Our primary objective was to communicate the flaws in society to the audience. The fact that everyone has no compassion for anybody else in today's society as life is so hectic that we have no time to listen to one another

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Write an evaluation of the way in which ideas were communicated to an audience?

Our primary objective was to communicate the flaws in society to the audience. The fact that everyone has no compassion for anybody else in today’s society as life is so hectic that we have no time to listen to one another. We tried to communicate this aspect through the characters. Each character represented each flaws within the society. Debbie’s lawyer was our representation of the lack of care and the corruption in the justice system. This character has ulterior motives in everything she did. She used her power to manipulate Debbie in order to win the case rather then helping her. The doctors and nurses in the second scene reflected the rapid pace of society. The society’s movement is so busy that we have no time to listen to one another. I thought that these aspects were communicated clearly through the characteristics of our characters.

The theme entrapment was communicated throughout the whole piece, as it is the main theme of the play. We convey this aspect through the use of abstract drama and through certain scene. We used several abstract dramas in our piece to further the audiences understanding and at the end of the final performance we were able to evaluate which was effective and which was not. One of thing that was proven effective was the use of synchronised movement. We used this as a symbolic spectacle in the police scene where we chose to portray the police’s authority by using three members of the group to represent one police officer. To ensure the right impact was achieved we made sure that the timing of the sequence was accurate as it adds to the visual effect.      

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One of the main misconceptions that the audience experienced while watching the play was in our main abstract sequence. After the court scene we decided to show Debbie’s state of mind through the re-enactment of the web, which followed by the crucifix. Our intended affect was to highlight the common thread of entrapment with a different form of communication. At this stage of the play Debbie was going through a mental torture and we used the crucifix to represent that she is mentally dead and not in a literal sense. However some members of the audience had difficulty of ...

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