Brechtian Theatre Work
Today in drama we focused on Brechtian Theatre. We got into groups of four and were given a few lyrics from a beetles song - A day in the life. Our interpretation of the lyrics were there being a car crash so that is what we acted out.
Our lyrics were :
He blew his mind out in a car
He didn't notice that the lights had changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
They'd seen his face before
Nobody was really sure
If he was from the House of Lords.
We created a very basic car crash scene where I was a passing teenager who notices the crash and sees if there is s a pulse of the people that crashed, one of them survived but the other wasn't so lucky.
He blew his mind out in a car - This is the line where we imagined a car crash.
He didn't notice that the lights had changed - There was a phone call and the driver picked up and wasn't paying attention so the lights changed the driver made an abrupt stop and the driver behind crashed into her.
A crowd of people stood and stared - Eliza and I (school girls - teens) and saw the crash happen so I scream and we both run to see if they're alive or not.
They'd seen his face before - The drivers were complete strangers.
Nobody was really sure - Not sure if they survived the accident or not.
If he was from the House of Lords. - As we only had half an hour to do this task my group didn't have time to create a part for this line but it would of probably be that one of the drivers was from the House of Lords and one of the school girls noticed it and that would mean that it was a sad time as a very important person might of just died.
Here is the music video for a day in the life.
Our lyrics were :
He blew his mind out in a car
He didn't notice that the lights had changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
They'd seen his face before
Nobody was really sure
If he was from the House of Lords.
We created a very basic car crash scene where I was a passing teenager who notices the crash and sees if there is s a pulse of the people that crashed, one of them survived but the other wasn't so lucky.
He blew his mind out in a car - This is the line where we imagined a car crash.
He didn't notice that the lights had changed - There was a phone call and the driver picked up and wasn't paying attention so the lights changed the driver made an abrupt stop and the driver behind crashed into her.
A crowd of people stood and stared - Eliza and I (school girls - teens) and saw the crash happen so I scream and we both run to see if they're alive or not.
They'd seen his face before - The drivers were complete strangers.
Nobody was really sure - Not sure if they survived the accident or not.
If he was from the House of Lords. - As we only had half an hour to do this task my group didn't have time to create a part for this line but it would of probably be that one of the drivers was from the House of Lords and one of the school girls noticed it and that would mean that it was a sad time as a very important person might of just died.
Here is the music video for a day in the life.
Great blog, Emma! Make sure you explain how you used techniques from the practitioners in your rehearsal process.
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