An ensemble is a group of people working together to create something. For an ensemble to be successful, everyone needs to be focused and listen not only to the instructions given but also to each other as i one person messes up it has an effect on everyone's performance.
My favourite ensemble is tale 3 because I love the use of lighting and how Matayo is the character that's being described. I think because we're all the narrators it creates different dynamics as our voices are all different. My favourite part of the ensemble is when Matayo is in the middle spinning around and all our lights are facing towards him, I think it's clever because the audience can forget we're even there and feel as if it's just Matayo and our voices.
For tale 3 we have created a pub, where we're all drinking and laughing. Once the music tops we start saying the tale, after the line "a bit of this, a bit of that", we go to a person in the audience and speak to them as if we've doing a job for them, for example I go up to someone and talk to them about how their paint job won't take long. Once Matayo slams his stool, we form a circle and light Matayo with the flashlights on our phones. We then continue to narrate the play and when the line "but his past is where it's really snowing", Roseby enters the circle and lies under a white sheet, acting as the guy he killed in the tale. On the line "the loudmouth routine is just a disguise", Roseby moves out of the circle and Matayo takes the sheet and uses it as a blanket.
At the beginning of the tale I am in the pub having a beer, talking to my friends and then I switch to a narrator along side everyone else. The atmosphere is light hearted but once we light Matayo it becomes quite eerie as the story talks about an accidental murder. What adds to the mysterious atmosphere is when Roseby lies on the floor covered by a sheet and acts as the dead body.
In tale 1 and 2, how we said our lines weren't really relevant for the tale, especially the girls tale when some are said as selfies. In this tale, we have created a character and atmosphere that tells the story, it's also the first tale where boys and girls work together.
For tale 4, it start with everyone walking around the stage with their umbrellas, they then assemble in the middle and crouch to the floor covered by the umbrellas. We haven't developed this scene any further. In this tale I am the person that goes to get my dad some fags and then ends up helping an old lady with her shopping. So far in this piece I've been outside what the ensemble is doing, for example, I am standing in the corner whilst everyone is crouched on the floor.
Over the past few weeks I have developed my skills in physical theatre because the play heavily involves this. I feel as if I can use my body to create staging and add interest to the play, I have also discovered that I can respond to instructions quickly. As we have set a lot of the scenes without knowing our lines, I can be given instructions do it fast enough for the scene to carry on with enough pace.
Lines that sum up each line:
Prologue: Knoworramean?
Tale 1: can stick up for himself
Tale 2: but works to live, doesn't live to work
Tale 3: you can see all of this if you look in Jack's eyes
Tale 4: nobody's ever helped me before
I chose the line from the prologue because it is the most repeated line in that tale and also shows how they're expected to speak, quite common because three words have ben merged into one. Tale 1, 2 and 3, they are all building a character during it, so the lines I chose explain that character. The first tale, shows the independence of this boy and how he doesn't rely on anyone but also doesn't really have anyone to rely on. For tale 2, it shows how she has to work to survive and has to put that before her happiness even though there is so much more she'd like to do with her life. For tale 3, I chose that lines because it shows how people aren't always what they seem, Jack may look like a certain person at first glance but if you look in his eyes you see something else. It also shows how he can't fully hide his past. For tale 4, I think this line shows how anyone can help someone and also how unhelpful society is to think in this women's whole life no one has ever helped her.
Lines that sum up each line:
Prologue: Knoworramean?
Tale 1: can stick up for himself
Tale 2: but works to live, doesn't live to work
Tale 3: you can see all of this if you look in Jack's eyes
Tale 4: nobody's ever helped me before
I chose the line from the prologue because it is the most repeated line in that tale and also shows how they're expected to speak, quite common because three words have ben merged into one. Tale 1, 2 and 3, they are all building a character during it, so the lines I chose explain that character. The first tale, shows the independence of this boy and how he doesn't rely on anyone but also doesn't really have anyone to rely on. For tale 2, it shows how she has to work to survive and has to put that before her happiness even though there is so much more she'd like to do with her life. For tale 3, I chose that lines because it shows how people aren't always what they seem, Jack may look like a certain person at first glance but if you look in his eyes you see something else. It also shows how he can't fully hide his past. For tale 4, I think this line shows how anyone can help someone and also how unhelpful society is to think in this women's whole life no one has ever helped her.
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