Splendid Productions – Notes
· 1 idea is not enough – 1 angle is not enough
· Getting a group of young people to consider the world
· I-phones, I pads – it’s all about I. What would you do for others?
· Action from ideas – theatre that provokes thought. The play was all about the tiny things that we can do.
· Splendid tactics – make it relevant – we like thinking about ourselves, shocking i.e. Jimmy Saville, wrap it in cheese, fun, schpatz (song, humour, emotion)
· Every commedia character has 2 sides i.e. Capitano – hero – coward, Arlechino – brilliant – idiot
· EPISODIC
· 6 universal facial expressions – sad, happy, shock, anger, disgust, fear
· Opposing tension – strings pulling in opposite directions.
· Everybody gains from something – Jimmy Saville – media etc
· Playing it straight – truth is at the root of all
· Character is rhythm
· How close to the audience do you want to be
· Put across as many points of view as possible
· NOT / BUT i.e. Not just the successful, but also the greedy, not just the humble but also the arrogant etc
· Exercise – flicking the V’s behind someone’s back, look innocent when they turn around, if you’re caught – DIE
· Find the joy in your work – find the game (do read John Wright’s “Why is that So Funny?”)
· What are you doing? Why are you doing it? What do you think about it? (audience)
· Clarity
· “The more I know, the less I know. That much I know!”
· On the signs – when you know what’s going to happen you watch how and why it happens
· Moments – putting a bit of air around it – creation of juxtaposition
· Commedia – all about sharing
· Complicite – between actors and then the audience – TRIANGLE
· Exercise – make a physical shape – other person puts you back to neutral – you say thank you with their name
· Make a physical shape, other person copies the shape and justifies it – puts you back to neutral – you say thank you and their name
· Finding your clown – learning to be yourself – not caring if you get it right or wrong – freedom
· Exercise – wider stance than neutral, bent knees, face as a mask with one huge eye – clock an object, turn head – turn body – move towards it. Now share it with other people on the other side of the room
· Getting a group of young people to consider the world
· I-phones, I pads – it’s all about I. What would you do for others?
· Action from ideas – theatre that provokes thought. The play was all about the tiny things that we can do.
· Splendid tactics – make it relevant – we like thinking about ourselves, shocking i.e. Jimmy Saville, wrap it in cheese, fun, schpatz (song, humour, emotion)
· Every commedia character has 2 sides i.e. Capitano – hero – coward, Arlechino – brilliant – idiot
· EPISODIC
· 6 universal facial expressions – sad, happy, shock, anger, disgust, fear
· Opposing tension – strings pulling in opposite directions.
· Everybody gains from something – Jimmy Saville – media etc
· Playing it straight – truth is at the root of all
· Character is rhythm
· How close to the audience do you want to be
· Put across as many points of view as possible
· NOT / BUT i.e. Not just the successful, but also the greedy, not just the humble but also the arrogant etc
· Exercise – flicking the V’s behind someone’s back, look innocent when they turn around, if you’re caught – DIE
· Find the joy in your work – find the game (do read John Wright’s “Why is that So Funny?”)
· What are you doing? Why are you doing it? What do you think about it? (audience)
· Clarity
· “The more I know, the less I know. That much I know!”
· On the signs – when you know what’s going to happen you watch how and why it happens
· Moments – putting a bit of air around it – creation of juxtaposition
· Commedia – all about sharing
· Complicite – between actors and then the audience – TRIANGLE
· Exercise – make a physical shape – other person puts you back to neutral – you say thank you with their name
· Make a physical shape, other person copies the shape and justifies it – puts you back to neutral – you say thank you and their name
· Finding your clown – learning to be yourself – not caring if you get it right or wrong – freedom
· Exercise – wider stance than neutral, bent knees, face as a mask with one huge eye – clock an object, turn head – turn body – move towards it. Now share it with other people on the other side of the room
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