Notes from Session 3: October 12th
DON'T BACK DOWN!
NOTE: Anyone can comment to these posts at the bottom.
Random Throughts:
- Water is always moving.
- Art can be temporary and dissapear, like human intervention in nature.
- What about CYCLIC Time? Cause causing itself - TAU[gh]TOLOGY
- New Florida law about being about to hold your ground. Is this progress?
Before Ned got there:
- We made a "machine" and a "soundscape"
- Invented two games:
1)People walking around, bumping into each other lightly, getting into personal space. This eventually would escalate until people were actually pushing each other.
2)Everyone stand in a circle. One person slaps or otherwise assaults the person next to them. Then they turn and do something slightly more violent to the person next to them – this continues until it gets so violent people start getting knocked out of the circle, until there is only one person left to hit themselves.
Ned added to the first one several variables:
- We are all sunburnt
- There is a plague spread by touch
- Authorities with “deal with you” if you start a conflict.
- There is a social convention that if you back down from where you are going or what you are doing you “lose face”, similar to Florida Law.
- All of the above causes tension.
What emerged:
- wandered around for a bit, Caitlin got the plague from Dustin and started spreading it to other people
- Eventually everyone had the plague, except for Kelsey.
- The group cornered and tracked down Kelsey, almost like zombies.
- Healthy people became the minority, so they forced Kelsey to join the group.
Play Creation Session with Ned:
“Theory of Fives” AKA Cardinality
- Humans can organize information into chunks of five or four at most.
3 types of games: Races, Mazes and Wars
5 elements of improvisation: Location, Relationship, Conflict, Stakes [Raising of] and Resolution. (This is the sequence of events)
Springboard of a moment: Context/Situation, Character, Motivation(s).
The 3 types of games are ways of going over the 3 parts of a moment.
Repetition versus Variation.
Repetition to Variation: Imagination
Variation to Repetition: Recognition
- Is it possible to see something completely new (absolute variation)?
o Islanders see first sailing ship in Book: Ronald Wright “A short history of progress.”
Each person wrote a 5-line, 5-element skit, which we then pieced together and put in order and assigned character. I’m going to write it in the final order that we had them, but each were written independently.
Similar themes we found were:
- rain/weather
- being practical versus romantic
- family relationships
- separation or departure.
Dramatis Personae:
Dave and Buddy, twins. Buddy is two minutes younger.
Mom of Dave and Buddy
Girlfriend of Dave and Buddy
Play:
“Santa Clause” – Kelsey
Dave: Hey Buddy…What’s that noise? Come with me.
Buddy: Santa??
Dave: How old are you now?
Buddy: Same age as you…minus two minutes. Is it Christmas morning?
Dave: Whose shoes are those?
Buddy: They’re dad’s!
Dave: I thought it was time you knew.
“Late for dinner” – Caitlin
[at a dinner table. Mom and Buddy sitting]
Buddy: Mom, dad still isn’t home, can we just eat?
Mom: You will just have to wait for him.
Son: He is always late, and I am hungry.
Mom: If he is not home in 2 seconds, then we can eat.
[pause]
Son: Woo hoo! Dad can just heat up his dinner in the microwave.
“Exam” – Chris
Dave: What as exam! How did it go for you?
Buddy: What did you care? You probably did perfectly.
Dave: You always say that. Why do you always say that?
Buddy: I was second out of the ovaries. I will always be second.
Dave: You’re wrong. You’re always the first to be a jealous jerk.
“Storm” – Shawn
Girlfriend: It’s going to storm soon. The thunder is getting closer. We should go inside.
Buddy: Let’s just wait a little longer.
Girlfriend: It’s going to start lightning soon, we should get away from the water.
Buddy: Look at the colours in the sky. Look at the clouds [lightning crash]. Look at the lightning! Do you see? The rain is already falling on the other side of the lake. Soon it will..here it comes!
Girl: Agh!! It’s pouring!!! I’m soaked. Can we go now?
“I’m married” – Adam
Buddy: Hey Dave.
Dave: Hey Buddy
[Buddy feeling guilty, about to confess]
Buddy: I’ve been having an affair with your girlfriend.
[Buddy is guilty. Dave is at first perplexed, but never mad. Dave then shrugs]
Dave: It’s okay. My wife in Toronto doesn’t know I have a girlfriend.
[Buddy is mildly shocked, then upset]
Buddy: You didn’t invite me to your wedding?
“Counting Flies” – Grace
Buddy: Why are you here?
Mom: You’ve been stuck in the lab, staring at flies for 3 days. I’m bringing you home.
Buddy: I like it better here. It’s better being here than being home with you and Dad.
“Raining Sideways” – Dustin
Buddy: It looks like its raining sideways.
Dave: Why did you bring me here?
Buddy: This is where I’m going to live from now on.
Dave: I would hate this weather if it didn’t stop.
Buddy: You don’t need to visit
During the performance, there was a lot of “Awww Buddy”
This is representative of the FRACTAL STRUCTURE of a play.
Dave was in a RACE, Buddy was in a MAZE, and both were at WAR.
Chris mentioned the “Rake Progress”
IMPORTANT NOTE: The Buddy "play" and ideas from it do not have to be part of the final set of ideas going into the play, it is just a test to learn how to write a play.
NEXT WEEK:
Just remember when thoughts from the session came up during the week.
