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Comapare the different ways in which conflict between the poor and the powerful are represented in the films you have studied for this topic. (35)

- Introduction - talk about the poverty, power and crime in the films and how important the themes and content of the films are in creating meaning to the audience.

- Tstotsi - barriers between police and poor people.
              - the stabbing of the rich man in train.
              - the meeting of the man in the wheel chair.
              - the fact that police only go in rich neighbourhoods.

-La Haine - real life tapes of people protesting against police.
                 - police corruption, brutality.
                 - the use of words like 'pigs' to describe police officers.
                 - The fancy art gallery in Paris where the boys get thrown out.
               
- City of God  - Difference between the slums and the city.
                       - Chicken run symbolises the poverty and the thirst to leave to a better place.
                       - Binary oppositions - beach, adds calmness for a minimal amount of time.
                       - Making the kids shoot each other.

Conclusion - how poverty causes crime and how it makes segregation between poor and powerful.

• How is the initial material being researched and developed at significant stages during the process of creating drama?
 
Our stimulus was ‘Eltham high street’ where we went as a class, observing shops, traffic and people. Over hearing conversations between the public was the most helpful in providing ideas for our piece. After hearing a few conversations, one really stood out. It was a group of middle class women dressed in smart attire, they were aged between late 40s conversing in drug talk; pussy money weed this made us want to do our piece on drugs because it surprised us how a group of people can give an impression that they are ‘normal’ but have a darker side/secrets, this proves you cannot judge a book by its cover. We began brain storming ideas beginning with different drugs, possible characters and plotlines.
 The drugs we started off focusing on included cocaine, cannabis, LSD and MDMA because through the research we discovered these were the most popular. But this was changed after initial preparation, discussion and rehearsal as we found out LSD was very similar to MDMA. We therefore changed the drug of MDMA to heroin. We chose to go with heroin as it is contrasting to the other drugs when we researched were quite upbeat and in a minor way influential in a positive way. Heroin added to the dark, cynical and almost a depressing storyline and social realism that our piece needed to show the audience this is what drugs are and what they do. Our group needed to do a lot of research as our characters and storylines very much differed to our real ones and we wanted to show the pros and cons of each drug and so needed to know the facts. We watched individual documentaries depending on our storyline’s drug, for example I watched a few cocaine addiction documentaries, Russell Brand’s war on drugs and films such as ‘Wolf of Wall street’, ‘trainspotting’, and ‘traffic’. This helped me as I analysed how the characters in the films acted under the influence, withdrawal and during their comedown, so I could understand the effects of the drug and therefore communicate as realistic as possible, for example, overly excited movements, fast paced dialogue and tremors/jaw clenching. After showing year 11’s our performance halfway through the feedback we received was quite positive as they enjoyed our storylines and techniques. For example they pointed out that they really enjoyed the ‘CCTV’ video clip as it made it more realistic. When we asked for improvements they suggested going even crazier in the cocaine scene and exaggerating my movements.
• How effectively are you exploring and developing your roles?
 
My character was Charlie White, a middle aged man in a metaphorical hole he can’t get out of due to his cocaine addiction. I got my characters name by using the slang term for cocaine which is Charlie and the colour of it being white. The character Charlie emerged as we started off brainstorming what kind of people use the drug Cocaine, and through research both on the internet, discussions and interviews we found that it is very common in middle aged professional people who work in the city, the media and those with huge financial responsibilities who therefore have the money to access this drug. Cocaine users take the drug to stay in line, expand ideas and stay awake and have their brain running all the time as well as to gain confidence. I communicated my character to be very shy; quiet and unconfident at the beginning of my scene to show my lack of confidence in my own ability and disappointment in life as he interviews for a job. This was shown through my slumped body language, mumbling, slow paced words, closed body language, shifting and nervous eyes. This therefore shocked the audience when my character completely transformed when they watched a pre-made video of my character storming into the toilet, emptying a bag of cocaine, cutting it up and snorting it with over exaggerated movements. My character then came back in the room and acted completely different, almost like two different people which is how we wanted to communicate how drugs can change someone like in ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’. I changed my character by doing the exact opposite as I was doing before. I spoke in fast pace unlike the beginning, moved around a lot, used hand gestures, overly confident dialogue and became aware of my senses as my actions were heightened. I interacted with the audience using direct address, shouting at them with joy when thinking I had got the job, sitting next to them by breaking the fourth wall and engaging eye contact to make them think my character was real and sitting with them. My character then changed again when he is told he hasn’t got the job he goes into deep depression which completely differs the overly excited coked out behaviour. We also used hot seating and emotional memory to explore our characters depth and possibilities but mostly important to understand our characters to perform at our best. One another character in the weed scene was very chilled and relaxed in the way their character was which juxtaposition my character as I was very upbeat, loud and moving around a lot. This gave the audience a diverse mix of emotions and humour as they got two different side effects of the drugs we were using.
 
