Today in the lesson we started by reading the poem the next was by wilfred owen:
Out there, we've walked quite friendly up to Death,-
Sat down and eaten with him, cool and bland,-
Pardoned his spilling mess-tins in our hand.
We've sniffed the green thick odour of his breath,-
Our eyes wept, but our courage didn't writhe.
He's spat at us with bullets and he's coughed
Shrapnel. We chorused when he sang aloft,
We whistled while he shaved us with his scythe.
Oh, Death was never enemy of ours!
We laughed at him, we leagued with him, old chum.
No soldier's paid to kick against His powers.
We laughed, -knowing that better men would come,
And greater wars: when each proud fighter brags
He wars on Death, for lives; not men, for flags.
We were then put into a group of four which consisted of Carl, Kai, Tom and I and began to discuss ideas. When planning we also got told we had to make it about waiting for the whistle to go over the trench and had to focus it on voice. We decided to start our performance by having a rewind section where we started by lying on the floor dead and rewinding back into the trench. When we were in the trench we were all waiting for our little bit of alcohol before going over the top however my character was suffering from shell shock and was muttering to myself which cause the general , who was Tom, to start questioning my character. Once we had done ths small scene we went back over the trench. We were then given notes and Tom was told to be meaner and that he should be more fierce with what he was saying. One thing we need to work on as a class is our choice of words and making sure it fits the theme and style correctly so the piece works better and becomes more believable for the audience.
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