Today we created and rehearsed the paper airplane section of our piece. This was originally inspired by the war poem 'To Tony' that laure found as stimulus. The poem is in the form of a letter to a lover in the war, and also has lots of visually evocative stanzas and lines that are ideal for and improv exploration. We developed this into a small section where both used and laure are facing away from one another writing a letter. We then write the words "courage" and "faith" on our pieces of paper and proceed to fold and make paper airplanes and play with them like children. This was created because we want our final piece to have a clear narrative that tells a story of growth and contains a story emotional journey within it. The child like nature of this section feels like it should be the beginning of our piece so that we can grow and show a clear journey and destination in the piece. Also we discussed in great detail the fact that children 'playing with toys' was symbolic of the young naive soldiers of the First World War using their rifles as if they were toys. This discussion was very effective for me because once we had added another layer of interpretation to our idea I found that I could connect with the work more emotionally. This deeper emotional connection with the work allowed myself and Laure to work more physically and efficiently.
We also went over and ironed out what we created in our last rehearsal today.
What went well: I feel a lot more emotionally connected to our work now I understand what we're doing, and WHY were doing it.
How we can improve: More feasible material needs to be
created next rehearsal. Less improve.
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