 
·        How did you and your group explore the possibilities of form, structure and performance style?
 
As soon as we came up with the idea of exploring the theme of drugs we knew that we wanted to create an abstract piece in which to communicate the effect drugs have in a more successful way. Through research and interviews with people we found that drugs can make you ‘alive’, ‘paranoid’ ‘energised’, ‘thoughtful’, ‘relaxed’ and ‘confused’, as there are so many emotions and feelings linked with drugs we thought that an abstract style will add in the communication of these feelings and would also begin to make the audience feel like they are part of this journey of drugs.
 
We were instantly drawn to the theatre company Punchdrunk who create immersive pieces of theatre in which the audience are allowed to move freely around the space; going from room to room. We thought that this style would suit our piece with having each room representing a different drug. We initially thought that the characters could be linked through working in a café and that the café would be our opening setting, with the audience being our customers. This would ultimately get the audience involved and they would begin to question who the actors were and who was real. However, as the play developed we found that a café was too lose a link for the characters and had the opening scene take place out in the corridor waiting for the rehab session to begin. The audience stood around us, not sure on what was going to take place or happen next. We saw this used when we went to see a production of “The Waiting Game” by Kazzum Theatre Company and liked how we were involved and taken on a journey.
 
Our piece followed a nonlinear narrative; jumping from one drug to another. Between some there was a smooth transition; staying in one room so that the audience were slightly confused. They knew that there had been a switch because the tone or pace had changed, but they were not instantly sure on what drug they were now being introduced to and it was as if their brains were slowly catching up with what is happening. From undertaking research, this is how drugs can make you feel.
 
We had some naturalistic dialogue but performed it in in a non-naturalistic style being influence by Brecht and Frantic Assembly, as well as Artaud to aid in communicating the crazy world of drugs. For example we had Lee symbolise heroine in my bum hole; pulling the characters back and drawing them in. Also in the LSD scene Frantic Assembly movements helped us to communicate the excitement and fear you feel when on a trip.
 
Our piece had a mixture of comical moments and more serious moments to show the ups and downs of drugs. For example in my scene, my coke character appears down and unmotivated at the start. After taking the drugs I was hyper, talkative and jumpy. This was over exaggerated to add humour and to highlight the power the drugs have over you. We also used digital technology in this scene by pre-recording me taking coke in the toilets. This looked like CCTV footage and highlighted that drugs is being taken behind closed doors.
 
 
 
·        How did the work of established and recognised theatre practitioners, and/or the work of live theatre, influence the way in which your devised response developed?
 
