Wednesday Rehearsals 2-6

Working on our physicality scene, using coats and scarves. 

Maybe having symbolism exchanged - having James holding the yellow star and Elsa holding the SS guard armband. 

This would help us identify the forbidden love and show the taboo idea to the audience. 

We have choreographed the movement and have made the love interest scene before out gas chamber scene. I will be involved for this scene as Daisy (as Joanna) is tearing apart the relationship whilst hero encourages them.  

Today's objectives:

Ideas for today: 

Focusing on the gas chamber scene (before transition to court room scene). 

Based on real life events, camp got liberated and Franz helped Helena find somewhere to live. Sent her to Italy to his mothers house and gave her warm shoes. But Helena's father said "don't forget who you are, I am a Jew and I will always be a Jew" - we will use this to be interpreted as Helena's words. 

(Beatrice and Benedick conversation) 

I'm going to write up script for people and also find cheap white pj's to buy. 

Agenda and Rehearsals

- going to see Natalie's idea for the opening scene. 

Using the foyer and herding the audience like cattle, in sections, through the revolving doors. Have SS guards (me, James and Daisy) checking the inmates as they pass through barriers. Sorting them as they arrive. 

- doing script work. 

Reading through script and securing the lines to make sure they make sense in each scene. 

- finalising scene between James and Elsa. 

- connecting the 3 scenes, Ursula's death, talk between Beatrice and Benedick and Joanne's death. 

New changes!

Due to recent events and the affect of my illness, as a group we felt it would be more effective to have me as a more directorial role as physically, I'm hindered to give my best performance. So I would only fill in for smaller parts such as prison guards / officers and guide tours, where I can utilise some performance. But I will still have an important role within the creative roles and decision making. 

Speaking of which, we have looked upon the beginning scene for the entrance. At this point there are 2 things we want to look at: 

- using the outside part of the college at the entrance to herd the audience and then segregate them as they enter the building. 

- having the characters integrated into the audience and then called out for being branded. 

Doing this we need to see how each idea plays out and compare which one would be realistically, more impacting to the scene. 

Pedra's Death

- sorted out scene text and have an idea of how to make each character's status through quietness and stillness. 

- we have 2 examples (on Daisy's blog) of the same scene in different tones. 

I am found as Pedra, dead on the floor after the Sonderkommando has killed me. We changed the second one to have more stillnesses and make James' speech calmer to show an inner rage that slowly builds. 

Objectives

- Sort out individual scenes

- work out what we parts of script are relevant. 

- doesn't have to be much ado 

- doesn't have to be same characters saying their script. 

- work on war crimes end scene, come up with ending and how we could create something to instigate remorse and forgiveness without taking away the seriousness of situation. 

Plan

(Been focusing on funding the past 2 lessons and been ill on Tuesday 1st April) 

Elsa is absent. 

Ideas: 

- Assigning scenes to direct to each person. 

- Going through scenes to discuss what we could do with them. 

- me doing the war crimes trial scene. 

(Natalie has a question!) 

There may be some alterations to decisions made. 

Ideas that I want to explore for war crimes trial: 

- using the black out pod as interview room. 

- having a flashback (might be a bit tricky to incooperate) 

- having franz seek remorse for his actions.