Unman, Wittering and Zigo
Unman, Wittering and Zigo Scene 30 (The Headmaster's Study) In the room are: Inspector Hambridge and the Head. Things are getting out of hand as the Inspector questions the Head about the two recent deaths at Chantrey High School. Both are talking at once. Inspector: Silence! Shut up. Let's start from the beginning. Head: Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Inspector: I have come here to question you in connection with the deaths of a schoolmaster: Mr John Pelham and a Year 5 student: Basil Wittering. Due to the suspicious circumstances of the deaths I would like to question you. Head: Hmmmm...... Very bad...... both deaths very near.... Very bad. Inspector: DEATHS? Huh... My foot.... Murder...that's what I call it.... Murder. Head: Murder?.......Murder?.... What murder?....... Don't know what you are talking about. No idea..... Whatsoever. Inspector: (The Inspector ignores the Head's responses) Tell me exactly, how did Pelham die. Head: Fell of that cliff, didn't he. He went for a walk, a sea mist came down, he went too near the edge of the cliff and fell off. Inspector: What a shocking business. Head: Hmmmmmm..... Inspector: The day he fell off. What happened at school during that day? Head: erm.......... Nothing much..... Oh yes I remember it was a half-day. All students went home at lunchtime. Inspector: ....... And what time did the death occur? Head: Round around
20th Century Drama Assignment: 'The Best Years of Your Life'.
David Wilson 10E Candidate Number: 9131 St. Bernard's Catholic High School Rotherham Centre Number: 36449 MGM 4 28/4/03 20th Century Drama Assignment: 'The Best Years of Your Life' For some people, Cancer is a disease that you contract by saying it. Others do not acknowledge cancer or the people who are unfortunate enough to contract the illness. For the past few weeks in English we have been studying the play, 'The Best Years of Your Life'. It is a story of a young footballer named Robert, who plays for the Chelsea youth team and contracts spinal cancer at the age of 17. In this assignment, I will follow the character of Mark (Mk) throughout the play and show how he changes and develops to cope with Robert's (Rob) illness and in the next part I will direct scene 6 for a television audience. (A transcript of this scene will be included at the end of my assignment.) The first part of my assignment will be the character study of Mark to show how he develops and changes to cope with Robert's illness. At the start of the play, Mk is anxious as to how Rob's operation went to remove the tumour from his spine, 'Dad, what'd he say, ow'd it go, the operation, ow'd it go?' Mk Scene (S) 2 Page (P) 5 This shows that he is craving information. Then, later on in S4, Mk hesitates and tiptoes around using the word 'Cancer'. 'Well you know with-' Mk S4 P10 He then tries to
Chief Inspector Heat
He was strong in his integrity of a good detective, but he saw now that an impenetrably attentive reserve towards this incident would have served his reputation better. On the other hand, he admitted to himself that it was difficult to preserve one's reputation if rank outsiders were going to take a hand in the business. Outsiders are the bane of the police as of other professions. The tone of the Assistant Commissioner's remarks had been sour enough to set one's teeth on edge. And since breakfast Chief Inspector Heat had not managed to get anything to eat. Starting immediately to begin his investigation on the spot, he had swallowed a good deal of raw, unwholesome fog in the park. Then he had walked over to the hospital; and when the investigation in Greenwich was concluded at last he had lost his inclination for food. Not accustomed, as the doctors are, to examine closely the mangled remains of human beings, he had been shocked by the sight disclosed to his view when a waterproof sheet had been lifted off a table in a certain apartment of the hospital. Another waterproof sheet was spread over that table in the manner of a tablecloth with the corners turned up over a sort of mound--a heap of rags, scorched and bloodstained, half concealing what might have been an accumulation of raw material for a cannibal feast. It required considerable firmness of mind not to recoil
Direct Cinema.
