The opening of the show

After a class debate over linking the two plays "Twelfth night" and "The Tempest" we looked at the two plays to find a common aspect and we found that both plays open with a storm. This allows us to add a physical aspect to our work, we have looked at incorporating a dance into the opening of the play, and I think that it will be very effective id done properly. At the moment i don't think the dance is at the level it can be to create a hard hitting opening but I do think it had potential. I personally think that the movement should be a lot more classical to create a flowing wave like dance, which can become more frantic and physical throughout to show a storm and the chaos that comes with it. At the same time as the dance movement we have added in sailors who come out from the black and start to create sails with the black curtains and to start pulling thick rope to emulate the panic on the ship trying to amend the situation. We will also include the characters Prospero and Ariel to highlight clearly that we are opening with "The Tempest" extracts.

This is how I imagine the movement to look but in a much darker setting as we will be including strobe lights and a fog machine. The use of tech will be very effective is the opening motif as it will contrast what the audience is expecting as it is completely different to Shakespeare's simple approach to his works. We will be using the motif twice in the performance but we will change it for the second section as we will be using it to highlight a change in play and setting. We will do this through taking out Prospero and Ariel from the storm.

11/12/2014
We have kept the bare boned of this concept but over time the storm has changed massively, it has become much less physical in comparison to what we originally started with as we scrapped he dance which we had created and replaced i with freeze frames. Every person now has a number and comes on in order to create a picture on stage of sailors on a boat. Once everyone is on stage we begin to add movement and voice, some shout lines over the sound of the storm such as "Land" and "heave." This is effective as it gives the audience not only something to look at but a reason to constantly change their point of focus throughout, this keeps it interesting and engaging.