6th November

In this lesson we spoke about the structure of the play. The structure is that it will start with my character's everyday life and the repetition of the routines, he will then be taken to the Paradise where he finds out that all the advertising is false and a facade. After that he is interrogated and then starts his daily routines and fitness regime. My main contribution was suggesting that we change the order of two scenes because I didn't feel like it made much sense to have them how they were and luckily the others agreed with me. This was important because it meant that the play will hopefully flow better and make more sense in terms of my character, where he is and his understanding of the world he's in along with the deception he's been going through. The scenes we swapped around were the interrogation and his entry into Paradise. The entry into Paradise starts off as if it is a wonderful place and full of happiness and it then quickly changes and turns into chaos but I didn't think it made much sense to have the interrogation before it because then you don't get the same sense of deception along with the character.  Completing the rough structure of the play meant that we now have a better understanding of it and where it will be going, now we just need to individually flesh out each scene. The fact that everyone in my group listens to each other and is able to take on board other people's opinions and suggestions makes it much easier for us to talk about the story and the scenes we need to work on.