Today we were split into two groups and given some gestus' to create. A Gestus is pretty much a physical metaphor - so a hidden message within a tableau. We were given the following Gestus titles:
- War makes a hero
- The waste of war
- A trustworthy politician
- An insincere politician
I found creating these quite hard because I couldn't really figure out what actions/tableaus would create a certain image and give a clear message without being too obvious that it's not very good.
*insert pictures of gestus*
*insert pictures of gestus*
We were then split into groups of four and we were each given a 'rotten poem', but we had to create a performance of the poem in the style of Brecht. I was with Owen, Chloe and Warren, and we were given Jack and the Beanstalk. We used Brechtirian techniques such as placards, multi role-ing, comedy, and talking to the audience. Our main focus was narration - this is a very good Brechtirian technique because not only just talks to the audience, but it informs them what is going on in the story; so it kind of kills two birds with one stone - it breaks the fourth wall whilst also helping the audience understand the storyline.
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