There were a huge range of theatre practitioners and live theatre experiences that influenced our work including the following:
- Punchdrunk
- Frantic Assembly
- ‘The Waiting Game’ by Kazzum
- Brecht
- Artaud
Punchdrunk and Kazzum: Both companies create immersive pieces of theatre. We were influenced by the performances we have seen, and the research we have done, in creating our own immersive piece by having the characters interact with the audience and by using a promenade style with the audience walking between rooms. We felt that using this style would help in communicating the journey you go on when under the influence of drugs.
Frantic Assembly: We were inspired by a workshop we undertook in Year 12 and how they use movement to communicate meaning. From research we saw that when under the influence of drugs you can’t always understand what people are talking about and what is going on and therefore we felt that movement would be a good way to communicate this. In the ‘Weed’ scene each one of us represented a different side effect to taking weed; munchies, talkative, laughing, paranoid. We were inspired by Frantic Assemblies chair duet and created our own to show that when taking weed you have no control over any of these and neither one is more dominant.
Brecht: we used a range of Brechtian techniques to add in distancing the audience and getting the audience involved in the messages of our play. For example in the heroine scene when Marley gave birth we used monotone voices to distance them from the emotion and emphasis the numbness that her character was feeling due to her addiction. We also wanted the monotone to emphasise the hard hitting fact that ‘if you fall pregnant on heroin your child could be born an addicted and go through the same painful symptoms of going ‘cold turkey’ as they hospital wean the child off the drugs.
We used direct address during the game show scene and this helped to make the audience feel involved in the show. We also took if further and used audience participation this would make them feels involved but also unnerved as they don’t know what will happen to them just like the unpredictability of drugs. We used placards in the weed scene to show the side effects of weed which were munchies, talkative, giggles and paranoia. Whatever placard we had we would in that certain way which reinforces Brecht’s technique of using placards to making it obvious to the audience. We broke the fourth wall many times such as in the classroom scene to make it more realistic and to make the audience think they were actually in a class room. We also broke the fourth wall in the scene were mine and Lee’s characters drop a tab of LSD and reach out and touch the audience. Our sounds were quite natural to explain our surroundings and environments for example the forest scene and the classroom bell sound. We also used quite naturalistic lighting and ambient lighting to make it more realistic for the audience such as in the school scene to reinforce the regulated school environment and to let the audience feel as if they were in school again.
 
·        How successfully did your final performance communicate your aims and intentions for the piece to your audience?
 
The message of our play was to show the pros and cons of drugs. We wanted to show that drugs are a big part of today’s society and that it’s not a stereotypical druggie that takes them. We wanted to create a didactic piece of theatre in which the audience would be able to leave from able to inform judgment and decide it drugs are positive or negative. Through feedback from our audience’s reaction we could tell that we met our aims, as laughter and shock was evident We directly addressed the audience by using eye contact which ultimately made them squirm as it seemed that we were aimed towards them. The dark and intense themes which were in our scenes alongside the eye contact made the audience feel uneasy as it made them feel as if they were in the situation. For example we used direct address when mine and Lee’s characters drop a tab of LSD and we get really close to the audience and up in their faces with a glazed over expression to show our mind was somewhere else and to make it more realistic that we were actually on drugs. The lack of structure we had in our piece gave an awkward atmosphere as the audience were nervous to enter the different rooms and spaces and didn’t know where to exactly sit which reinforces the themes of our piece which is paranoia, not knowing where you are, suspense, and confusion. We had normal room lights instead of spotlights in the interview scene to include the audience into the scene to make it more realistic and to make it as if they were going to get interviewed as well. In the forest LSD scene we had the curtain pulled across when entering the room to make the setting more realistic in a way that a forest is hard to enter, and also reinforcing the themes of confusion and entering a strange world.
 
 
·        How effectively did the social, cultural, historical/political context of the piece communicate to your audience?
 
