Our original story line for our piece of theatre was going to be about a girl who meets a guy online and lies about his age as he is a serial killer. I was given the part of the male character however after trial and error I felt disconnected from the piece and that it wasn't a strong enough story line as the play only lasted five minutes.
We eventually came to a conclusion that the play would be about two friends who meet online and the girl who is in a care home is recorded singing badly and put on YouTube to shame her. This links in with cyber bullying and is a relatable topic for most people in a world full of social media and the internet. Half of the group didn't want to change from the original idea so this left a dilemma and caused some tension as they felt there wasn't enough time to change the piece and perfect it by the performance date. We then decided to go with it and improvise the scenes, then writing out the script to have que lines for the lighting and sound.
The first scene involved Olivia (the girl from the care home) and Joanna (the girl who adds Olivia as a friend on Facebook. Two spotlights are placed on each character as we started off by reading out our messages to each other. This set the scene for the audience and gave an understanding that they had just met online. We then had a black out to represent the location was changing. The next scene was Olivia having dinner with the two girls from the care home who were bullying her. They call her names which shows the audience she is lonely and has to resort to the internet to feel connected. A spotlight was then placed on the dining table as the two girls circled Olivia singing the theme tune from 'Pretty Little Liars' which is about having a secret. The last line is "If two can keep a secret or one of them is dead" which is said to the audience by Olivia to state that she doesn't want anyone to find out about her online friendship. It then progresses to Olivia sneaking out to meet Joanna. To show this we used the Pink Panther theme tune to create a suspense and to show that Olivia is leaving without permission. We also used a blue light to represent the night.
Joanna, Olivia and another girl from the care home sneak out and arrive at a party. We then had party music playing such as Little Mix as this is current and relatable for the audience. This scene was difficult to play as we had one character missing due to illness therefore it wasn't as strong as it could be. The feedback we received was this scene needed more work and could be improved by having more set dialogue as the lines were quite flexible and sounded thought of on the spot.
To end the play, we shame Olivia with her tape singing and as the light blacks out, a spot light goes onto Olivia who gives a monologue to the audience asking if they have ever been cyber bullied. As she states the words: "I felt".. we each walked into a line a stated a feeling such as hurt, isolated and betrayed. Yasmin then informed the audience to think about who they add online and made them aware to visit the website stopspeaksupport.com
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