Jan 23 2009
Performing Arts Projects
Now my project is over I feel like I have nothing to work towards. I really enjoyed the whole process of writing the script and performing it. I contributed a lot to the script, but I enjoyed working with others. I felt that the main contributors to the final script was Alison and I. We used a news story contributed to the group from Tim. The news story was about Britain’s Got Talent and that sparked ideas for the play that came from Adam and Tim. Once we got the idea’s together I went away and wrote a script that could be used to develop the production further. As we worked with the script certain ideas were kept whilst other’s were discarded. Tim brought a script to the table, but we decided to reject it as it didn’t fit the criteria and Nicky as well as Alison decided that my own script was of a higher standard. Whilst we rejected Tim’s script there were certain idea’s that I could use from it. For example the fight scene in Tim’s script helped to trigger the idea for the nagging wife and argumentative husband.
Whilst we looked at other news stories none were as suitable as the one we chose. When writing and devising a play you have to go with a story that motivates you to write and Britain’s Got Talent was definitely inspiring. It was really interesting listening to everyone’s ideas as everyone contributed something to the final devised script. Although I have never had the experience of writing and devising my own play I felt that the process was fun and exciting. I would definitely recommend that if you get the chance to write a script and perform it then you should do. It was a good learning process and helps you to understand the work that goes on in bringing a production up to performance level standards.
