colder than here Flashcards
non-verbal elements
gesture body language mime facial expressions characterisation movement and speech relationship props space levels and proxemics entrances and exits, style and influence intended impact stillness text as a whole eye contact
costume designer
communicate ideas characterisation colour/cut make-up actor/audience relationship audience embedded examples whole play - seasons fabric/texture period
verbal communication
links to non verbal e.g props and levels proxemics entrances and exits movement direction eye contact pace tone intonation pace and pauses dynamics
lights
colour effects season/passing of time types of light light in relationship to speech light in relationship to movement scene changes intensity special effects e.g fog and projection mood and atmosphere
sound
types of sound effects scene changes mood and atmosphere sound in relationship to movement
scene one
burial ground - no headstones, westmidlands, mid-september
Introduction of each character
scene two
living room, mid-evening, late october
First time all characters are seen
scene three
burial ground near Leamington, level meadow, mid-November, bleak
Introduces the tension between sisters
scene four
living room, sunday afternoon, late November
Alec and Harriet finding ways to cope
scene five
civil cemetery - Coventry - patch of earth, industrial, early December
Alec relationship with Jenna
scene six
living room, friday evening, late January
first signs Myra feeling scared
scene seven
burial ground - Coventry, Wednesday afternoon, mid-March, warm, trees with plaques
sisters swap from scene 3
scene eight
living room, early evening, mid-March
Alec monologue/emotions
scene nine
same burial ground as scene 7, late March
contrasts scene one, myra and jenna swap
context
first performed in 2005, Soho theatre
Myra - 56, advanced secondary bone cancer
Alec - 57 - socially awkward and old fashioned
Harriet - 29, eldest and well behaved daughter
Jenna - 27, young and rebellious daughter
themes
terminal illness/death coping with loss natural burial relationships/sibling rivalry eating disorders black comedy
What the significance of the word beat?
Awkward moments
Change in topic
Heart beat
Pace of play
Give an example of the word ‘beat’
Mums thinks we should spend time together. (beat) I think she switched your phone off deliberately ~ scene 3 ~ Harriet
How is Myra described on scene 1?
She is noticeably thin but surprisingly energetic. She is suffering from advanced secondary bone cancer but today has little pain
How is Jebna described in scene 1?
Aged 27, stands a little way off, a large picnic basket beside her. She wears mostly black with a long stripy scarf
props of scene one
picnic basket
‘Myra opens the basket and pulls out a large blanket’
Cigarettes
‘Jenna fumbles in her bag and takes out her cigarettes. A look. Jenna looks away’
scene one themes
Black comedy ;
‘Can’t say that’s good innings, can you?’
Relationships ;
‘you and daddy don’t have sex’
Eating disorders; ‘
you’re looking for a toilet to go to after you eat that’
Death/Terminal Illness;
‘You have to find things to do. When you’re off work dying’
scene one sound
non-diegetic - birds chirping
scene one lighting
bright
profile spot on each character
dims