16/04/15

The breathing and the choral speaking, shows that as a chorus we move as one and speak as one. Which is true to the chorus of traditional Ancient Greece. 

Having the voiceover in the background of this moment creates a stronger connection between us to show that although we are many people , we work as one.

Our scene is relevant to modern society because it, grasps on to the idea that everything has consequences and by the time you figure out you need to change, it can be too late. A modern audience would of been able to relate to this because everyone makes mistakes and now A days the consequences weigh on your shoulders, in the same way as the curse of Creon's wife and sons death, would of weighed on Creon.

Group 1- good committed to the characters well. Antigone and Ismene's relationship was presented clearly 

Group 2- modernised the language, was comedy. Serious when Antigone came in and saw her brother

Group 3- the movement that went along with the lines, worked well with the story line and made the piece more interesting  

Group 4- the status difference was shown clearly through their behaviour towards each other. Use of multimedia was good- news report 

Group 5 - characterisation was amazing and piece was really good, they projected every line and said it clearly 

Group 9- use of multimedia was good with some members shining lights on others and the relationship between the two characters was understandable and clear

Group 10- the groups characterisation was good and created the atmosphere very well for when the girls slammed the door their was a gust of silence.

26/03/15

We looked at two different scripts of Antigone, the script I had was an older context. Taffie and I worked on the scene where Creon finds out Antigone has buried her brother. I didn't really like how the dialogue  was worded because I didn't understand it. I didn't think I could relate to the feeling either Antigone and Creon were feeling as I couldn't understand it and most of the words were blunt. It was clear about their status and was obvious, as you could see how although Creon had more power than Antigone that she wasn't intimidated by that. 

We then got into groups and had to recreate a part of Antigone in a more modern context. I was in a group with Taffie, Jamie, Connor, Orianna and Jed. We didn't want to differ from the traditional elements of Greek tragedy too much, so we kept the chorus element. We set the scene in a modern location - a school. Creon was the headmaster, Antigone and Ismene were two girls who attended the school and the chorus were people who gossiped, imitating a stereotypical school. However, we tried to stick to the traditional language in Creons case, to show that whether he is the king of headmaster he still has the same mentality.

At the beggining, the chorus set the scene by saying "did you hear?", the message was passed around the circle so we could imitate the idea of rumors being spread at school and in this case the rumor was that Antigone(Me) had gone against school rules and Ismene had tried to take the fall for her. We did this because we wanted to put a modern twist on something that was very traditional and hard hitting but we wanted to stay true to what had happened in the play without morphing the story into something else so we kept the ideas very simply so they wouldn't be distorted too much.

 The role I played was very upfront and disrespectful towards Creon which resulted in me talking over either Creon or Ismene and Ismeene(Played by connor) was trying to resolve the matter  which we felt stuck to the original Antigone since Ismeene thought logically instead of just doing it. After the Scene between Antigone, Ismeene and Creon was done, the Chorus ended it up with what had gone on and re-called what they'd heard in the same way a traditional Greek Chorus would have done.

OTHER GROUPS:

GROUP 1: used a phone whatsapp group to portray to scene- modern language was funny to watch and was really creative 

GROUP 2: made it into a gang meet up and two prisoners were ismene and Antigone with two body guards, used a lot of street talk

GROUP 3: theirs was set in big brother where Antigone was being threatend of being kicked out of the house because of burying her brother the performance was good but began to drag on. 

GROUP 4: this was set in New York and they had the accents , the scenario was where they were in an Italian group and they were sent to kill people but then attend Polynices funeral but Creon and his body guard got in an argument with everyone and they started to argue. The performance was amazing and the storyline was well interpreted. 

GROUP 5: posh and old fashioned language was used. Creon was very stuck up and  so he refused to listen to what Antigone had to say. Antigone and Ismene were also posh and quite spoilt.

GROUP 6: Creon acts as if he's really strong and defensive but has a fear of dirt, so when Antigone spits on his hand he starts to panic. He relies heavily on his guards to protect him.

GROUP 7: Creon owns a pub and fires the two brothers but wants Antigone to still work in the pub. She says she's going to leave, and refuses to stay if her brothers are fired. 

16th March-multimedia

http://youtu.be/YDTPw6OMJy8

This is a trailer of waves a multimedia production shown in the national theatre, as I haven't watched it fully and only seen the trailer, the trailer already has made me intrigued of seeing it, i feel like multimedia makes it feel real and exciting and portrays a modernised effect to performances that was developed a long time ago. It could become more interactive for the audience and shows how you can use technology in a different way. You can easily connect to the characters as it feels like you're with them because of the use of technology 

Exploring the text

Antigone and Ismene

What did we focus on when exploring the scene?

We focused on the differences between Antigone and Ismene, and how we could show how those differences explain how the behave towards each other. However, we also acknowledged the link between them, being their loyalty towards family, and how they used that link in contrasting ways. Ismene believing that her loyalty lied with her heroic brother, whereas Antigone believed her loyalty lied with both her brothers.

How did you explore the characters practically?

We got into partners, one of us being Antigone one of us being Ismene. After we did that, we had to run through the text as these characters improvising the scene.

What did you discover about the relationship between the sisters?

Both Antigone and Ismene have strong personalities and that could be the source to why they argue so much and have different views to things. 

How did this scene link to some of the information you discovered in the session about historical context?

When looking at historical context, we discovered how Ancient Greek society revolved very much around the law and in this scene, Antigone and Ismene are arguing the two sides of going against the law and abiding by the law.

 

Antigone and Creon 

What did we focus on when exploring the scene?

We focused on the clashing of emotions during this scene, because it was the scene when Creon discovered that Antigone had buried her brother, despite him saying that, anyone doing so was to be prosecuted.

How did you explore the characters practically?

We got into partners, one of us being Antigone one of us being Creon. After we did that, we had to run through the text as these characters improvising the scene.

What did you discover about the relationship between the two characters?

Since Creon was a huge respected man he saw Antigone as one of his subjects, despite the fact they were family, I feel this is what made their relationship tense, since Antigone still looked at him as her uncle but Creon looked at her as someone that was supposed to follow him.

How did this scene link to some of the information you discovered in the session about historical context?

For Antigones character, we can understand that in society she was supposed to accept everything that Creon said. However, in this scene she's doing the opposite and this would have shocked Creon as well as an Ancient Greek audience.