In the status exercise we were first divided into pairs. Then, as we have done before, we were given a small scene to start experimenting status with. This time the scene was in a work setting, with 'Sir' the boss firing 'Smith' from their position, since the company doesn't allow people with criminal records to be employees. After asking for reconsideration, with lousy results, Smith leaves saying they didn't even want to work there in the first place. Me and my partner did the scene with different kind of statuses for our characters, first with Sir being higher status than Smith. I, playing Smiths part, tried to avoid eye contact in this senario to imply my nervouness around Sir, also hunching and keeping to myself a bit. After this we played around with different status combinations, like reversing Sirs and Smiths statuses, or just trying to one-up each other being both the same status. I found it actually easier playing Smith as higher status, because the last line "I didn't even want to work here in the first place" which, in my opinion, is quite a straight forward thing to say showing higher status rather than lower.
I thought it was also quite interesting to try out showing the room itself having higher status than the character Smith. I tried to do this by showing the uncertainty of my character to even enter the room without permission. Izzy and Lucy also showed an interesting way of doing the scene, in which you weren't really sure which one was higher or lower status. In the scene both of the characters seemed to be uncomfortable with this situation, Smith even breaking into tears, leaving Sir in a very difficult situation. It looked that the Sir might come out and just give Smith the position back, if Smith would have not stormed out before Sir had the chance to add anything. This really showed that lower status doesn't always mean submitting, but it can also be a way manipulation.
Describe and sum up the discussion we had in class.
We started our discussion with writing things on the board that were somehow connected to our theme, La Mer, the sea. Things like, romance, the moon, destruction, waves, and nostalgia were put up, but there was also some things that either directly related to each other or were somehow connected. These words on the board were escape, pilgramidge, wonderlust, (self)discovery, and change. There was also a lot about being trapped or isolated, and someone even drew a triangle representing the bermuda triangle. This really gave us a subject to discuss about and think, whether these repeated phrases could be major themes for our scenes. We started talking about the scenes setting on an isolated island somewhere on the sea, unknown to the outside world. A place that might not have the same perception of time than we do, giving us the possibility to have characters from different times at the same place together. All of the scenes might not have to be set on the island, but there could be scenes from the boat or the characters deciding to leave on a journey.
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