Additional Scene

On 6^th June, we decided in our music lesson, because we had finished the song, to make an additional scene as we are conscious that our piece was significantly shorter than the others pieces. 

We were discussing this predicament with Miss Hepworth and she suggested that we do something that interests us because our enthusiasm and passion for the subject had dropped since she last saw us.  I can’t recall who suggested it in the first place, but ‘The Jeremy Kyle Show’ was brought up and we all liked the idea of doing a parody of it.

Now that we had an idea, we could develop it into a scene. 

Unfortunately, we didn’t have Jack so we are going to fill him in tomorrow at rehearsals.  We assigned me the role as the host as i wasn’t directly involved in the preceding scene, Olly is the Woodcutter Person as he is in the last scene and Frankie is still Little Red.  The scene, is discussing whether Olly’s characters actions were good or sexist as he barged in assuming Little Red needed help because she couldn’t handle herself.  We have aimed to make the scene amusing as Jack is going to walk around the stage holding signs up that say things such as ‘cheer’, ‘applaud’ and ‘boo’.

We decided to include audience participation as I go up to them and ask them their opinions of the situation.  This gets them thinking and involved and just adds another dimension and helps break down the fourth wall which ties in with the Brecht style set and signs as breaking the fourth wall is another Brechtian technique.

I am glad we have another scene as it gives us a chance to give it more style and add some more conventions in that will hopefully lift the whole piece.