PMD2 Developing scenes and generating transitions - CKR Lesson 7

The above video shows us revising the pre-show in which the cast set up the stage whilst becoming infected. We extended the scene to introduce the puppet concept we had devised for the tea party scene, which follows on from the pre-show, and therefore the extension serves as a transition between the two.

The still images in this scene seek to illustrate the setting for the production. The first depicts the gates to the Abbey, which other cast members interact with. Later in the scene movement becomes more grotesque, a theme that permeates throughout the remainder of the production. It also features our response to the clockwork stimulus created in the very early stages of the unit.

This next video shows part of a later scene featuring elements of contra dance as well as repeating the notions of puppetry mentioned in the end of the pre-show, again partially serving as a transition from the previous scene into the next; entering the masquerade ball.

We introduces monologues to the masquerade scene, which we are shown to be exploring in the above video. Initially they were to feature in the corridor scene, but discussion concluded that the scene seemed effective enough as it is and to add more would be too much, particularly when there were other scenes that had much more room for development. Furthermore, there is already dialogue in that scene, whereas this was merely movement and soundscape. The monologues had not yet been revised and so aren't quite at the standard we would like, nor do they quite resemble the Beckettian style we were drawing influence from.