Day 2

Day 2

This lesson we started to explore and develop our performance. We have already decided on a basic idea as a 'fun house' with a young girl, a clown and a lion. 

We started off by furthering our ideas from the last lesson.

Quick sum-up from last lesson:

The idea is that a young girl has a teddy bear which a clown steals. She follows the clown into a Fun House, exploring each room. Each room has a theme, and every time she gets through one, she is maturing.

What we discussed this lesson:

Rooms (In order of appearance):

1. Everyone (Including the audience) is at a circus. Once the circus ends, the girl's teddy bear is stolen and she enters the Fun House

2. Room where there is a scary lion which represents courage and fear.

3. Contortionist room. All the contortionists are blocking the girl. They are saying bad things to her and represent her thoughts.

4. Mirror room. The girl explores the different emotions she goes through and how they affect her.

5. Fun room. This room is full of unconditional fun and real toys, but the girl learns that she needs to move on in order to mature.

6. Clown room (End scene)

Character List:

- Lion (Peta)

- Ring Master (Bridget Bur)

- Person whom opens show (Bridget Bos)

- Clown (Me)

- Young Girl (Shared between Allie, Peta, Bridget Bur, Bridget Bos and Sarah)

- Contortionists (Sarah, Bridget Bos, Bridget Bur and me as the clown)

- Mirror People (Sarah - Happy, Peta - Fear, Anger - Allie, Bridget Bos - Normal, Me - Sad)

- Toys (Bridget Bur - Princess, Peta - Robot, Doll - Allie, Sarah - Cowgirl, Me - Clown)

My ideas:

- The young girl is played by different actors, not just one

- The girl gives the lion the teddy bear near the end of the performance

- At the end of the performance, the clown comes back and the girl is an adult

- The toy room should have tiny objects so it looks like all the toys are over-sized

- We should gradually make the clown scarier by making its make-up run more and more throughout the performance

Peta's ideas:

- In the Fun room, the girl should leave at her own will. Leaving unconditional fun shows the maturity that the girl has developed.

- There should be soft 'Jack in the Box' music in the transition between the first and the second scene.

Bridget Bos:

- The contortionists should block the young girl from getting out of the room which symbolises the power of her thought.

- In the fun room, the actors should be toys such as toys, dolls and robots.

- There should be a person who opens the show a part from the ring master.

Bridget Bur:

- The clown teases the girl with the teddy bear.

- In the uncoditional fun room, the people give the girl a new teddy bear as a bribe.
- In some rooms, we won't need everyone.

Sarah:

- The clown actor doesn't change
- Clown should take the Teddy bear at the start of the performance