The language used communicated modern society as we used informal slang words to refer to drugs such as, ‘Charlie’ for cocaine and ‘skag’ for heroin. Drugs have been around thousands of years since the Stone Age for medical reasons such as herbal mixtures to cure certain diseases or to ease pain. Drugs have also been used for its artistic reasons such as for art, literature and music as certain drugs such as marijuana and LSD have influenced certain artists like Andy Warhol and Robert Mapplethorpe to produce certain photographs and art through their experiences. Bob Dylan and the Beatles also used substances such as that to produce certain iconic songs such as ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ which is about their LSD experiences. Drugs are used for recreational purposes and provide a sense of escapism and peace especially in the 1960’s during the hippie movement all around the world.  The hippie movement started in the 60s because there was the Vietnam War going on so drugs were a way to escape from the horrors of the war. The drug culture brings people together as they all take up the same hobby of experimenting with drugs. For example people who are known as stoners smoke weed to feel relaxed and peaceful and to keep a steady mind whereas cokeheads take cocaine to stay excited and energised which can help with their busy lifestyle such as busy jobs like in my character in the play, or hard parting, or simple addiction to how it makes them feel. Junkies on the other hand are groups of people that take hard drugs such as heroin and crack and completely zone out for the whole experience of it. Stereotypically poor people take up these drugs due to its low market cost but also because it sedates them in a way that they think nothing matters anymore and slowly kills them without any pain. Drugs have always been around and always will due to the fact that no one can stop them being made or even grown. Drug money keeps the world going round in a way that not many people know as in a few places cannabis is legal and crime has lowered due to the fact you can buy drugs from a doctor or shop and not a dangerous drug dealer. For example in Colorado, due to the high sales of cannabis, money was returned to the tax payers of that state. The war on drugs in UK is different as all drugs are banned and the politics in UK has shown us that they give no sympathy to drug addicts or legalisation for any drugs. In the programme Russel Brand’s ‘War on Drugs’, he states we should put more money in rehabilitation as drug addiction is a disease which is cured with help and not prosecution.  We therefore wanted to create a piece that showed the pros and cons so that the audience could make their own make their own informed judgement on the war on drugs. The impact drugs have on society is very delicate as it has it pros and cons. Peer pressure is a massive factor in society as people think it’s cool to take drugs and not cool to follow the rules showed in the school scene. But drugs bring people together socially in such scenes such as in festivals and concerts as people share their experiences with drugs all with each other which relates to the hippie movement from the 1960’s.

Projector- Investigating how Tarantino’s use of violence and control makes him an auteur.

Projector- show a trailer of Reservoir Dogs (item 1) Pulp fiction (item 2) and Kill Bill (item 3)

Speaker- whilst watching the trailers, try to focus on how many violent acts are shown. E.g – fighting, guns/weapons, blood and any form of aggression.

Video clip- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vayksn4Y93A

Video clip- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7EdQ4FqbhY

Video clip- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kSuas6mRpk

Speaker- Reservoir dogs’, Tarantino’s first movie, follows a heist story gone bad without ever seeing the heist, focusing on a group on nameless violent criminals. Pulp Fiction is similar within its non-linear structure but has a wider range of characters such as two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits in the criminal underworld of Los Angeles. Kill Bill is more abstract as its Tarantino’s take on the samurai genre as he breaks the rules by having a female protagonist whilst still keeping his distinct filmmaking style such as a non-linear structure, re-occurring actors and an infinite body count.

Speaker- what all these movies have in common is simple. They have the re-occurring actors/actresses, a violent storylines alongside violent key scenes, a non-linear structure, witty dialogue, distinct camera techniques/movements and use of pop culture. That’s what makes a Tarantino movie, and a whole lot of blood.

Projector- slide 3 image of Tarantino. Title – What is an Auteur? Quote – “A true film Auteur is someone who brings something genially personal to his subject instead of producing a tasteless, yet accurate but lifeless rendering of the original material”

Speaker – So what do we take away from that quote? That a real film Auteur brings something of their own to a subject making it original and keeps doing that to any subject of their choice.

Projector – An image of the cast of Reservoir dogs, An image of the cast of pulp fiction, an image of the cast of Kill Bill, and an image of the cast of Jackie Brown. With the actors who re-occur in other Tarantino films circled.

Speaker – What are the similarities within these images? Tarantino re-uses certain distinct actors in his filmography which allows audiences to recognise his work which ultimately reinforces him being an Auteur due to his re-occurring factors.

Projector - Slide 4 of an image of Tarantino and a link to a web interview.

Video clip - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGQaJcwAtpU

Speaker - In this interview, you will witness what Tarantino really belives in and his responce towards everyone who critises him and on his use of violence.

Speaker - What do you reckon Tarantino was trying to prove?

Speaker - Tarantino belives in films and in reality, and that there is a solid difference between them which is why he gets pretty angry when people ask about the consequences of his excessive use of violence in his films. What made me think him more of an auteur by this interview was how passionate he is with his films and storylines.


