Todays Lesson and additional research; Rochelle

17/11/14  drama lesson

 

In todays lesson we created a new scene

 

Four characters

 

Barry – MIC worker lazy, alcoholic, 32 years of age

Annalese – Boss woman, non materialistic, mother, late 20’s/early 30’s

Sam –funny guy, mid-late 30’s, hard worker

Louise – early 20’s, bubbly, enthusiastic worker.

 

We started with the trial scene from previous work and found that the trial scene didn’t seem to work as well as it did last time so decided to improvise and new scene. Using political elements. The theme of mistaken identity in this universe has become a norm, something that officials in public service find dismissable. The scene is set in the “M.I.C” Missing Identity Corporation; a place where unsolved cases of mistaken identities are sorted out into solved, unsolved and dismissed cases. The political aspects of the scene relate to the initial material the trial with “law, order and control.” Showing how something that should be a big issue such as loosing your identity has become a regular occurrence so much so that it’s accepted by public service members and treated as a miniscule issue.

 

A touch of Frost - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QDann6jiO0

Cold Case - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKS7HorFjeE

 

I was googling Cold Case a television series that I watch which has the same concept of public service as what were aiming for, so I figure we can watch an episode at home and use terminology at home for scripting. While I was researching an episode I came across this ‘a touch of frost’ the episode is about an unconventional policeman with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice. Maybe we can use some of this to try and improve the trial scene?