In today's lesson we were split into three groups and were told to work on a part of Jason and the argonauts and decide how we would perform it and then teach it to the rest of the class. My group chose the part where Jason actually gets the Golden Fleece. We chose this scene because it includes violence, romance, physical theatre and this would appeal to our audience. In our story Jason gets given 3 tasks by the king. We thought we could do these tasks in shadow. By using the illusion of shadow we will be able to create objects such as the Dragon by simple cutting put a small image of a dragon and placing it close to the light, making it look huge on the screen (which is what the audience will be watching).
We then told the other groups of our ideas and everyone seemed to agree and think it was a good idea. Other groups presented their ideas. In Dan's group they decided to show us the beginning of Jason and the argonauts and how they would performe it. I liked the idea they had of the Greek party and how it will be interrupted. I think that when the witch predicts the new kings future ("beware of the man who wears one sandal") we could all go into a non-naturalistic, physical theatre piece. Where everyone becomes part of the spell, moving around the stage elegantly.
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