Evaluation of the Lesson

Todays lesson was not a practical lesson, it was a planning lesson. Though not as exciting as performing, it is a key element when putting on a show. If you don't understand what, where and how you are doing a scene, more and more complications come to the surface at a time when you should be rehearsing and performing. As a group we had already created some scripts and props so when planning we took in to consideration what we had already planned, making our job easier than planning it all from scratch. We had to list props, key/dramatic moments and a timeline of when different moments of our scenes would take place. The performance starts at 18.45, after the audience are let out to roam and so we had to plan every detail from then to the final moment. Some of our original plans had to be scrapped, either because it overcomplicated the scene or didn't add anything to it and was perhaps at risk of taking away from the actual performance. We also had to take into consideration what other groups were doing. This is because as it is such a large scale performance, we will need to use other people in other rooms in out own scenes. Therefore we need to incorporate their ideas and timings into our own to make the scenes and importantly the transitions as smooth as possible. It was quite a difficult process especially due to the lack of communication between groups at times. Once you had planned your groups performance timetable it was harder to incorporate other ideas into them, but each and every group needed each other to help the performance have structure and a good storyline. After the lesson I know have a clear understanding of my timings and the timing of mine and other groups also.

My Groups Timetable:
18:45- preparation- preparing computers and dressing O'Brien.
19:00- O'Brien's first speech.
19:05- digital doubles.
19:20- O'Brien's second speech
19:25- USB smuggling.
19:30- mini revolution.
19.40- bunker speech.
19:45- break out from the bunker.
19:50- meeting in O'Brien's office.
20:00- Revolution.

My Timeline
18:45- in the Lecture Theatre/welcoming room collecting data of the visitors/audience.
19:00- take notes on O'Brien's speech.
19:05- feed information to the people running the computers to set up the digital doubles.
19:15- feed back to O'Brien on his speech and inform him of today's schedule.
19:20- take notes on O'Brien's speech.
19.25- feed back to O'Brien on his speech. When smuggler is discovered I will take him to a soldier to be taken away to Room 101.
19:30- get pushed into the bunker. Whilst inside I will help O'Brien write his bunker speech.
19:40- take notes on O'Brien's bunker speech.
19:45- break out of the bunker.
19:50- meeting in O'Brien's office.
20:00- revolution

During the preparation of the performance parts of each of these timelines may have to be changed.