London Riots - Transitions and Police Theropy Update

For today’s lesson we polished of scenes and during or after some scenes we discussed about who will be moving the props/objects around after each scene (Transitions into the next scene).

It was then decided that Ashley & Lewis and Tom & Rhiannon will be performing their rioter’s scenes. Leaving myself & Lorna and Tom & Dan to perform our Police therapy sessions. It was decided this because some people suited some a certain role and could really bring out the right emotions and body language so that when we looked at the rioters interrogation scenes, Ashley would put his feet on the table as if he was rebelling even more against the police one he had been captured and Rhiannon had the right kind of language as in she would use slang that we hear today but said it in a proper London accent and could actually be rather intimidating just to hear. And then Tom had this really interesting idea and he would lay down at the end of the previous scene and then people would move the props around him and then once Dan sat down in a chair that had been moved next to Tom and then they would being the therapy session.

In order to prepare for the scene, Lorna and I had discussed about what kind of things that would be spoken about in these kind of sessions. So we decided that we would both go and do some research. Lorna looked at what types of questions would be asked at a therapy session and I watched a documentary based on police officers who were working in London the nights of the riots and what kind of things they encountered and thought about how that what they experienced may affect them in modern day.