Female Driven Thriller 10/16

Minutes for Female Driven Thriller 10/16 meeting

written by Chris LoDuca, actor (writer as well)

OK, here are the minutes to last weeks meeting, Thursday, October 16,

2003

THRILLER: Threat to losing something of value.

-Mystery

-Ticking clock threat

-Stakes

BOB’s THOUGHT:

In life we participate in a various number of games.

Theatre is one of those games. Could we use games for development?

Card games could inspire a moment when we find ourselves stuck.

Example of a card game:

Find a place where a the presence of a video camera could present a

problem.

-We decided that a bathroom would be a place and we played out a

little improv to prove that point.

SURVEILLANCE VIDEOS:

-Don’t tell the whole story

-Editing can Juxtapose a reality

-Truth and Lies are blurred

-Everything seems to be covered by Video

-Skews memory of events

STALKERS:

-Would be interesting if there were a stalking character that always

appeared on someone’s surveillance tapes or pictures.

Who would be the villain? It could be the person owning the camera

equipment.

SOCIAL RULES:

Makes us feel uncomfortable if we don’t participate

-ie: Standing for the National Anthem – it makes a person feel

uncomfortable if they don’t do it. The collective conscience expects

you to stand.

Someone mentioned the movie ‘Wave’ made during Hitler’s reign. I think

it was Bob.

EDWARD R MURROW:

-Used video to undo a person (Senator Joe McCarthy) by allowing his

true self to emerge on camera. (I kept calling him Eugene McCarthy,

but I meant Joe McCarthy – sorry).

We all agree that Negating in an improve is BAD.

STAKES:

Bob: Researches and uses random facts to write a play. Thus the

homework.

He feels that doing homework makes the process seem like “ours”

HOMEWORK:

Craft more than 1 character (2 minimum)

Show 4 facts about that person

Show pivotal moment in time that formed that Characters beliefs,

personality tics, etc.

Choose from the following:

Hero

Villain

Victim

Suspect

Give Bob feedback about how you think the meetings are going.