Devising- Quality Dialouge

As part of our devising we wanted to create quality dialogue that's moved away from the stereotypical, robotic style of devised dialogue. We wanted to create speech that captivated an audience rather than reminded them of the fact they were watching a performance.

We did a lot of research into the style of realistic dialogue used in traditional scripted style performances that sound as if they were conversations taken from real life situations captured by the play write.

Tom and Ellie created a script of a conversation between an MP and a Female major in the British army.
This controversial debate about how women should or shouldn't be allowed to fight on the front line. They Incorporated real quotes from the debate between the debating parties, Michael and Judith which allowed them to gain an understanding of how the characters would respond to each other and the type of dialect they would use.

Below is the video of the product;

As you can see from the video we decided to use traverse staging.
I think this is effective because we are also sat inbetween the traverse seating when we are part of the debate but are being quiet. This would make the audience feel included into the debate and they will be come emmersed into out performance captivating their interest for the whole piece.