Love and information short film.

During this lesson, we watched a short film interpretation of the script- 'Love and Information'. The film was quite good, but it only included these scenes:

• Sleep
• Secret
• Affair
• Fired
• Terminal
• God's voice
• God
• Maths
• Flashback
• Rash
• Shrink
• Cold
• Decision
• Keys
• Wife
• Virtual

Were there any scenes that were particularly effective?

Overall, I think the most effective scene was 'Wife'. The scene is based around a couple, and the wife appears to be convincing the husband that she is still herself. He denies it and towards the end of the scene, she disappears and it shows us that all along, she was not real. I think this is effective as it leads us to think that the scene is an ordinary section of the play, however, it turns out that she is a figment of his imagination, and this leaves the audience shocked,and full of questions. It is never fully explained, so it gives the audience lots of questions to think about. 

Also, I think that the scene- 'Cold' was quite effective. I think this because it was a unique interpretation of the short scene (the scene simply consists of 'someone sneezes'). It is set at a funeral and we see a row of mourners, all dressed in black. One of these people attempts to block a sneeze and then eventually sneezes. I like this interpretation as it shows how unique this scene can be made for each performance. It also shows how the sneeze is utterly human and that it can happen at any time. 

Were there and scenes that were not particularly effective?

Overall, i believe the scene 'secret' was not very effective. The scene was set in a kitchen, with two friends. It ended with one of the friends telling the other a secret. The acting in this scene is rather lacking, and appears rather forced. The nature of the scene makes sense, however, the character whispers into the others ear, which is illogical as they are in an empty kitchen setting. It would make more sense for the line to be whispered if they were surrounding be people. Overall, this made the scene seem as if it wasn't thought through.