ISTA - Working With Play Texts

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 List of what a director does:

  • giving specific directions for the actor to do
  • still giving the actor some leeway to interpret the directions in their own way 
  • giving lighting directions as well, sound directions 
  • giving specific or vague directions 
  • small changes can have big effects, make a big difference to the over meaning, mood, atmosphere, tension, etc. 
Notes on Churchill's Love and Information 
  • short
  • vignettes
  • spliced together 
  • different characters in each
  • about information, how we receive/process information 
  • leaves much to the audience's imagination 
  • no overall narrative arc or continuous plot 
  • seeking, filtering, processing, dismissing, and questioning information 
  • making meaningful connections with other people 
Wife 
  • a woman and her partner who might have dementia/Alzheimer's; is not able to recognize her and feels alone 
  • processing information 
  • looking for recognition 
  • desperate longing 
Climate 
  • underlying fear and tension 
  • conflict between characters 
  • tension in final two lines -- both characters feel it 
Michael Vale and Sally Cookson - Jane Eyre 
  • What are the intentions for this show?
    • to create a set that reflects the story line, tensions, atmosphere, emotions, and meanings presented in the original story of Jane Eyre 
    • to make a unique use of set, lighting, and props
      • the window scene, the use of lanterns for lights, the fire in the background, the ladders
  • What is the intended impact? 
    • the intended impact is to leave room for the audience's imagination, but still reflect the story of Jane Eyre 
    • director wanted to "peak the imagination of the audience" 
Moment of Text - Decision 
Identify strengths/interests 
- relationship between the character 
- what is the relationship
- the emotional relationship 
- movement: pacing the room 
- a monologue inside a dialogue 
- on the other end of something, confused
- me the pacer, Osajie the responder 
- playing different characters 
Define the intention/impact of what you want to do with that text 
apply TEAM 
- applying emotion
- emotion: trying to make a decision, asking questions, anxious, angst 
- trying to make a rational decision 
- sarcastic irritation 
- getting more anxious 
- another sarcastic response 
- intention making the audience also confused, on edge 
- confusion 
- impact: making the audience worried for the audience 
- tension: the facts don't add up
- tension, confusion, angst
- meaning: figure out what to do, a crisis/panic 
- confusion to irritation
- confused, not answering the questions 
- indecisive 

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