Hands out - Media Mgazine Issue 35/Febuary 2011 article.


Speaker - This article, 'Royal with cheese: Quentin Tarantino and the blood-letting of culture', was very useful in once again showing Tarantino to be an Autuer of all audiences. "Changing the face of American cinema by speaking to all auidences", a quote taken from the article showing us that Tarantino has the power to connect with a wide range of audiences which makes him an Auteur as audiences recognise his work and accept his unique and distinct styles. "Films such as Pulp Fcition (1994), Reservoir dogs (1992), Kill Bill (2003/04) can be seen to emphasise the human element - these are films that deal explicity with human themes of guilt, forgivness and redemption". Another quote from the article stating that Tarantino is an Auteur as he deals with the same re-occuring themes that attracts a wide range of audiences. This makes him an Auetur as people can recognise his work by his trademarked themes such violence, gory scenes and witty dialouge which are all themes and icons now in Tarantino's contemporary filmmaking. This article was excellent in showing Tarantino to be an Auteur as it describes him and his work in a way that every Auetur is described.

Projector - Slide 5 of an artcile on Tarantino's most shocking scenes.

Speaker - This article on 'The most shocking Tarantino scenes' shows us that Tarantino has been shocking and manipulating the audience with his use of violence ever since his first movie. "Still, it shows Tarantino's signature mix of finger-clickin' good tunes and ultraviolence was there from the start", a quote from the article explaining the movie Reservoir Dogs, reinforces that Tarantino is an autuer as his films have followed the same style and recepie ever since "the start" with Reservoir Dogs. The article provides clips of 'the most shocking Tarantino scenes' and a little synopsis. What is noticible is that all the clips are simliar as they all have a mini lead up to something the audience isn't expecting at all, which is what shocks us. This shows us that he is an auteur as all the clips from each of his films have the same style but still suprises us and shocks us as we dont know when and what to expect the violence.

Speaker - Now i will let you decide if his use of violence is either inapropraite, or just plain genius.

Projector - A video clips of Reservoir dogs 'the ear scene'.

Video clip - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdX8pRDO-ow

Speaker - What did you think of that? And do you reckon you could forget a scene like that?

Speaker - If you pay attention, you dont actually see any knife to face penetraition or slash as Tarantino moves the camera to the left with us staring at the wall but can still hear the sound effects of the police officer scraming in agony. This shows us that Tarantino shocks us, the audiences also without directly throwing the violence in our face but letting us imagine and finish the scene. He also uses a very possitive and cheerful pop cultural song in the scene which juxtopositions the violence and crime in the

Speaker - I interviewed my parents on Tarantino's use of violence and how he can be potryaed as an Auteur. Overall the feedback I got was possitive in reinforcing that Tarantino is an Auteur by the way he controls the audience. My mum stated that in some scenes of his movies the blood and gory bits can be too much at times but thats what makes it a 'Tarantino' movie. The fact that people refer to his films as a 'Tarantino Movie' mkaes him an Auetuer as audiences understand and respect what he stands for and his trademarks.

Speaker - In conclusion, I think the evidence I have proved is enough to call Tarantino an auteur due to his distinct way in controlling and shocking the audience.

“Professional Architecture Photographers create a false image of the buildings they photograph.”

Is this accurate?

Professional quality architectural photographs are very different from how we view and experience buildings in reality. Is this reality or an illusion? The factors needed to create an image such as lighting, time, composition and subject will all be taken into account. Photographers will be used to illustrate examples.

