Ideas! (apologies for my annoying-ness)

Hey guys,

I had a think about the feedback we got Thursday and I think its time we stick to one specific source/theme just to get started, as we know what we want it to be and how it should be but we need a starting point.

Thinking about what Leonie said about BDD was a very good point, explaining that it is a particular disorder that’s very serious and it is extremely different to insecurities. It’s such a massive subject area with so many elements to consider it’s just too vast. Also, the second we tackle a medical disorder we give ourselves such a difficult job, we have to be sensitive to the case, scientific fact gives it more a factual, scientific depth and maybe not enough space for such a creative depth? Furthermore, we’d need to try and avoid creating ideas that have been done before.

I personally haven’t yet been inspired or excited thus far about using this disorder as a starting point, (that could just be me which I totally understand) but some of the ideas that have generated from discussing it have been interesting and I think have potential. I’m just questioning what we are in agreement with and just want to be more specific as its clear we’re not. (Even though we are NEWLY FORMED) LOL. I just wanted to see what everyone else was thinking. And if everyone wants to stick with BDD I am more than willing to go with it as long as we look into it and identify a specific area.

However, I have been doing some research into other ideas we’ve mentioned the last couple of days and like the sound of. So let me know what you think and if you don’t mind looking into other things here’s a note of some of which we have mentioned. Some are really simple but there’s so much we could do with them:

-Monochrome colour scheme idea; black, white and shades of grey. (we could create some really interesting imagery, look into connotations of the colours. Sometimes less is more)

-Secrets (audience writing down secrets and us displaying in different ways. We could look into where secrets/ confessions happen; confessionals in church, therapist office, things like Chinese whispers, play with where and when secrets and confessions happen and in what circumstance)

-Theatre in the dark (even though not a theme its a practice, maybe if we find story/poem/fairytale/news report/song to tell through darkness using different elements and techniques…..)

-Sensory Deprivation- (I researched and found info about an American being captured by terrorists and they applied sensory deprivation in the interrogation process. Also BBC did an experiment called ‘Total Isolation’ locking people in a dark cell with no light and measured the effects… they imagined and hallucinated things…..we could look at this as a source or re-creation?? There’s brief info on wiki about this)---------This also touches on vulnerability.

-Music- Some of the music Lauren and Martin have found are great starting points, and music can be so open to development with how we create and develop ideas from that.



-Caris mentioned something about a Greek myths and gods which are both visually and narrative-ly interesting?


These are just the notes I’ve taken from what we’ve discussed but obviously if anyone wants to share more ideas, or show research into BDD or specific areas of something in particular. I just want us to get the best grade ever, create the best show and have fun, and I think its time we get something set in stone no matter how simple just to get working and creating asap. We also need to make sure we are clear as pie in our proposal and mission statement. Feel free to disagree, lets share and discuss!!


Finally, the more I think it wouldn’t be awful if there was a directorial role within us just to overarch the project as we go along. I think its still worth us taking creative leadership with our strengths and specific disciplines when needed, just wanted to see what we all thought? We should also find a ‘collaborative model’ to explain in our proposal for Tuesday?


Thanks guys!!