Second Workshop

Second Workshop with Rachel

Learning Objectives:Create a refined opening representing woman working in a munitions factory with movement director Rachel.

.Learn and Incorporate the song 'keep the home fires Burning' into the opening.

.Create a still image similar to the painting 'Liberty Leading the people' by Eugene Delacroix

Perfecting and refining the opening.

As more set is made and given to use the space begins to fill out and then there is more to adapt yourself too and use for the opening.As my character Irene working in the factory my role is to transport the munition from one part of the factory to another.My partner i work to create this is Georgia who hands me the Shells once she has checked the condition of them.I also measure the shells before stacking them up.When doing this we aim to give the impression that we have been doing this for many hours and what we are doing has become routine and and slightly systematic.

Sing Along

During the opening we sing 'keep the home fires burning' by John McCormack in the style of Cerys Matthews.

Singing the song sets the scene and what timeline of life we are representing which is WW1.

i sang this song in Yr11 so i was very familiar with the lyircs and melody.When singing the song i tried to imagine myself as Irene the character i made for myself and that i was actually working in a factory.This helped me portray naturalistic emotions.

Creating the battle picture

In Henry V for part of our opening we hoped to create our own version of Eugene Delacroix's painting 'Liberty leading the people'This was a great paintig to use to inspire our piece as it shows female empowerment and we are a all female class.

Liberty Leading the People (French: La Liberté guidant le peuple) is a painting by Eugène Delacroix commemorating the July Revolution of 1830, which toppled King Charles X of France. A woman personifying the concept and the goddess of Liberty leads the people forward over the bodies of the fallen, holding the flag of the French Revolution – the tricolour flag, which remains France's flag – in one hand and brandishing a bayonetted musket with the other. The figure of Liberty is also viewed as a symbol of France and the French Republic known as Marianne.-Wikipedia

When preparing to create the battle picture my character as first tuns into her shy self looking rather confused by the whole situation because that is her personality.She is then encouraged by her friends starting to get involved then decides to get involved listening carefully to the chorus members.She does also encourage her friend Alice to get involve and they decide together what they should do and whether they should use a weapon or not.Throughout this Irene begins to build the confidence to make strong confident choices in what she's doing.My character decides to plot herself on the side with her arm in the air;crunching her fist as if victory is in her hands.Her face looks rather stern and serious.I had to make sure that i my image came across powerful and meaningful and to do this i made sure all my energy went into fulfilling this image.
The aim was that the energy from one person is reflected on others around you and should reach out into the audience;from the front row to the back row on all sides.