Scene 2 cut down

Instead of doing individual monologues to introduce ourselves -as this is very time consuming, Cinna will give a little background detail and then we shall each have pieces of paper which describe us.

Cinna will introduce herself at the end of scene 1 and everyone else will introduce themselves at the beginning of scene 2.

Cinna;

-controlling

-knowledgeable

-devious 

Brutus;

-wise

-loyal

-courageous

Marc Anthony;

-lonely

-worried

-arrogant 

Portia;

-feminine

-intelligent 

-strong willed

Cassius; 

-manipulative

-scheming

-condescending

Octavius;

-weak

-young

-naive

We may add in;

-Guilty

-Innocent

We will show these words at the same time as each other to make it more powerful.

We all know that we are guilty of killing Caesar however we also all think that we are innocent for not committing the fatal blow.

Octavius' Interrogation

Cinna- Why did you murder your uncle?
Octavius- I stabbed him but I didnt kill him

Cinna- Were you jealous of his power?
Octavius- Who wouldnt be?

Cinna- What did you get out of it?
Octavious- Nothing. It was a mistake.

*Discuss Marc Anthonys power over Octavius*
*Movement piece to show*

Scene 10

• Final scene
• Audience decide
• Return to the scene of the crime -canteen
• Line up 
• Each person has a monologue incase they get picked -be prepared
• 3 ghosts -Caesar, Brutus, Cassius, stand other side of the glass -as if a barrier to the world but they are there
• Each ghost has a connection with someone
• Brutus - Portia -love
• Cassius - Marc Anthony -sorrow
• Caesar - Octavius -family
• If a ghost is chosen by the audience then form the other side of the glass they will mouth, with external emotion, the monologue they would say as if they were alive but the person they are connected to says the monologue with a deadpan face 

Scene 9

• Portia's interrogation scene
• Cinna plays nice -pitiful
• Cinna understands her pain -"I had a dream about Caesar"
• Ghost of Brutus appears behind Cinna -influences the rest of the scene
• Portia constantly looks past Cinna 
• Brutus manipulates Cinna into being nice to Portia by whispering in her ear
• Cinna goes a bit mad 

Scene 8

• Octavius interrogation scene
• Talk about Cassius' death
• Very weak, frail, scared, quiet
• Cinna uses that to her advantage
• As Octavius was washing his hands of blood before -uv blood
• Cinna -"show me your hands" -uses UV light
• Not all blood is gone
• Makes the audience and Cinna suspect him
• Possibly his blood -washed his hands so much they bled(?)

Scene 7

• Cassius interrogation scene
• Very emotionally scarred by seeing his friends death
• Cassius is in a major emotional state  -realises they used to be friends, brothers -regrets everything
• Broken down by Cinna
• Leads to his suicide
• Alone in the hub with only the auidence
• Goes up onto the balcony and does a physical theatre bit and speech
• Goes to jump off balcony -blackout.
• Lights come up and there is a chalk outline of some sort of his body on the floor
• Cinna comes in and explains his death

Scene 6

• Cell movement scene
• Shows emotions -body contact
• Get more and more intense
• Followed by Brutus suicide 
• Suicide is very physical theatre
• Brutus and Cassius have an argument and Cassius pulls out the knife on him
• Slightly true to the story Brutus runs into the knife that Cassius is holding
• Only witness is Cassius -other are continuing to do the movement facing another direction
• Little moment -Portia runs out of cell to Brutus -Octavius offers his comfort but is rejected
• Cells are not so literal -cells mean nothing when Portia sees Brutus dead
• Leads to Cassius' interrogation

Scene 5

• Prominade scene
• Move around the hub area to witness different situations
• First -see Portia and Brutus chatting -Portia's monologue 'why wont you tell me whats wrong?'
• Second -see Cassius and Marc Anthony arguing
• Third -see Octavius washing his hands of blood
• Cinna allows a break and accidentally drops a key to the "evidence room"
• Octavius finds it and gives it to Cassius to try and befriend him
• Cassius steals the dagger (the audience doesnt see this)
• Octavius dumps the body (the audience doesnt see this) 

Scene 4

• Brutus' interrogation scene
• Leads on from Marc Anthony's
• Cinna breaks him down -leading to his suicide later

We need to bulk this scene out more.

Scene 3

• Marc Anthony interrogation scene
• Cinna suspects him because he ran away
• Based in Cassius' cell
• Cassius is in the cell aswell, calls Brutus over -they manipulate Marc Anthony to what he is saying -physical theatre
• Marc Anthony breaks away from the control and speaks himself
• Dobs Brutus in it -leads to next interrogation
• "innocent until proven guilty"

Scene 2

• Hub scene
• The meeting of Cinna
• Cinaa calls them in by their names one by one
• 5 white tape boxes 
• 5 characters in different sized cells -shows power
• Introduces the characters; hierarchy, relationships, power struggle 
• String arguement(?) -when someone says something others are forced to react as they are tied to one another

Scene 1

• Canteen scene
• Caesars death
• Physical theatre
• Blood
• Dagger
• White gloves
• 5 people in masks
• We approach Caesar -he gets nervous -physical theatre piece repeated 3 times(?)
• We lay our hands on him covered in blood -'stab wounds'
• The 5 shout 'the ides of march!' -caesar dies, 5 run off 

Half term work

Angel thoughts

-History between characters -let the audience know
-Need connections -look at relationships

• visual
• crime scene string links
• possibly by tape -connected by us or cinna
• cut the connections(?)
• tie string to ligaments -move each other
• string pops up every now and then
• connect with movements
• symbolistic
• Cinna have a veil -when veil is down you cant be seen, "invisible", puppeteers use it
• says more -digs deeper into what we are saying to each other
• engaging for the audience
• abstract -don't always think reality, more freedom to play

-Stay in the hub -audience don't need to move if they don't have to
-Move squares to fiddle with hierarchy
-Brutus and Cassius commit suicide on grid

Shakespeare text translated

Shakespeare language texts

Today we looked through our scripts and tried to find some parts of the text that could fit in with some of our scenes.

Cassius -Act 1 Scene 2, line 90
Brutus -Act 3 Scene 1, line 170
Cassius -Act 1 Scene 3, line 100
Brutus -Act 1 Scene 2, line 40
Brutus -Act 2 Scene 1, line 110
Portia -Act 2 Scene 1, line 240
Cinna -Act 1 Scene 3, line 135
Marc Anthony -Act 3 Scene 2, line 255
Marc Anthony -Act 3 Scene 2, line 150
Cinna -Act 3 Scene 3, line 5
Brutus -Act 3 Scene 3, line 160
Marc Anthony -Act 3 Scene 2, line 180
Brutus -Act 3 Scene 2, line 15
Marc Anthony -Act 3 Scene 2, line 75
Lucius -Act 4 Scene 3, line 290
Marc Anthony -Act 4 Scene 1, line 30
Brutus -Act 4 Scene 2 , line 60
Octavius -Act 5 Scene 1, line 1
Octavius -Act 5 Scene 5, line 75
Octavius -Act 5 Scene 1, line 45

Pitch feedback

-It works for us as a company
-'Who done it?' is a good idea
-Need to work on it stylistically 
-Simple -clarity

Sin City

• Black, white and red
• Violent -physical theatre
• Dark/gritty
• Everything is heightened 

Watchmen

• This is what you were
• This is how you got here
• Dark
• Violent -stylised (slow mo ect)

Bev Eatwell 

• Does forensics at college for science
• Potential workshop
• UV blood