this monologue was based on the original play with 2 other cast members.  I was only 8 years old when the play was done, in this monologue I was now 18 years old and ten years had past. I decided to make it 10 years later to show the audience what had happend in his life. I was going to carry on and do it from when he was 8 but thought this would not allow the audience to understand the real person in the play. (Young  boy).

The character that appeared was the eight old boy that now was eighteen.  Male,6 ft 3 in, he looked  like a bodybuilder or someone that worked out (bouncer). I wanted to make the boy more mature, also to show he had now become a family man and to show how what had happen 10 years previously had changed him and made him the man he is today.  Also wanted to show the effects on him as a human being. Effects of losing his mum, being brought up in a war torn country, seeing violence and death all round him.  The character attitudes is more relaxed and calculated and he is not aggressive as he was as young teenager.  The way I developed this was to show the audience the pain and suffering of being in a war-torn country and to show young people that you can still move on with your life even though he had a bad childhood.

I developed the character  based on the boxer Charles Martin, who is a professional boxer from USA. He had a tough childhood because he lost his dad at a young age. He lived in a rundown estate, where there was lots of drugs and fights in his area.  He grew up with the wish to make a name for himself and show people he could do it.  That is why I choose this sort of character to have the same kind of personality as the man in the play.

How I played the character in the play to show the audience what he was like, I used a countryside accent to show he was from the country, also I used a deeper voice to show he aged.   The character was upset in the play because he was talking to his mother’s picture so his voice was sad, low and angry and emotional.  His body language including him moving around anxiously and in a depressed way. He was holding a picture of his mum.

I developed my piece by using improvisation why because it was easier for me to describe the situation what was happening and also to be able to be angry and sad at the same time.  This help me to work out what I wanted to put into a script later.  Which meant the words I would use.

How may I develop this further to strengthen the communication make it more inspirational to let the audience see a brighter future of what can happen to people in  war.

ITEM 3 – Design Idea

In the countryside house, the scene was in a bedroom, it was dark room with just a bed and a lamp which was on and beside the lamp was a teddy bear which he kept from when he was eight.

The design of the stage was the backdrop a picture that looked like the countryside with a house in it.  This shows the audience we are in the countryside.  The bed room was backstage because its dark and I wanted to be able to have space on the stage to move around. The set design of the room is dark with black walls and the only furniture in the room is a bed and a small bedside lamp. this will allow the audience to see how the war has effected the young boy  growing up.

The design shows that the man in the play has grownup from the first play, he was angry and anxious but also was able to survive from what went on.

By using this design I can show the audience that he have now got strength and weakness in the character and that he has developed from when we first met him as a eight year old.  Where we saw him scared about his father telling him to choose 2 toys to take with him.

“Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape.”

This appears in Charles dickens Great Expectations  in Chapter 59. this is where pip goes back after 11 years to visit Joe and biddy and it has brought back memories about whats happend over his life.

This quote comes form when Pip meets Estella and they both start talking about how they feel. Pip always loved Estella since he met her at Ms Haversham. Pip kept his feelings from Estella because thought he was not intelligent or posh enough for her. This shows in the words form the “Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching”.

“I was always treated as if I had insisted on being born in opposition to the dictates of reason, religion, and morality, and against the arguments of my best friends.” Chapter 4

This shows that Pip has a sense of guilt on having been born. As if his presence is an affront to nature itself. An interesting way also for saying that the world despises his very existence….

“There have been occasions in my later life (I suppose as in most lives) when I have felt for a time as if a thick curtain had fallen on all its interest and romance, to shut me out from anything save dull endurance any more. Never has that curtain dropped so heavy and blank, as when my way in life lay stretched out straight before me through the newly-entered road of apprenticeship to Joe.” Chapter 14

character:  the young boy is now 18 years old and is living in the city and going to university

Stage instructions:

front stage looking straight at audience

Script there is a boy and his brother and they are both living on their own and there mum and dad have left them and the oldest brother is taking care of the house and the younger brother and one day the dad returns home and the kids see their dad but they don’t see their mum and the kids start asking question why the mum isn’t here and the dad does not respond but and the dad tells  the kids to pack three things to take with them and the oldest son still asks his dad where is mum and the dad does not respond and eh tells the kids to go and pack but the kids ask their dad why are we going for and the dad says just go and pack your cloths and the kids say no until you tell me and the dad says to the kids that your mum has died she died in a car crash and the kids get devastated and start crying and the kids get sad

Words to use:

“Hi i cant believe it was ten years ago that mum has died and that dad has run away but  we are starting to finally get on with our lives. It is still hard I am living in the country side but i am working and i have money to feed my self and have a great life and i still meet up with  brother and dad has moved on,

Its bean tough since it all happend  i was eight years old  then.  I started feeling very sad and i then tried to move on  and finally there was some happiness and then i still remembered a picture of mum I always come and go home and go up to my room,  (Looking at Picture) Mum I wish you were still here I cant believe all these years have gone by and you are not here to see me grow. up so much has happend since you left.   I went to college and got exams so I could get a good job.  I now have this house have got work and get money and I have my own car and i still see my  Tom (brother )”

Instructions for the Actor

I want the actor to play it sad and show emotion