Following pitching my idea to the class I have now been thrown into a dilemma.
The visuals I proposed and my idea of intertwining script and lyrics seemed to cause the most interest and would really help with transitions. My pitfall appeared to be linking the songs of Pulp together to make a story compelling enough for this module. Furthermore, the aspects I included from Pulp Fiction seemed to come across as redundant and distracting. I believe if given copious amounts of time, my idea would work and the desired charm of the piece could be pulled off but at this stage in the module I think I need to reassess.

As music has always been something I wanted to include in my final performance I think I will have to figure out a different way of including it. One approach is to strip things back to just writing a story and then applying songs that will fit the themes and direction of it whilst it is written. The story needs to be as compelling and charming as the use of songs. Another way might be to take the story of one song and find a way of extending it to last 10 minutes. I could potentially interject verses from a single song into the story similar to what I had planned for the several Pulp songs. It would then have a stronger flow as it would be from the same song. In addition to this I could change the style of music to reflect the emotional state of the story throughout.

My options are still open, and there is still time.

I want my show to begin with a big statement. This will be done via lights and sound bursting in together. But the issue came in how I should do this. Because I want to use a few audience members I have been exploring ideas of selection, first randomly and then by myself.

The idea I had was to use a seating plan of the performance and mark off four random seats which would represent the four random audience members that will be used in my performance. I would project the image of the seating plan on the back wall of the performance area so the audience could see.

Simultaneously, a spotlight would flick onto the audience member corresponding to the shotgun marked seat on the seating plan, accompanied by the sound of the shotgun;

I would then proceed to take the audience members who were lit and place them one in each spotlight.

This would include the audience in the performing destroying a barrier at the beginning in a similar way to Tim Crouch. Eventually as the play developed each audience member will be used as a prop. Hopefully awkwardness will drift in and out as the selected member becomes conscious they are on view even if the focus is not on them. Also starting at a high energy will engage the audience from early on, which I believe in such a short piece is vital.

The problem with this idea is that if the piece was not sold out and the necessary chairs were vacant, there would immediately be an awkward flow to the show.

As a sold out show cannot be guaranteed, I now need to find alternatives to ensure I have an impact at the start to my show.