Direct Cinema The term 'direct cinema' was coined by American director Albert Maysles, to describe the style of documentary that he and his contemporaries were making in the 1960s as a result of a lightweight, portable 16mm camera and high quality lightweight audio recorders becoming available. The introduction of these, together with film-stock which was sensitive enough to give a good quality close-up monochrome picture under most lighting conditions (Including hand-held lights) led to a revolution in Documentary filmmaking, allowing film crews to be much more flexible. Gone were the days of bulky, virtually immobile 35mm cameras; now manufacturers improved their 16mm stock and accepted it as a professional format. In 1959 a group comprising graduates from Drew Associates, a company formed by Robert Drew (an ex journalist) and Richard Leacock, joined forces. Their ethos was to record events as they happened, without interfering and in an attempt to transfer the style of photojournalism to their filmmaking. The group - comprising Pennebaker, Leacock and Maysles - was a key feature of American direct cinema throughout the 1960s and the 1970s. Together with Drew they made a total of nineteen pioneering films for television, beginning in 1960 with Primary. In this documentary, for the first time, the audience was able to follow a person (in this case presidential hopefuls
You are the new 'Sheila' in the West End production of 'An Inspector Calls'. You must understand your character as if she was a best friend or living your life, what would she do? How would she do it?
20th Century Drama Coursework: 'An Inspector Calls' Congratulations! You are the new 'Sheila' in the West End production of 'An Inspector Calls'. You must understand your character as if she was a best friend or living your life, what would she do? How would she do it? Any personal ideas you may have on Sheila do not hesitate to ask myself. Your character has been thougrly studied and I can now envisage her. It is your task to perform my ideas. Sheila is a very pretty girl in her early twenties who can be rather excitable and pleased with life. She dresses in the latest fashion and wears her hair in the most elegant styles. She uses make-up in a very contemporary way and has a shiny complexion. She likes to appear in her best state and succeeds every time she makes the effort. Underneath all the show there is a very modern woman who shows a strong independence. Sheila must come across as a quiet, shy and naïve young lady in the first act as well as appearing playful and serious at the same time in many parts, you must convey this in your facial expressions and movements. You will remain seated at the table for much of the first act so it is important we can use as many movements and expressions as we can. When talking to Birling (played by Arthur Lowe) you must look to him with much respect and admiration, as he is your father. He has never done anything to appear a
One of the scenarios we developed was a letter sent to an inspector by a criminal with some information for the officer. It started by us setting the mood for the scene by having the lights off
The life and times of the Costermongers Part 2 To do this project we had several stimuli to start with to get some ideas and get started. These stimuli were: Land owner's speech, The poster of murder in the red barn and finally Lady Audley's secret. I responded to these very positively. I saw it as a chance to express myself and put in several ideas into them. It was also exciting to think that just from getting a bit of info from different plays we would get to make our very own with a few similarities. With my group e discussed several possibilities for the play which were all very different. From lady audley's secret we got the idea of doing a bit of a romance play which had a twist at the end whether it was a murder or something else, we also got the idea of doing a comedy on money which was stolen from a bank in London and a policeman on an investigation. From the poster in the red barn we got the idea of doing a murder mystery where two lovers don't get on and one gets the other killed. Also we had a similar play where a husband murders the wife for cheating on him. For the Landowner's speech we had a play about a rich boy who ends up falling in love with a poor girl. The themes we wanted to show in our plays were money and power. One of the scenarios we developed was a letter sent to an inspector by a criminal with some information for the officer. It started by
How would you direct Act One Scene Two of A Midsummer's Nights Dream, to create comedy for the audience?
