Undecided

First impressions:

I utally adore a good murder - it's just up my street and I really like the script that we were given - although it would be great to decrease it in some parts as it can sound a bit wordy. I have always been fascinated in murderd even since I was young (ok that sounds odd), but I love the idea of planting ideas to distract the audience, using different methods and all that. Geraldine McEwan has been really my inspiration growing up doing drama - she's my one and only tv actor that portrays her character incredibly well. I wanted to say that when reading the script and trying to wrap my brain around who murdered who, that I believe the script is very vague in actually telling the audience how the victim died. When we read it today and I've just re-read it again, it's not very clear that someone has died? Or is this just me? Has the murder happened before the play starts? 

I believe the reason why I'm not skipping to conclusions is that I can't find any facts, for example (I don't know how the victim died but) the victim could have been poisoned? Drugged? Or something? Plus I have no idea who Ivor is/was? If I finally work out that then I'll have a better idea and understanding of the play as well as each of the characters.

Radio:

I'm not sure on this either, thinking something funny - (impressions? Innuendo Bingo?) or on the other hand I'm up for doing something much darker. I would like to work on how to show emotion through voice in depth to get a better understanding of what path I could take. Although what I have thought of, I have based it around what would I like to listen to and what emotion would I like to get out of listening to it - for me I would listen to someone funny that would make me laugh rather than someone talking about the weather or politics - although if you made that funny that would be cool too.

Or: just every day things that just get on your nerves or just makes your day, makes you giggle eg; people at the gym, old people waving their walking sticks to wave down a bus, trying to imitate someone's accent, listening into overheard convosations.....)

Or: impersonating a character - basically making strange noises

Or: accent challenge as I don't know about you guys but when I hear people trying to recreate an accent I just BURST out laughing, it's just to funny and then all of a sudden you (as the audience member) are trying also to recreate it in the best way you can. 

Notes from today's meeting:

Film Making:

Senopsis of an idea
Title sequences to reflect their film
Write first page of script
Short - Long
End of the film is the beginning
Engage the audience - taster to the audience
Casting
Costume
Gender
Locations

Daras:
Transformation of a homeless man finding a suitcase - things that can/could change his life. 

Alex:
Dark wood - man/woman being chased - non liner. Writing an image/note before they die. The persons death is being investigated - crime - thriller. Sequence of person is running and giving hints to the audience to the about the story - background - the lead up. Ending at the beginning. 
Man or Woman
- Butterfly effect (that sort of style)
- Straight into filming - Easter holidays or straight after

Martin:
Two rival gangs. 
Italian - Old/Moder
Music - overlay grandfather with electronic beats
One gang leader - OCD, Sycopath, calm
Looking thorough objects - symbolisim
Neat
Posh
(Already got props)
(After Easter holidays)

Rob:
Masari film
Western movie in Japan
Honour
Swords
Based of Zatueche
Female - Itchie (One - in Japanese)
Frozen death, stumbling through a wood - very disoriable
Shoot in Arendal (tall grass)
Day & Night
Simple 
No diolog
Voice over
(He's already got all the props)

S & S
One character - two people.
Split personality
Running through the woods with two other people. 
Good - Normal - Evil
Modern

Straight after Easter holidays

Radio drama competition

while we're thinking about radio, you can also write for this.

http://mtbscriptcompetition.com

Suspects for the murder-granted I have a lot!

I've just read this murder mystery again to try to understand it a bit more and get my head around it. I've thought about this a lot and I'm still really undecided I don’t really know who the murderer is. But there are some that I think could be in the pipe line and have an alibi for the murder. Ok just before you start reading my suspects granted I have suspected a lot of the cast but you know you can never be to careful hopefully at least one of my suggestion is right!. So bare with me but i think the suspects for the murder is either

Maggie- Ok so just an observation but 1.she is wearing a scarf and Ivor was strangled!!....coincidence I think not!!!. I think she could have done it because she didn’t like Ivors music and the singer she likes (Rob Stuart) has gone out of work because of him and she loves and would do anything for the Rod Stuart (the singer act whatever his name is) as a fan girl would. I also think she could have done it because she seems to really like Gerry and seems to be really sympathetic toward him (obviously she would be but that’s not the point) because Ida is having an affair. I think she could have maybe taken it into her own hands to sort out the relationship for her best friends? to make Ida come to her senses. It feels a bit like Ida has dragged her into this party and Maggie is a bit fed up with her?.

Frank-Lee- 1. He wanted to play his own music and wanted to be in the spot light for once 2. He wanted some credit as he done all the work for Ivor and never got any recognition

Bet or Rob- These are both brother and sister and I think they could have been trying to help each other out for both Bet’s business and Rob’s career. So 1. Killing Ivor would help publicity for Bet’s pub as he’s a small star 2. Bet could want to get back at Ivor for giving Rob a breakdown as she had to put up with the consequences of Robs breakdown all because of Ivor kicking him out of the band.

Ida- The obvious reason is the affair BUT also she went to question ivor but apparently he was already dead. I don’t know if I believe this. She could have wanted her old life back and didn’t want to go to America with Ivor (like she says) and could have killed him because she saw no other way out. She even says that she was stupid to have an affair in the script. Also she’s very worried about the flower bed (the chrysanthemums) and if she loved Ivor you would have thought she would be very upset really I don’t know maybe it was a cover up? I don’t know

Trevor- I don’t know I just think he’s suspicious. He’s always like in mostly everything he says that he was working early but maybe he wasn’t?

Gerry- also for the obvious reason of his wife’s affair and he had a bit of a fight (not really a fight) with Ivor the night before about a suspicious circumstance.

Also just throwing it out there Melody is very quiet so I don't know weather this is enough to be a suspect she could be fed up with Ivor? but yes I don't know I'll leave it there anyway again I hope at least one of these is right!.

This week

Reminder of this week's plan.

tuesday with sophie.
wednesday on infographics. (look out for more collaborative reading suggestions on blog)
Thursday tutorials with Ria and Ryan on any catch up parts of units.
Friday submission of infographics.

Please email Ria for a tutorial time.

Please discuss casting so we can get writing/ learning lines over Easter. And complete and add to your radio proposals as i need to send them to the radio people.

Thanks

Ideas on casting

A first proposal. Going on choices mostly rather than considered suitability.
Please discuss, argue, bid, or agree. Script will be edited etc. As we discussed, Bet can be shared in some way with additional script and changes. and inspector and sidekick need to be written in. I cut wiglaf. Again.

Inspector & sidekick : jack & charlotte

gerry:    dan

ida:   gigi

bet :   ami/ lissie

rob:   victor

maggie:    cody

frank:   jordan

melody:   anna

trevor:   shivvy

Rod Stewart impersonator.

What if we changed this to an Elvis impersonator? or someone else? then whoever plays that part can act like that which would be fun?

Radio!

Hey Y'all.

It is really exciting to be doing a radio show.
my idea for this play is a serious of monologues consisting of off record interviews with people involved in a serial killer case, this may included key detectives, reporters following the case or pathologists.
I feel this could be a good chance to play with characters and story, and also help me gain experience in writing.
the reason for the interviews to be "off record" is to allow human emotion to seen, having someone in the character of a detective talking about a case would be interesting, but to have it on a human level and hear a character with traits and opinions i feel can be much more effective as a piece.


Any thoughts? feedback is more than welcome.