In this session we had a workshop on placards; learning the meaning of them, demonstrating our utilization of them and how they can change meaning of a scene, give the audience clarity to a scene and ways in which they can benefit performances in general.
Here are some notes that I made which have enabled me to understand placards more;
Placard- sign or notice giving subtext to the audience, doesn't strictly have to be a physical placard
Text- what is said
Subtext- pragmatics and implication behind what is said
Narration & Character
We also learnt about narration and how that is used in TWOWC through characters.
Narration (coming from Greek Theatre) is all about storytelling which exists throughout the play in the chorus, and we will be all be splitting up the narration and all having lines which with physical theatre I think we would create an eerie atmosphere. I think the mood of thee scenes when narrating should be very important, and through the music, and projection affects along with the class adopting a disturbing projected voice that tells the story in 3rd person narrative.
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