1. What is the function of the iconography used in the title sequence of the film? how might it help you understand the film?
Answer: The graffiti suggest someone has a tough life, it may help us to understand the film because it helps us understand the skin heads in the film. Rebelling-this shows us that the skin heads were rebellious and believed in what they believed in very strongly moreover, enough for them to start riots
2. Who is the story narrated by? What impact does the narrative voice have on you? why Answer:
3. How is Shaun represented at the very beginning of the film? how does his representation contribute to your understanding of him as the protagonist of the film?
Answer: Shaun is a very little boy that is very in your face, The film is based around skin heads however, it is also based around Shaun a boy that's family is not so rich, a boy that gets bullied, a boy in his own little world most of the time and he does not really have friends his age however, his got the gang though.
4. What do you think about the depiction of the skinhead gang? what are their defining features? Does the director glamorize the gang? Does he demonize it? give your reasons. Answer: There defining features are there big boots, jeans, braces and there check shirt. The director glamorize the gang because they all have a special type of style compared to everyone else that lives and are a round them. The skinhead gang are very racist however, not all skin head gangs are racist. 5. What is the function of Mikly in the story? What does his name suggest? Answer: Milky name suggest they are not racist because the boy is black however, they call him milky and his function in the story is Milky fells bad because they sometimes be rude to black people in the gang and he is black or part black.
6. What does the gang mean to Shaun? What does Shaun mean to the gang?
Answer: The gang means friendship, brother hood to Shaun because he is a only child and he does not have any friends what so ever. Shaun means brother hood to the gang and he entertains the gang a lot, also the gang liked that he stud up for his self and he was always ready for a fight like when he punched Combo in the mouth. HOMEWORK 1) What is your view of how masculinity is defined in the film? In the film masculinity was really big because in the gang there are girls however, they accurately looked like boys because they had very short hair suggesting they look like boys. 2)Discuss the theme of loss-of innocence/coming-of-age in the film.
Shaun used to be a young innocent boy before the joined the gang however, when he was in the bad gang he became racist, rude and did terrible things.
Some one is the leader and they point to someone and everyone else has to catch them, If two people says you at the same time no one falls because it is just not safe for two people to drop at the same time.
Layer 1 - Intruder
Layer 2 - Group layer
Layer 3 - 360 fall is when you can fall anywhere
Layer 4 - (we will find out soon)
Protagonist - the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.The main figure or one of the most prominent figures in a real situation.
Kao's Trust Game
Layer 1: You say someones name and throw it to them.
Layer 2: You say the first persons name you said however, you throw it to someone else and then adding a object then you throw the ball to some one and say some else's name
What I guess Layer 3 is going to be like: Then you have 3rd person and you say their names and throw it to the 1st person or you do it back words
My top tips-What you need to do is be focus at all times be in that moment don't think about anything Theatre
Transitions we need to make are transitions good so we can can go from anger to sad . For example, so we can go from waiting from granddad being ok to telling off son.
It makes me feel confused because I was doing two things at the same times and I started forgetting peoples names moreover, then it became more crazy and crazy. I also liked it because it made us not feel bad about mistakes we made moreover, we worked as a group more. I liked that when it dropped I just had pick it up not panic
Location Of The Play
Page 5 - Small room, bright lights and jail cell.
Page 6 - jail and house
Page 12= Chapter 8 - Home "stand outside this room", atmosphere is tense and suddenly impulsive. The location is school.
Chapter 9 - Home watching films comforted wants to be noticed. Atmosphere is quite, peaceful, homely however, also quite lonely.
Chapter 10 - School (location, hall way), atmosphere isn't positive as people were making him feel unhappy due to the way he looked.
Page 16 - Bed room= Conversation about Nazis because of the poster on the way. He explains what was talking about.
Page 17 - Mom tells friends to leave, also about to tell news about the granddad. He is trying not to break down in front of his mother, his upset and trying to remember and he is still in bedroom.
Page 18 - He is remembering what he did, isolated and pressured into doing drugs etc.
Page 19- Other skin heads he hand around with, people that he didn't know. The bullies may be bulled by the people, the main character got left with. It is in a town, in a back alley , the atmosphere is quite tense because they are trying to make him drink and take drugs.
Page 20 - Its a way from home because later on, it says " lets take you home"
Page 21 - You started reading it faster because it becomes more and more tense. scene 18 is not as tense because that is the first time the court room appears.
Page 22 - Its outside, courtroom- "I am going to give a prohibition sentence". outside the courtroom/ jail -Feeling like he disappointment his mum because it says " she looks at you and you look at her"
Page 23 - It talks about the Nazi posters and knifes moreover, he is imaging his room and the light goes off therefore, the scene ends.
Reasearch on the play
BLACKOUT is written by Davey Anderson, Inspired by the stories of a young offender from Glasgow.
This is what skin heads look like, the play is based around skin heads in way. The main themes of the play are
Taken from "http://www.daveyandersontheatre.com/blackout.html"
Blackout is
the true story of a 15-year-old boy charged with attempted murder who
tries to piece together the events in his life that have brought him
into a secure care unit and threaten to keep him there. This short play
packs a big emotional punch with its stylistic economy and razor-sharp
storytelling.
First performed on 4th June 2008 at the National Theatre, London
Original cast: James
Harkness, Rea Karnowski, Katrina Lamont, Martin McLeod, Fraser Hamilton.
Directed by Davey Anderson as part of NT Connections, supported by
Citizens Theatre.
ThickSkin's production first performed in August 2010 at the Underbelly, Edinburgh.
Director & Choreographer: Neil Bettles
Assistant Director: Caro Donald
Producer: Laura Sutton Cast: Brian Vernel, Danielle Stewart, Daniel Cahill, Joanne Thomson, James Buchanan.