How would you direct Act One Scene Two of A Midsummer's Nights Dream, to create comedy for the audience? At the beginning of the scene Quince would enter to Snug, Flute, Snout and Starveling all seated round the upstage side of a large wooden table, which is situated on the apron of the stage, lively and drunkardly jostling with each other. I would choose to have Bottom standing in front of the table to represent his almost exaggerated feeling of superiority over the others and then seat himself at the centre of the table on the entrance of Quince. On the line beginning, "Ready. Name what part..." Bottom would stand and dramatically form a pose to suggest a, "lover" and then a, "tyrant" playing up to the other men who, apart from Quince, are absorbed by his act. On his recital of the two stanzas of poetry I would direct him to step forward and dramatically deliver the lines with serious conviction, which is looked on with awe by the men but seen humorously for its pretentiousness by the audience. On the line, "What is Thisby? A wand'ring knight?" Flu, whom I would cast as being large and particularly hairy, would stand on the bench gallantly with a foot on the table and his fists clenched to accentuate the humour in the fact he has to play the woman of the play. Meanwhile Bottom who has remained forward adopts a feminine pose for line 44. When instructed, "No ,no, you
Analysis of a Key - PassageThe Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol
World Literature Assignment 2C: Detailed Study Analysis of a Key Passage The Government Inspector1, by Nikolai Gogol, is a satirical play about Russian society during the nineteenth century. The play is about corrupt and self-seeking officials of a town in Tsarist Russia mistaking a poor commoner from Moscow for a government inspector. The passage taken for analysis from Act One, Scene One (attached) is central to the development of the whole play, for it is in this part of the play that the main dramatic action - the deception between the government officials, represented by the Governor, and Khlestakov - begins. In the passage, Gogol reveals the unwitting act of deception and profound social problems and thus brings into focus the main theme of the play - widespread corruption in Russian society. The passage offers important insight into the mentalities of the main characters: the Governor and Khlestakov, in particular how guilt plays a large role in shaping their actions. Gogol also uses dramatic irony and verbal and physical humor, which are typical of the play, to enhance the effectiveness of his satire in this passage. The essential dramatic element of the play, the unwitting deception between Khlestakov and the Governor, begins in this passage. The Governor believes that Khlestakov is the rumored Inspector from Moscow, while Khlestakov believes that the Governor is
The Black Hole
The Black Hole A news flash came up on the television after the body of an elderly man was found with part of his body missing . It was not thought that the body had been there long before it was discovered . The police was appealing to the public for any information to come forward . The police officer who was assigned to the case was Joe Freeman . He had been with the force for a few years and had already successfully dealt with two other suspicious deaths in the past, so it was thought that he would be the best man to deal with this case to bring it to an early close . At first he thought that the old man had collapsed and died of hypothermia and that the cold had caused his hand and one of his feet to drop off . Parts of his face were also missing . As the forensic reports began to come back from the lab , it started to look very suspicious; large teeth marks where found to be the cause of his wounds . Officer Freeman decided to do a search around the site where the body was found . Several officers were assigned to the operation . "I'll have you four searching the river and you three come with me to do a finger tip search of where the body was found." "Yes sir." As the men searched along the river something very odd was found by one of the officers . He called over to D.I. Freeman "Sir , come here quick." "what is it?" "it's a big hole sir ." What was more
Directing the Engagement Party of Sheila and Gerald
Literature coursework In this essay I am going to direct act 1 the engagement party of Sheila and Gerald At the beginning it's a engagement party of Sheila and Gerald. They are very posh people. I would send to every one and an engagement card to invite the people for the party and I would make big hall for the party night and I would put some balloon and staff on the walls. I would a big light at the middle of the ceiling and some small lights at the wall and I would make two lights on Sheila and Gerald. I would make a big cake and a lot of small candles on the top of the cake and I would make up the bride nicely and the dress I would make it white I would make a black suit for Gerald. I would order two gold rings of the engagement. I would make the hall big enough for the all people and I would make enough chair and tables for the all people. I would tell every men to wear a black suit and women to wear anything they wants would put champion and drinks and food in each table. I would make Sheila a bit nervous because she saw Gerald after a long time. I would make Gerald a bit young man about age of 25 and Sheila would be at age of 23 that's the best age for the engagement. And I would make the party until late night. Now I would tell Sheila and Gerald to bush the candles on which are on the top of cake and when the inspector calls every one get scared and the party