MONDAY 25TH NOVEMBER

Task one:

In today's lesson as a group we thought that it'd be best if we got all of the remaining lines sorted. I began to pick out lines from the script which I thought would best deliver our ruling idea of deceit and ambition. As well as this we also got a chance to see our previous rehearsal which we recorded. When looking back I thought that we.as the witches did not look scary and 'supernatural' enough for the image we are going for and also for our one of our chosen practitioners which is Artaud. Also when looking at the footage I thought that we are trying to portray Lady Macbeth as having two different persona's. One of her actually being Lady Macbeth and the other of her being a witch, I thought to physically show this we could each where half of a mask which would conceal our chosen identity. One half would be Lady Macbeth and the other a more wicked witch side.

Task Two:

Stereotype: An oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

Assistant Director: The role of assistant director is to essentially assistant the director. They support the director by organising and planning everything. Their job is more to observe what is going on.

Alienated: Making someone feel isolated or estrange.

Actioning: A technique which assumes that every spoken sentence is delivered with a specific intention- and that this intention changes with each sentence.

Task Three:

With the ruling idea in mind I've chosen costumes which I think would reflect this. As our world is set in politics, we've come up with the idea that Lady Macbeth would wear a RED blazer. A blazer for the simple fact that it shows power and gives the impression of being professional and 'business-like'. And the colour red because for me it has connotations of meaning danger, which is what we want our audience to feel. We want them to know this woman is dangerous. It's also bright colour which will immediately grab the audiences attention. 

For the witches I was thinking that I wanted them to look ver different to Lady Macbeth, so we can successfully show the contrast between these two women. A long black, possibly rugged dress would be a good option with the contrast of the bright red blazer she wears. I also thought that the witches would wear half of their face covered. This would conceal their darker side or vice versa. This would keep in with our ruling idea of deceit.

For Macbeth, since we have decided that he would be a politician, a suit seems like the best choice. However I think in the beginning of the play we seem look a bit more scruffy and goofy, but as the play develops his appearance begins to catch up with his status.