What is reality in photography? When viewing an image before having any judgements you have to take in account the perception of things. The positioning of the camera is vital in architectural photography as it is the only thing you can’t change in post-production. The angle in which you take the photograph has a meaning and could send the viewer false signals in regards to what to believe. Architectural photography is all about location as it is the subject of the image. When focusing on a specific form of architecture, location can be useful or useless as it can be influential to the image in a good way or a bad way. For example, if you wanted to capture a photograph of a nice building, but its location is in a bad area and it is obvious, then the photographer is selling the image to be negative by showing the bad area. Julius Shulman, a much respected architectural American photographer uses compositions and camera angles in a very sharp and positive way in making his photographs look quite slick and nearly wealthy as his locations he chooses in Los Angeles are always positioned in a way to make it look as if he shot in a rich place.  But what photographers can do is choosing key camera positions and angles to not include the bad surroundings and just focus on the building itself which creates the false illusion that this building can be anywhere, good or bad. This is significant as when people view the images of architecture, they aren’t given all the real info and footage as vital parts can be cropped or cut out, giving the illusion that the real subject of the photograph is how you see it in the image and not real life. The only truth we can believe is with our own eyes but professional architectural photographers know how to make an image look realistically positive for the viewer in manipulating their mind by letting them think that because it’s a professional photograph, then it must be the truth.

The time a photograph is taken and the lighting used can have an enormous impact on the image’s meaning to the viewer and can give an impression that isn’t true to the viewer. Professional photographers know that different times of the day give out different natural lighting and can set a certain mood and atmosphere within the image. For example if a photographer wanted to shoot an image of a skyline and their intention was to show how modern the city is, they would do the shoot at night so the sky is dark but everything is illuminated by the available transmitted light which relates to technology and gives the impression of modernity to the viewer. But taking images at different times and having different atmospheres doesn’t give a true representation of the architectural focus as it can change from dusk till dawn, but the viewer will think the place of the archictural focus stays the same all day. John Maclean another very respected American photographer shoots at very dull and cloudy times of the day to give a plain and boring sense to the viewer. For example his shoots in Los Angeles are all in black and white which enhances the dullness of the white sky and heavy grey clouds which surprises the viewer as they don’t expect that from such a sunny place like Los Angeles. This works well as the time and weather of the photographs have a huge impact on the viewer’s thoughts of the images.

 

Shooting at different times of the day can be very persuasive as the photographer can sell the idea that the place of their chosen architecture subject has that permanent atmosphere and mood by the way they used their available lighting due to the time they done the shoot which is again not the truth and is in fact an illusion created by the photographer wanting the viewer to believe the reality of the photographer and not the truth.    

 

 

 

 

        

 

                                           

 

                                                        

Projector- Investigating how Tarantino’s use of violence and control makes him an auteur.

Projector- show a trailer of Reservoir Dogs (item 1) Pulp fiction (item 2) and Kill Bill (item 3)

Speaker- whilst watching the trailers, try to focus on how many violent acts are shown. E.g – fighting, guns/weapons, blood and any form of aggression.

Video clip- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vayksn4Y93A

Video clip- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7EdQ4FqbhY

Video clip- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kSuas6mRpk

Speaker- Reservoir dogs’, Tarantino’s first movie, follows a heist story gone bad without ever seeing the heist, focusing on a group on nameless violent criminals. Pulp Fiction is similar within its non-linear structure but has a wider range of characters such as two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits in the criminal underworld of Los Angeles. Kill Bill is more abstract as its Tarantino’s take on the samurai genre as he breaks the rules by having a female protagonist whilst still keeping his distinct filmmaking style such as a non-linear structure, re-occurring actors and an infinite body count.

Speaker- what all these movies have in common is simple. They have the re-occurring actors/actresses, a violent storylines alongside violent key scenes, a non-linear structure, witty dialogue, distinct camera techniques/movements and use of pop culture. That’s what makes a Tarantino movie, and a whole lot of blood.

Projector- slide 3 image of Tarantino. Title – What is an Auteur? Quote – “A true film Auteur is someone who brings something genially personal to his subject instead of producing a tasteless, yet accurate but lifeless rendering of the original material”

Speaker – So what do we take away from that quote? That a real film Auteur brings something of their own to a subject making it original and keeps doing that to any subject of their choice.

Projector – An image of the cast of Reservoir dogs, An image of the cast of pulp fiction, an image of the cast of Kill Bill, and an image of the cast of Jackie Brown. With the actors who re-occur in other Tarantino films circled.

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