Friday 17th October

We started the lesson with a work out as we always to do to work on our fitness and get us ready for the lesson. The unit that we are currently doing, Story Telling, in my opinion requires us to be fit as it can become quite physical, for example using lifts and physical theatre to make a piece more interesting. 

This is what we came up with as the things that our target audience, year 7 boys, like and are interested in so we could tailor our performance to keep them entertained.

We then split into three groups and with the remaining three Myths, each created a part of the story. Toby, Dom and I decided that we would modernize the story of Aries. Using the original idea of adultery and public humiliation we created a story where a girl cheats on her boyfriend, at a party, with Aries. Pictures of Aries and the girl are then posted on 'snapchat' and all of the other social networking sites, and all of the blame is pinned on Aries; therefore he is publicly humiliated but in a way the audience can relate to. This will in turn make the story more interesting as the audience will understand and not get bored watching an old-fashioned story. We also included a dance to show the girls choice to betray her boyfriend, using this different medium to tell the story I think will again help to keep the audience interested and also show a wider variety of our skills as a class. Including a dance in our performance is a good idea as I can use my specialised skills to choreograph it and show one of my strengths.