Molly
Yesterday was a really positive day for generating material as we decided to spend the time trying everyone’s practical ideas and letting them run. Today was the day that we had to try and extend those ideas and start to shape our narrative. With two scratch performances at the Blue Elephant Theatre and the BAC fast approaching, we decided to make a condensed narrative arch for what we will show then.
When working on a section about the diagnosis and physical symptoms of MND, we seemed to carve a clear sequence based on our knowledge of how doctors speak and their mannerisms. This combined with our research of the possible physical symptoms of MND were brought together to create an abstract form of diagnosis. However, when we jumped into a different section, looking at the internal, the imagination, it was interesting to find that it was not so clear cut.
This is mostly down to the fact that the imagination is something very specific and personal to each individual. Whilst doing research for CELL, we read that the imagination can only work in conjunction with memory; you can only imagine situations because they are partly based on reality. So for example, you have a memory of handling a tennis ball, you know what it feels like, how heavy it is etc. The imagination uses this knowledge and then extrapolates it into something out of the ordinary. The imagination is also based on a personal reaction to a situation, for example, if someone is talking to you and you don’t want to listen, you might wish to escape and based on that, you might imagine floating out of the window and across the street where you can no longer hear them.
It appears, at this stage at least, that the imagination is not as easy to conduct as a group and although has the potential to be fantastical and to allow the impossible, it has to come from an agreed place of reality. Tomorrow, we will try working more on the imagination and I wonder how slippery it would become. I anticipated that the imaginative sections would be the most free-flowing and creative but it turns out when devising, you should expect the unexpected and not anticipate!
Yesterday was a really positive day for generating material as we decided to spend the time trying everyone’s practical ideas and letting them run. Today was the day that we had to try and extend those ideas and start to shape our narrative. With two scratch performances at the Blue Elephant Theatre and the BAC fast approaching, we decided to make a condensed narrative arch for what we will show then.
When working on a section about the diagnosis and physical symptoms of MND, we seemed to carve a clear sequence based on our knowledge of how doctors speak and their mannerisms. This combined with our research of the possible physical symptoms of MND were brought together to create an abstract form of diagnosis. However, when we jumped into a different section, looking at the internal, the imagination, it was interesting to find that it was not so clear cut.
This is mostly down to the fact that the imagination is something very specific and personal to each individual. Whilst doing research for CELL, we read that the imagination can only work in conjunction with memory; you can only imagine situations because they are partly based on reality. So for example, you have a memory of handling a tennis ball, you know what it feels like, how heavy it is etc. The imagination uses this knowledge and then extrapolates it into something out of the ordinary. The imagination is also based on a personal reaction to a situation, for example, if someone is talking to you and you don’t want to listen, you might wish to escape and based on that, you might imagine floating out of the window and across the street where you can no longer hear them.
It appears, at this stage at least, that the imagination is not as easy to conduct as a group and although has the potential to be fantastical and to allow the impossible, it has to come from an agreed place of reality. Tomorrow, we will try working more on the imagination and I wonder how slippery it would become. I anticipated that the imaginative sections would be the most free-flowing and creative but it turns out when devising, you should expect the unexpected and not anticipate!
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