Blackout Script

• Imagine You wake up You open your eyes And you're like that (not completed in class yet) Where am I? (Not completed in class yet)

  1. Everyone is scattered around the room where you will lay on your back with your arms by your side. You can lay on each other or be entangled with one another.

  2. There will be a chosen leader near the centre that will lead the first movement of your right arm. Not everyone will be able to see the leader so use your peripheral vision to look at others in the room for guidance. This first movement is done by half of the class that are born between January and July. You lift your arm upwards for four beats with your hand gestured as a salute, drop your elbow down hitting the ground for one beat followed by your arm hitting the floor for another beat.

  3. The exact same movement is repeated straight after the first half have done their movement with there being another leader but by using your left arm with your fist clenched instead. This movement is done by the other half of the class who's birthdays are between August and December. The movement of the left class will commence on the last beat of the right arm movement. It should go like this:

  1, 2, 3, 4, 1 2 (the " 1 2 " should be done as if it's a heartbeat)

  On the last beat of the right arm movement group (2), the left arm movement group will start meaning they will raise their left arm for only 3 beats instead. This will be the case after the right hand movement group have done their movement first).

  The arm movement is done by first the right arm movement group followed by the left arm movement group then the right again then finished by the left. Meaning, the raising of the arm is only for 4 beats for the right arm movement group at the beginning of the piece but then only for 3 beats for the left group and also the right group.

  4. After this, you leave a duration of 4 beats with you still laying on the ground. After these 4 beats (on the 5th beat), you will sit up straight away as if something has suddenly happened. Whilst doing this, you will say the word " imagine " but with volume added to your voice.

  5. Then, you will act out the line " you wake up " without saying it by looking up towards the sky as if there is hope from above. Whilst doing this, you will still be sitting up in the position you were in from when you said " you wake up ".

  6. Afterwards, you put your face in the palm of yours hands but it doesn't matter what position you're in as long as your face is in the palm of your hands.

  7. With your face still in the palm of your hands, you repetitively say in a hushed tone " you open your eyes " as if you are trying to encourage yourself to open them.

  By: Lara Arogundade

  Clay Milner Russell
  
  
  

  FIFi is leader of entrance
  

  This is how actors will enter on to stage. Level one Slow motion, playing to check, writing name with nose, still natural, normal. Level 2 playing to hide, running around the space in a panic state, no vocals, just running around space to hide as if running from a monster.  Level 3 playing to check and hide, spreading around room. Level 4 jelly like physical state, given up, subsided, falling to ground broken, have to give in no power. when music stops arms start. This will then lead into the first section of play.
  
  Edgar leader
  New intro half of the room is split into 2 randomly, determined by birth etc. both groups lift hands in a salute gesture, group 1 lift their hands over four beats then slam their elbow to the floor, followed by arm. The beat after is followed by group 2 doing the same thing count to 4 beats the beat after is followed by group 2.
  
  Leader says you wake up alone.
  
  New stuff. One by one starting with kit, panic state emerges as you repeat where am I. Tobi stands in the centre of space, then falling backwards. The rest of the actors must rescue him similar to activity we did in previous lessons. He is then lifted above, slowly, everyone's heads. Tobi will then be dropped and caught half way down. He is then again lowered to the floor.
   not lifted to ground. After Tobias thang  everyone bursts back and hides. Tobis lines small room
  bright lights
  white walls,
  Stand up and turn around to see
  metal door.
  
  Everyone in room, says oh my god, playing trying to escape through the metal door Tobi sees banging on the door.
  Olivia is masked by others, Olivia turns round, stands on an actors knee and another puts their hand under get arm pits to support her. She is then lifted above everyone else
  Olivia's lines
  Imagine you wake up
  And your in a jail cell
  You go up to the door
  Bang your fists
  Screaming, shouting.
  
  Everyone: what am I doing in here.
  Back away from door getting lower and lower, coming to floor.
  
  Jack will now enter observing the prisoners, disapproving of the actors, no trust, superior.
  Thaliqua lines
  Im shine a police guy comes up to the door.
  And he's like.
  
  On the word like, everyone leans forward towards jack.
  Jack then shouts aggressively:  keep it down!
  
  Thaliqua: what did I do
  
  Jack:
  Oh, do you not know
  
  Courtney:
  You shake your head. And the police guy just looks at you like your a pure thug or something
  Imagine he just looks at you and he goes
  
  Jack:
  Your getting charged with attempted murder.
  
  After this all lean back. Jack now becomes part of the prisoners once again. Everyone one then starts to ask the audience what did I do.
  
  Eleanor's lines
  And you start remembering.

  • Imagine You wake up You open your eyes And you're like that (not completed in class yet) Where am I? (Not completed in class yet)

    1. Everyone is scattered around the room where you will lay on your back with your arms by your side. You can lay on each other or be entangled with one another.

    2. There will be a chosen leader near the centre that will lead the first movement of your right arm. Not everyone will be able to see the leader so use your peripheral vision to look at others in the room for guidance. This first movement is done by half of the class that are born between January and July. You lift your arm upwards for four beats with your hand gestured as a salute, drop your elbow down hitting the ground for one beat followed by your arm hitting the floor for another beat.

    3. The exact same movement is repeated straight after the first half have done their movement with there being another leader but by using your left arm with your fist clenched instead. This movement is done by the other half of the class who's birthdays are between August and December. The movement of the left class will commence on the last beat of the right arm movement. It should go like this:

    1, 2, 3, 4, 1 2 (the " 1 2 " should be done as if it's a heartbeat)

    On the last beat of the right arm movement group (2), the left arm movement group will start meaning they will raise their left arm for only 3 beats instead. This will be the case after the right hand movement group have done their movement first).

    The arm movement is done by first the right arm movement group followed by the left arm movement group then the right again then finished by the left. Meaning, the raising of the arm is only for 4 beats for the right arm movement group at the beginning of the piece but then only for 3 beats for the left group and also the right group.

    4. After this, you leave a duration of 4 beats with you still laying on the ground. After these 4 beats (on the 5th beat), you will sit up straight away as if something has suddenly happened. Whilst doing this, you will say the word " imagine " but with volume added to your voice.

    5. Then, you will act out the line " you wake up " without saying it by looking up towards the sky as if there is hope from above. Whilst doing this, you will still be sitting up in the position you were in from when you said " you wake up ".

    6. Afterwards, you put your face in the palm of yours hands but it doesn't matter what position you're in as long as your face is in the palm of your hands.

    7. With your face still in the palm of your hands, you repetitively say in a hushed tone " you open your eyes " as if you are trying to encourage yourself to open them.