Blog Entry 6

Due to lack of resources to find Kurt Perry's profile (and I personally feel that his situation is not desperate enough to allow the audience to understand and emphatize), I've decided to adapt my piece from the true story of Jean-Dominique Bauby.

Jean-Dominique Bauby (April 23 1952 – March 9, 1997) was a well-known French journalist and author and editor of the French fashion magazine ELLE.
On December 8, 1995 at the age of 43, Bauby suffered a massive stroke. When he woke up twenty days later, he found he was entirely speechless; he could only blink his left eyelid. This rare condition is called Locked-in Syndrome, a condition wherein the mental facilities remain intact but most of the body is paralyzed. These body parts included his mouth, arms, and legs in his case. Bauby lost 60 pounds (27 kg) in the first 20 weeks after his stroke.

After seeing the movie "The Diving Bell and The Butterfly", I've decided to use the similar intention of wanting the audience to understand his situation by seeing things from his POV.

Working on CC and Script now!

Also, I thought of recording the voices of the other people around Clara, my character.
But I realised that in Butoh, Hijikata often dance to silence or to simple percussion scores, because felt that music should not dictate or control the movement of the dancers, but should support the dancer's movements.
Hence, in order not to force the involvement of vocals into my piece, I decided to scrap the idea of recording voices. Instead I'll use Butoh as the main skill following how Hijikata uses sound whereby sound supports my movement and sets the mood.
Sound will not involve complicated conversations.
My sound will continue to follow Robert Rich - Abstract music, Ambient-dark, without adding the vocals.

My worry is that the audience will not understand Clara's how desperate her situation is because theres no narrative, but thats just an assumption.
I will try to show the 1st scene on thursday and see if the audience can get the intended effect.