DEVISED - Plan/structure 20/2/17

1. Greeting scene - This is where Warren and Taylor's character greet the audience and invite them in, provoking confusion to the audience. This also adds to our idea of immersing the audience in the performance by making them part of the 'AA meeting' in which the performance is set. Talking about preparing for this wave of people coming from death, but talked about as if they were people coming to an AA meeting. 
2. Cameron intro - This is the scene we did last lesson with me, Taylor and Warren.
3. The 'WHA' scene - Between Will, Henri and Alice (hence WHA), and it is just an introductory scene of those 3 characters.
4. Hell scene - Will's character is a man who has done many a bad thing throughout his life (like arrogance, ignorance etc...) but the one good deed leads to his death (ironic), so the decision o whether he goes to heaven or hell is tough. This scene Taylor explaining to will that she has been to hell and why she knows more than everyone else.
5. Banfield chronicles - Adam talking to Henri about how he needs to throw away his culture.

DEVISED - Scene work with Taylor and Warren 8/2/17

We decided to make an introductory scene to my character, and at the same time an introductory scene to the whole piece. We started it with me falling of a chair as if I've just hung myself, and then i wake up in purgatory all confused and unaware - at which point I meet Adam (Warren) who very vaguely without giving much away at all tells me where I am (in fact, the most i find out from him is that 'this is my placement'). We decided to give purgatory some sort of code name, which is 'Placement' so that we don't give the twist away to the audience. Throughout this scene, my character has very disjointed and jumbled speech, he's confused and a little scared, and he begins to get slightly agitated by the vague and useless information he's getting form Adam. The also shows Adam's cock, arrogant and all-knowing nature, and we decided that Adam would be particularly interested in my case for some reason (not even he knows, people could speculate it's because he notices a fire inside of me when I first see Taylor) as a pose to the others since he has had this conversation probably millions of times prior.

New lesson - Help from Tom

Scene 2 – Cameron’s intro (Cameron, Adam, Taylor)

(Cameron suddenly bursts through the church doors and falls unconscious on the floor for a moment)

Adam: You all right there? I saw your fall. (Cameron jumps at the sound of his voice, he doesn't answer) Do you know why you're why you're? (No answer) No, of course not tsss... It's ok. Take a minute. I understand it's a lot to take in.

Cameron: What is this?

Adam: This? This is your placement.

Cameron: What? What's...'placement'?

Adam: This here. Everything you see before you. This is your placement.

(Cameron cannot find words, he is still confused)

Adam: Again, take a minute. I understand it's a lot to take in.

(Taylor enters)

Taylor: Adam?

Adam: Can you wait a minute please?

Cameron: (To Adam) Who is she?

Adam: Don't worry about her. She's from...some place else. Which I highly doubt you'll be going there.

(Pause)

Cameron: (To Taylor) Sorry but who is he?

Taylor: Adam.

Cameron: Great well that helps.

Adam: Again, I understand...

Cameron: No I don't think you understand; I don't know who you are or what you want with me in this...what ever this place is...Stop being so vague and give me something.

Taylor: It may be vague now, and confusing, and muddled, but give it time. It will come together very soon just relax. Trust us.

Adam: What I suggest you do, is take a minute and calm yourself. Take a seat and think. Try to remember.

Cameron: Remember what exactly?

Adam: I want you to try to remember why you may be here.

Cameron: (After a pause of thought) I'm sorry but I don't know.

DEVISED - Character research 6/2/17

Man wrongly accused of rape - 17yrs old

Pre-accusation:

• 'Normal' life 
• Girlfriend 
• Part time job 
• Doing well at school
• Supportive family 
• Lots of friends

Post-accusation:

• Fired from job along with grief and abuse from colleagues 
• Police and officials constantly on my case 24/7
• Family don't speak to me 
• Kicked out of school
• Spent 3 months in prison 

When proven innocent:

• Family don't trust me and speak to me like I'm dirt
• Abused in the streets
• Police still on my case 
• Spent many nights away from home 
• Suicidal and self harming 
• Paranoid 
• Eventually hang myself in the park

DEVISED - Final idea 2/2/17

Our final idea is based in/around the idea of 'purgatory' which is believed to be the place between heaven or hell where you are allocated to either heaven or hell. The characters are unaware that they are dead, nor do they have any memory of their life except one particular memory in which they are granted by a character called Adam (as in Adam and Eve) - Adam is kind of our narrator, he 'runs' purgatory (except we have have called purgatory "placement") and he knows EVERYTHING.). The idea behind the piece is basically telling the audience either how we die, the event/significant event that lead to our death, or a significant part of our lives. In each 'flashback', whoever else is used in the flashback back will have a mask on to show that the character doesn't even know who was involved and to symbolise that these people cannot hold grudges. My character is a teenager who was wrongly accused of rape by his mentally unstable girlfriend, and even when proven innocent after prison, still received massive amounts of abuse in the streets, lost contact with most family and ones who have kept contact don't trust him, and this eventually leads to his suicide. The girl, died the day of the court hearing right at the start before prison and she goes to hell. During the piece we see this girl trying to work her to earn her placement in heaven. Since she has been in hell and in placement for about a year now, when my character arrives she has much more of an understanding about what placement is. However the catch is, it is set up like an AA meeting, so the audience think that it is a place where these drug abusers or criminals have gone, it is not until the end that they find out what it really is. The characters will be sitting in the audience making the audience immersed in the performance.
All the characters are forced to let go of any of their cultural beliefs and 'different' lifestyles to be able to progress in their placement.