Minutes for Female Driven Thriller 10/16 meeting
written by Chris LoDuca, actor (writer as well)

OK, here are the minutes to last weeks meeting, Thursday, October 16,
2003


THRILLER: Threat to losing something of value.
-Mystery
-Ticking clock threat
-Stakes

BOB's THOUGHT:
In life we participate in a various number of games.
Theatre is one of those games. Could we use games for development?
Card games could inspire a moment when we find ourselves stuck.

Example of a card game:
Find a place where a the presence of a video camera could present a
problem.
-We decided that a bathroom would be a place and we played out a
little improv to prove that point.

SURVEILLANCE VIDEOS:
-Don't tell the whole story
-Editing can Juxtapose a reality
-Truth and Lies are blurred
-Everything seems to be covered by Video
-Skews memory of events

STALKERS:
-Would be interesting if there were a stalking character that always
appeared on someone's surveillance tapes or pictures.
Who would be the villain? It could be the person owning the camera
equipment.

SOCIAL RULES:
Makes us feel uncomfortable if we don't participate
-ie: Standing for the National Anthem – it makes a person feel
uncomfortable if they don't do it. The collective conscience expects
you to stand.

Someone mentioned the movie 'Wave' made during Hitler's reign. I think
it was Bob.

EDWARD R MURROW:
-Used video to undo a person (Senator Joe McCarthy) by allowing his
true self to emerge on camera. (I kept calling him Eugene McCarthy,
but I meant Joe McCarthy - sorry).

We all agree that Negating in an improve is BAD.

STAKES:
Bob: Researches and uses random facts to write a play. Thus the
homework.
He feels that doing homework makes the process seem like "ours"

HOMEWORK:
Craft more than 1 character (2 minimum)
Show 4 facts about that person
Show pivotal moment in time that formed that Characters beliefs,
personality tics, etc.

Choose from the following:
Hero
Villain
Victim
Suspect

Give Bob feedback about how you think the meetings are going.