Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Character + plot + line development

My character:
     I am playing the part of the brain that says there is nothing wrong, whether or not it believes it.
     (We are going with the three parts of the brain idea)

Starts off:
     Seeming fine
     With the words "Nothing's wrong"

Slowly disintegrating over the time of the performance.  Because of the strain (not sure if that is the right word) of deluding them(/my)self into at least saying (if not believing) that there is nothing wrong.



Lines and stuff:
(This will most likely be changed/replaced/completely ignored when we compile lines later)

Starts with my speech:
"Nothing's wrong
Nothing
"


Then Sein
"Something is wrong" -> "We need help"
Then Lulu
"Something is wrong" -> "We can deal with this on our own"
(I have forgotten which of the others goes first)



Then characters meet
They do not see each other, but they realise they are there
we are symbolising this with a sound collage (is it?)
Lulu - "We mustn't tell" (or equivalent)
Sein - "We must tell" (or equivalent)
These two lines build, one after the other, untill...
Me - "THERE'S NOTHING WRONG"
The lines then build, as a three, one after the other
(but at some point I might say "nothing" or "there's nothing")
(this shows the instability of my character, the others are saying the same thing, but mine is changing)
untill they get to the high point when I scream
"SHUT UP"
and then say timidly
"there's nothing wrong"

NOTE:
Progress emotionally slower

IDEAS:
Don't talk for a bit, just kinda try to escape
Try to convince others of point of view
Maybe stuck on boxes
Noise:
          Heart beat
Lulu can say to me something along the lines of "No, there IS nothing wrong"
or she can "egg me on"



The end:
Sein - "I am going to tell, we need help"
Sein tries to walk away
Lulu grabs her
Lulu - "No, you can't tell, you can NOT tell"
Sein screams "help"
Lights go out



Suggestions and stuff:
If the first speeches (apart from mine, because that will make my character seem wrong from the start) start of with the same line, but end on different conclusion, it could make where each character stands on the problem easier for the audience to understand.

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