18/11/14 - Tale 8

In groups we read through Tale 8 and we had to underline anything that suggested a location, weather or atmosphere. My group was me, Sherene, Tara, Roseby, Alabama and Matteo.

Part of my highlighted script

Once we had done this we went through the key phrases we created a scene representing the sounds and atmosphere of tale 8. As we were asked to focus more on the atmosphere, we had little or repetitive movement in our piece. We found out that the whole scene is a big build up of suspension and there is a huge climax. We showed this by creating a sort of thunder-storm. Everybody started out calm and slowly walking around each other, one in a while one of us would clap quietly. Then someone walks into the middle of our huddle and screams, which make us all fall to the floor in silence. Everybody starts banging the chairs, slow at first and then rapid as the person who screamed starts chasing one of us.

Unfortunately, we didn't have time to perfect our performance and no-one was able to perform to the class as there was not time, but hopefully we can finish this exercise in next Thursday's lesson.

This exercise really reminded me about soundscapes. I've always found soundscapes really effective because if you close your eyes while you're doing one, it really sounds like the sound/mood you're trying to create. I also think it's amazing how we can create sounds like that just fro using our hands, feet and other places.

- Matilda ^_^