Use of Medium & Elements :: Drama

Use of Medium & ElementsDuring performing scenes from A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen. We apply twain different types of Styles. realistic and Non Naturalistic. Weworked in groups on each style. Naturalistic is a form of drama whichis realistic. Not many strategies can be used doing this form. NonNaturalistic drama can contain many explorative strategies, such as,Hot seating, Still image, and thought tracking.The first style we worked on was Non Naturalistic. We chose to thescene where Krogstad confronted Nora. We made Krogstad two people totry and show Krogstads power over Nora. We alternated the linesbetween two actors. (Use of spoken language)Krogstad was wrapped in a mountainous foul blanket to even up a black holethat Nora had fallen into. A hole of lies and deceit, towards Torvald.Nora was dressed in white to represent her innocence that she thoughtshe had. We used these colours for symbolic representation in this production. Thisis a drama medium. Using symbolism showed me how different art formsreact with other art forms. (E.g. colour and script) The scriptchanged for me from then on. The white and black was a contrast thatis widely used in the world. White is used for angels black is usedfor hell. White is used for a wedding black is used for a funeral.White is day. Black is night. People are scared of the night but neverthe day.During this scene we used space wisely. Nora moved backwards asKrogstad moved forwards. Using movement Krogstad would fly the blackblanket around over Nora head trying to suck her under it. Nora wouldback away though trying to resist the dark side. (The outside of thehouse). Towards the end of scene where Krogstad dominates Nora andgets the truth out of her They exchanged blanket. Nora is now wrappedin black, which symbolises the outside world and the lies and deceit.It shows the beauty that Nora has no way of escaping what she hasdone.Using Non- Naturalistic drama to produce a scene from A Dolls Househelped me understand the script a bit more. It sure enough helped mefigure out how scary the outside world was for Nora and Torvald. Thesymbolism in the blankets were a great help also in portraying howNora had lied and it had caught up with her. Carrying the blackblanket did help me imagine what the outside world must be like forthe Helmer household. Holding the blanket and moving it closer to Norawho was a big sheet of white pure innocence felt quite evil yet