In today's lesson we re-recorded our scene, however it is still incredibly short and not very high quality due to staging restraints; we had to use an empty classroom instead of the drama room. However, this did enable us to use the smart board to project a background image to add to our set.
Even so, lines were still missed and directions messed up. Despite this, it is much higher quality than the previous one, and probably the best we can get it in our time restraints.
I forgot to mention, our costuming was sourced from the costume room, however we chose clothes that reflected the roles and portrayed especially the class gap. Paul as the Governor's wife wore large dresses with a silver headress, and had pillows stuffed up the dress to make him/her appear grotesque and overfed. Grusha wore a simple skirt and shirt, not as impoverished as the slaves but still less extravagant than the Governor's wife. As nurse I wore an old-fashioned matron-like dress, and carried a paper bag with 'BABY' written on it as the child, which i threw down to add to the alienation. The adjutant wore a long coat that was badly damaged, indicating his class as not impoverished, yet not as rich as the Governor's wife. The servants wore torn, dirty canvas clothing and were forced to carry huge bags of their lady's lustrous clothes, indicating the class divide and also exemplifying the alienation effect of them not fulfilling their own desires despite the ongoing rebellion.
In short, our groupwork is not going as well as we'd hoped, due to time and resource restraints. Communication within the group is also strained, as many of us are confused as to what is going on.
Even so, lines were still missed and directions messed up. Despite this, it is much higher quality than the previous one, and probably the best we can get it in our time restraints.
I forgot to mention, our costuming was sourced from the costume room, however we chose clothes that reflected the roles and portrayed especially the class gap. Paul as the Governor's wife wore large dresses with a silver headress, and had pillows stuffed up the dress to make him/her appear grotesque and overfed. Grusha wore a simple skirt and shirt, not as impoverished as the slaves but still less extravagant than the Governor's wife. As nurse I wore an old-fashioned matron-like dress, and carried a paper bag with 'BABY' written on it as the child, which i threw down to add to the alienation. The adjutant wore a long coat that was badly damaged, indicating his class as not impoverished, yet not as rich as the Governor's wife. The servants wore torn, dirty canvas clothing and were forced to carry huge bags of their lady's lustrous clothes, indicating the class divide and also exemplifying the alienation effect of them not fulfilling their own desires despite the ongoing rebellion.
In short, our groupwork is not going as well as we'd hoped, due to time and resource restraints. Communication within the group is also strained, as many of us are confused as to what is going on.