Brecht- Narration & Stereotypes

We looked at narrating and how it would be used in this play. It was used as a chorus and not just one person saying the chorus lines. Doing it this way made it more intriguing and creepy for people to see. And i think it worked well as it did add to the effect of story telling being interesting and not dull. 

I think, as my role was the main narrator i had to think of this a lot. I wasnt able to do much characterisation and build up a strong role and i also struggled with my cues on when to be on stage as i didnt have someone to bounce off and know when to speak. But as the narrator i think i tried to make the chorus more interesting when i could, even if it was added simple movement. Something that simple would add a bit of something different to it and make it more pleasing to watch. 

STEREOTYPES. 

We had looked at stereotypes as they were a big part of the play. We had done a lot of different tasks about stereotypes and how they can be untrue. 

One task we did was to be in groups and  chose a few stereotypes and then reverse them to the exact opposite of what they were percieved as. 

I think the whole stereotypes tasks actually helped as they helped certain characters with getting into suitable roles. 

For example, Megan was struggling with being a school inspector and after working on stereotypes as well as being given feedback, she was able to begin her characterisation and make it more realistic. 

Overall i believe that these had both helped with our final piece as they had contributed to multiple peoples roles and their performance. This had been effective in the process of the play and how characters would come along.