Blood Brothers – Development Task

For our coursework, we created some(prenominal) guesss and performed booked pieces from the play Blood Brothers by Willy Russell. I shall discuss some of the main photographs we created/performed and what mediums and elements we utilise to improve them.The first fictitious characterisation Ill discuss is where Mrs Johnstone and Mrs Lyons are logical argument over wholl keep the twin. We utilize various mediums and elements of dramatic play to help us put the stage settings from page to symbolize. I start listed how we implemented elements of drama and what effects they gave down the stairsContent- We produced this scene directly from page to demo, except we hyperkinetic syndromeed survey tracking to it- dickens extra character characters that utter their thoughts. We employ the stage directions to produce movement and nervus facialis expressions which were the main content of the scene, including the dialog.Actions- We gived various contrasting actions both fro m the script and improvised. These ranged from Mrs Johnstone cleaning at the start, to Mrs Lyons moving ridge her arms in argument. We did this to give the effect of dialecting Mrs Lyons licking and madness and to add up much visual saki for the audience. It proved very effective as it make the scene to a greater extent dramatic and evocative.Climax- The climax in our piece was near the end where Mrs Johnstone swears on the sacred scripture to give a twin to Mrs Lyons. We built up emphasis which lead to this by increasing mint and the tone of frustration in our voices. Reece whom played Mrs Lyons utilise a much(prenominal) pleading tone whereas I used a more than frustrated tone. We did this because we valued to engage the audience finishedout the scene with the build-up of tension and emotion.Contrasts- We created a clear contrast between the characters Mrs Lyons and Mrs Johnstone as studyn on the script. These contrasts where presented in social class, which we vis ualized by means of our assortedly accented voices. Also the dialog of the script suggested their contrast as Mrs Lyons had more authorative lines. In format to develop the contrast in characters further, we also had different postures to evince the contrast of status. I had a more relaxed posture and Reece had a more formal draw back posture. We did this to create an interesting conflict in the scene for the audience.Symbols- The only symbolism we used in this scene was the Bible prop. In the script, Mrs Johnstone swears on the Bible. This symbolises a stuffing contract, especially for her character as she is very superstitious. We used lighting to slit the moment of this symbolism. Willy Russell may energise used symbolism in this scene to add tension and interest for the audience as this reveals that an face is going to happen later on in the play. We could have added more symbols to the scene to create more tension.Now I shall explore what mediums of drama we used in th is scene to take it from page to stage and develop it furtherCostume- We didnt use a grouchy costume as it was easier to change to different scenes and characters. We mayhap should have used costumes that represented their class to show a visual contrast between the two characters.Sound/Music- We didnt use any harmony in our scene as there wasnt any scripted, even so we used a heart-beat sound effect to mark the moment of madness when Mrs Lyons was pleading. We could have used music when Mrs Lyons pleads for the twin to mark the moment and add emphasis on her characters madness more effectively.Space & Levels- We unplowed spread out on the stage to use space effectively, and we incorporated the use of levels to show a visual contrast in status of the two characters. Mrs Johnstone was generally lower than Mrs Lyons throughout the scene to connote her lower status.Voice- Our voice chanting of anger and frustration built up throughout the scene to add more interest and contrasting moods from the beginning of the scene to the end. This use of voice gave the effect of showing the emotions of our characters clear for the audience.We rehearsed this scene by initially reading through the script as our characters and using voice intonation to add emotion to the lines as we read them out. We used the explorative strategy of thought-tracking to explore the inner-characters that werent shown in the script. thus we used the stage directions to take it from page to stage and add movement and gestures. We then added our own improvised actions etc. to develop the scene further.We made the finish of having two additional characters that represent Mrs Johnstone and Mrs Lyons thoughts to reveal them more effectively to the audience. We also decided to use a heart-beat sound when Mrs Lyons pleaded to show the audience the madness of her character and signify it.I think that the performance of this scene went well as our characters came across as we and the playwright inte nded. We made our emotions clear for the audience as we portrayed them through our gestures, use of voice etcetera. However, to improve this we could have used music at specific points such as when Mrs Johnstone swears on the Bible so as to mark the moment and add even more emotion to it. We demonstrated that Mrs Lyons and Mrs Johnstone had a good kinship initially, and how it deteriorated throughout the scene by using more infuriated expressions and vocal tones.