Day 5

Day 5! How exciting!

So, today we worked on catching Peta up on what she missed last lesson, and we also started and finished the 'contortionist' room/scene.

Contortionist Scene:

So, the contortionist scene is a big scene in a performance, and probably the longest scene. It takes a lot of effort for the scene and it's all about timing, because as one of our dramatic techniques, we've used synchronisation. Peta M will be the young girl in this scene. The young girl changing in each scene represents her growing because it starts off as the shortest girl in our group being the young girl and the tallest girl in our grouping ending the performance as the young girl.

The scene starts with me (the clown) entering the room, I still have the teddy bear that I stole from the young girl at the start of the performance in my hands, and running behind a black wall. Then, Peta (the young girl) runs in after me, but before she can run behind the black wall, music starts and a contortionist performance starts.

I, along with Bridget Bur, choreographed the contortionist scene so that it looks in sync and it looks eerie and cool at the same time.

I can't really explain the contortionist scene, but I will try to upload a video of it on here. The scene is quite long so the video might be too big to upload on here.

Whilst the performance is going on, the contortionists are saying mean things to the young girl such as, "You'll never make it to where you want to go." and "Why even bother trying?"

As you might have already guessed, this room symbolises the young girl's thoughts that are blocking her from growing/escaping. Once she breaks through and overcomes these thoughts, she gets through to the next room.

That's why this scene was imperative to have and is paramount.

The contortionist scene is probably my favourite because shows our talent and our acting abilities.