Thursday 4th February

In todays lesson we went back into the hall but we only had the stage space to work with and when we got on to it there was a table in the middle so we decided that it might add something different to our scene by using the table to create another type of level. Once we had discussed this we started to scatter chairs around the table so they are all spread out and in site of the audience.
We then went from where we finished of the last lesson and again worked on levels. When we got to the scene with Kinsey and George on there own we wanted to make this obvious to the audience what they may have own and get the idea of who these 2 characters are based on and these are John Venables and Robert Thompson. So we wanted to show the power shift and who is in control in this 'friendship'. I believe Kinsey to be the one in control and the one who caused George to do whatever he did. As there conversation takes place Kinsey starts of very angry as George keeps control of him and everyone like he has through out the play until Kinsey has a switch which caused him to calm down an as he does this it caused  George to get angry which is where he loses the control of where this conversation and what he wants and I believe this is what happened on the outside world. I believe that George didn't want to do something and Kinsey knew how to push him to change his mind. We also showed this change in power my proximity. At the beginning of the scene George faces towards Kinsey and keep great distance between them. As George begins to lose control his body language changes so he turns from Kinsey as if he is shielding himself from what Kinsey has to say and as Kinsey gains he's control he get closer and closer to George until he is so close that George notices and moves away. I shows how Kinsey wants this friendship where as George refuses to except him again.
once we had done this we discussed how we wanted our stage area to look and if we wanted the area to look relatively normal or to make sure every thing is covered in foam and sponge so it looks like we aren't mentally safe. We decided that we would do some research into this to decide on what it is like in different types of prisons.