We started by looking at what experiments would be the most useful to create a piece of theater.We found an experiment which involved the implication of false memories. It consisted of a group people being paired up with their friends and seeing if they could convince the other that a something happened that never did. To do this they split up into two groups, 1s being the liars and 2s being the believer. The number 2s also had to try and fit a random word into their vocabulary, so that they would not be trying to figure out what the other groups objective is.
We decided that this would best work if we actually performed the experiment again.. Personally i believe this worked well as it allowed the audience to get involved in the show, making it a different experience to traditional performances.
We also tried to test the audience by creating a move for each character and then seeing if the audience can remember what they were at the end of the performance. This worked well as each of the moves were remembered nearly exactly word for word.
Lastly, if i were to do this task again i would try to make the piece more informative and serious.
Ryan
One way we may be able to improve this piece would be to have one or two of the performers do a more subtle/less bizarre action and move to see if something relatively normal leaves less of an impression. Another way we could improve could be to increase the time that the pairs have to talk, give them more of a chance to implant the memory they are trying to.
ReplyDeleteOverall it was a somewhat successful attempt which provided us with some ideas of what we could do in the real performance.