French Revolution The Response phase

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French Revolution Portfolio Harriet Ward 10c2

Task 1

The Response phase

The first few weeks of rehursal were mainly small pieces of group work where we improvised some of the scenes in random groups picked by the teacher. In the first few lessons we practiced moving around the room in role. We were aristocrats and then peasants and we did these roles by holding our heads and noses high in the air, creating mannerisms for a typical rich person. For a peasant we had to hunch up our backs and hold out our hand as if we were begging for food or money.

We also worked on freeze frames. We would get into groups of, for example, seven and then we would all think of a suitable scene like inside the Bastille (which was a prison), and then work together to try and create an eerie atmosphere. We did this by huddling close together on the floor and having pained expressions on our faces.

Another thing we experimented with was thought tracking. For this we would strike a pose, like a servent on her hands and knees cleaning a kitchen