The mind map above was created by the whole company. It contains ideas for performance as well as relevant practitioners such as Beckett and Artaud. You can see on the mind map circled ideas of which where the areas we wanted to focus on being "hidden identity" and "masquerade ball". We decided to have these main ideas for the final performance as we felt that the movement previously devised was suitable and effective. It also meant we could develope it further to create more finished scenes.
Our second mind map includes our target audience of which we decided to be aged 17+. We didn't want to aim any younger as we believed they would be able to comprehend some of our more complex themes and styles such as the work of Artaud. However by targeting 17+ the audience members are old enough to understand the performance and more likely to catch onto the underlying message about societal issues circulating the internet.
Our third mind map looks into the different mediums that we are going to use when developing previous material. Also what we have to decide upon when creating new material. It also lists what we can develop into structuring our performance.
The first still image we created was a pyramid. We devised this image as it represents the gothic architecture and structure of the castle itself- where our masquerade ball is being held. By using a pyramid we are emphasising the size of the setting, without consuming a large amount of space.
Our second still image shows the masquerade ball itself. At this stage everyone is jubilant and enjoying the festivities together shown by the naturalistic posture and positive facial expressions of smiles and laughter. This is the beginning image of which will develop and exaggerate as the performance develops.
This still image here represents a toast at the ball. However the distorted positioning of our limbs signifies the disease slowly stripping away our hidden identity and facade.
The next still image shows each dance duet dancing. However you can see from the positioning and posture that each person is repelled by their partner and tried to break away however there is a bond keeping them together. This symbolises the original identity trying to break through despite the efforts to tame it.
Our final still image shows the last stage of the ball, being where everyone dies. This is where our performance message "Death is eminent" comes into play. The image shows how even in our dying moments we still try to keep our facade but we have no more strength to hold up the veil shown by the low levelling of the image signifying weakness. Our raised arms symbolise our last attempts at holding our facade in a final toast.
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