NOTE: Anyone can comment to these posts at the bottom.
Random Throughts:
- Water is always moving.
- Art can be temporary and dissapear, like human intervention in nature.
- What about CYCLIC Time? Cause causing itself - TAU[gh]TOLOGY
- New Florida law about being about to hold your ground. Is this progress?
Before Ned got there:
- We made a "machine" and a "soundscape"
- Invented two games:
1)People walking around, bumping into each other lightly, getting into personal space. This eventually would escalate until people were actually pushing each other.
2)Everyone stand in a circle. One person slaps or otherwise assaults the person next to them. Then they turn and do something slightly more violent to the person next to them – this continues until it gets so violent people start getting knocked out of the circle, until there is only one person left to hit themselves.
Ned added to the first one several variables:
- We are all sunburnt
- There is a plague spread by touch
- Authorities with “deal with you” if you start a conflict.
- There is a social convention that if you back down from where you are going or what you are doing you “lose face”, similar to Florida Law.
- All of the above causes tension.
What emerged:
- wandered around for a bit, Caitlin got the plague from Dustin and started spreading it to other people
- Eventually everyone had the plague, except for Kelsey.
- The group cornered and tracked down Kelsey, almost like zombies.
- Healthy people became the minority, so they forced Kelsey to join the group.
Play Creation Session with Ned:
“Theory of Fives” AKA Cardinality
- Humans can organize information into chunks of five or four at most.
3 types of games: Races, Mazes and Wars
5 elements of improvisation: Location, Relationship, Conflict, Stakes [Raising of] and Resolution. (This is the sequence of events)
Springboard of a moment: Context/Situation, Character, Motivation(s).
The 3 types of games are ways of going over the 3 parts of a moment.
Repetition versus Variation.
Repetition to Variation: Imagination
Variation to Repetition: Recognition
- Is it possible to see something completely new (absolute variation)?
o Islanders see first sailing ship in Book: Ronald Wright “A short history of progress.”
Each person wrote a 5-line, 5-element skit, which we then pieced together and put in order and assigned character. I’m going to write it in the final order that we had them, but each were written independently.
Similar themes we found were:
- rain/weather
- being practical versus romantic
- family relationships
- separation or departure.
Dramatis Personae:
Dave and Buddy, twins. Buddy is two minutes younger.
Mom of Dave and Buddy
Girlfriend of Dave and Buddy
Play:
“Santa Clause” – Kelsey
Dave: Hey Buddy…What’s that noise? Come with me.
Buddy: Santa??
Dave: How old are you now?
Buddy: Same age as you…minus two minutes. Is it Christmas morning?
Dave: Whose shoes are those?
Buddy: They’re dad’s!
Dave: I thought it was time you knew.
“Late for dinner” – Caitlin
[at a dinner table. Mom and Buddy sitting]
Buddy: Mom, dad still isn’t home, can we just eat?
Mom: You will just have to wait for him.
Son: He is always late, and I am hungry.
Mom: If he is not home in 2 seconds, then we can eat.
[pause]
Son: Woo hoo! Dad can just heat up his dinner in the microwave.
“Exam” – Chris
Dave: What as exam! How did it go for you?
Buddy: What did you care? You probably did perfectly.
Dave: You always say that. Why do you always say that?
Buddy: I was second out of the ovaries. I will always be second.
Dave: You’re wrong. You’re always the first to be a jealous jerk.
“Storm” – Shawn
Girlfriend: It’s going to storm soon. The thunder is getting closer. We should go inside.
Buddy: Let’s just wait a little longer.
Girlfriend: It’s going to start lightning soon, we should get away from the water.
Buddy: Look at the colours in the sky. Look at the clouds [lightning crash]. Look at the lightning! Do you see? The rain is already falling on the other side of the lake. Soon it will..here it comes!
Girl: Agh!! It’s pouring!!! I’m soaked. Can we go now?
“I’m married” – Adam
Buddy: Hey Dave.
Dave: Hey Buddy
[Buddy feeling guilty, about to confess]
Buddy: I’ve been having an affair with your girlfriend.
[Buddy is guilty. Dave is at first perplexed, but never mad. Dave then shrugs]
Dave: It’s okay. My wife in Toronto doesn’t know I have a girlfriend.
[Buddy is mildly shocked, then upset]
Buddy: You didn’t invite me to your wedding?
“Counting Flies” – Grace
Buddy: Why are you here?
Mom: You’ve been stuck in the lab, staring at flies for 3 days. I’m bringing you home.
Buddy: I like it better here. It’s better being here than being home with you and Dad.
“Raining Sideways” – Dustin
Buddy: It looks like its raining sideways.
Dave: Why did you bring me here?
Buddy: This is where I’m going to live from now on.
Dave: I would hate this weather if it didn’t stop.
Buddy: You don’t need to visit
During the performance, there was a lot of “Awww Buddy”
This is representative of the FRACTAL STRUCTURE of a play.
Dave was in a RACE, Buddy was in a MAZE, and both were at WAR.
Chris mentioned the “Rake Progress”
IMPORTANT NOTE: The Buddy "play" and ideas from it do not have to be part of the final set of ideas going into the play, it is just a test to learn how to write a play.
NEXT WEEK:
Just remember when thoughts from the session came up during the week.
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