Traditional Skinheads (Rejects all politics and labels)
Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice (SHARP) Anti-racist Skinheads
White Power/National Socialist(Neo-Nazi) Racist Skinheads
Red Anarchistic Skinheads (RASH)
Communist Skinheads
There's also GASH (Gay Aryan Skinheads), but they're just a joke.
Gay skin heads
The general "uniform" of the Skinheads are flight jackets, Fred Perry's/polo shirts/dress shirts, Levi 501s/tight jeans, steelcap combat boots (Doc Martens, Gripfasts, and others), and either shaved head or close-cut hair. Sideburns are common. Generally, skinheads reject hard drugs, although drinking and smoking are common. Skinheads love to go out drinking with the boys, get rowdy, and kick a few skulls in. Skinheads work for a honest, working-class living with their own sweat and blood.
Skins heads listen to punk rock kind of music because it does not give them time to think and it is very aggressive music.
Where do you go to find information for devising research?
We go to Google, Library, articles, newspaper, computer, museums and humans.
How does the internet differ from other sources of information?
The Internet is not always reliable, it could be biased and anyone could just post what they think. Also it might not be based on fact; it may be based on opinion. its easy to find information and it is always up dated.
What is your favorite place to find information and why?
Our favorite place to find information is the internet especially Google because there is a lot to choose from and its very easy to find information, its less of a stressful way to find information and we don't have to go anywhere if you have internet connection.
What are the similarities between books and the internet?
The similarities they both give the same information and they both use pictures and word inform the reader.
Similarities:
--You are reading somebody else's words --You can learn lots of things about the outside world --Both offer a range of subjects, some more educational than others
--Broadens your horizons = taken from Yahoo answers
Difference between books and the internet?
The book takes your mind on a ride but your mind takes the internet on a ride.
Differences:
--With the internet, you can write things back, share your ideas and respond to others --Internet: gives you a variety of opinions and authors, instead of just one perspective --Books: often contain less spelling, punctuation and grammar errors --Books: there is some standard of publication, unlike with the internet, where anyone can write anything --Internet: better if you have ADD issues = taken from Yahoo answers
Advice for the young at heart is written by Roy Williams, this is a play that all of the students doing Theatre came to see.
Brief description of the play: It’s 2011 and 1958: London is rioting. Candice is ordered by her
gang-leading boyfriend to lure Clint into a honey trap. Haunted by her
grandfather’s mistakes, she stands at a crossroads. Will she do as she’s
told, or will she learn to be true to herself before history repeats
itself?
A modern tale for riotous times, commissioned and developed by Theatre Centre, Advice for the Young at Heart is a new play by Sucker Punch
playwright Roy Williams. The play examines the unrest of summer 2011
against the backdrop of the 1958 race riots in Notting Hill, exploring
themes of race, family and misguided loyalty. =Taken from the Advice for the Young at Heart website. and source 4
Cast Candice: Alix Ross Sam: Matt Bradley-Robinson Clint: Adrian Richards Kenny: Joe Stamp Creative Team Writer: Roy Williams Director: Natalie Wilson Designer: Emma Wee Sound Designer/Composer: Helen Skiera Lighting Designer: Charlie Lucas Movement Director: Lucy Cullingford Fight Directors: Rachel Bown-Williams and Ruth Cooper-Brown of RC-Annie Ltd Dramaturg: Lin Coghlan
I like the play because even there was only four people in the play, they did the role of a whole cast, they cross cutting from 2011 back to 1940s. However, even if there was 3 side they only performed to the front in some moments and it was confusing because you could not always see the facial expressions of the characters. They had backs to the audience for some scenes however, this may of happen because I think they normal perform to End-On audiences and not 3 sided audience etc.
What I found interesting about this play was that one of the actors came to The BRIT school, which suggest it is possible for things to happen because she is going around doing shows every night.
(This is the definition of Fascist straight from the Dictionary)
The playwright’s intentions and how they impact
on the play
The play is called Blackout, Inspired by the stories of a young offender from Glasgow. The way the play was written makes it interesting because it is short quick sentence that makes you want to read more and more, also the way the play builds up tension. This play is a very Physical play, This is good because it drags the audience in to want to know more moreover, the character goes to past memories, which makes the character interesting. Every word is important because it is quick and short, also we are taken on James story, which make it intriguing.
My first impression of the play is that some thing bad has happen and it is a very emotional and deep play, It was written in a monologue kind of way. The main theme of the play is sadness and darkness because he is going to jail for something moreover, the character is still at school therefore, this makes it more scary because he is only like 14. The way the play is written it builds up tension because when he says "Imagine" you accul imagine.
Theatrical Configuration and Ideas for staging
In a circle - the audiences is around the actors as they act
we can do the play moving around the school
we can do the play, when we are in the audience and there is no stage
we can do the play 3 sides audience - us on stage and the audience are on the left right and middle watching us perform
we can do the play End Done Theatre - when there is only one side and the audience sit in front and watches the play
Immersive - is when the actors are in the audience
(chorus is another way of saying a group of people)
What would I do for are play and Warm up
I will put the audience in the middle and I will put a spot light on the actors and darkness around them. I will only put a spot light on the actors only when they are saying there lines because it will add more emotion and tension. I will also put blocks that the actors stand on and the more tension and emotion the higher the block goes.
are warm up was that we could only say 8 words or so and we had to make play out of it, my group started off us watching TV and then the youngest son started saying "screaming and shouting" in his sleep and he was shaking and the family was scared and confused, he looked like he was possessed.
Stream of consciousness - 1. A literary technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur.2. PsychologyThe conscious experience of an individual regarded as a continuous, flowing series of images and ideas running through the mind.
The main character granddad died
The main character, James falls into drugs and alcohol
