Beneath The Floorboards - Performance Analysis SAC Notes

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Beneath The Floorboards

Performance Analysis

Notes:

Characters

- Ben = Scott Middleton

- Sarah = Jessica Nichols

- Rhonda = Dan Goronszy

- Ethan = Oliver Skrzypczynski

- Gary = Christian Green

Symbolysim

- pink paper (lies), being laid out for Rhonda to walk on

- Makeup is like a cover up of secrets (Rhonda + Ethan)

- Ethan is Ben's ulterego and hidden personality

- The doll symbolising Sarah, Ben 'practising' on Penny, the physical theatre of Sarah replicating the dolls movements

Lighting

- Helped differentiate location

- Symbolism

- Enhanced mood by making it more dark and 'secretive'

- The interrogation scene

Physical theatre

- The scene where Ethan 'fights' with Ben, eventually walking on him --> to suggest that Ethan is stronger than Ben and he controls him

- The playful banter and lust between Ben and Sarah shown in physical theature

- The doll and Sarah

Expressive Skills

- Oliver 'Ethan' had a very menacing, high pitched voice to almost annoy Ben and the audience, it reflected the character and what they represented

- Dan 'Rhonda' used very blank expressions, perhaps to portray shock and the fact that she was hiding secrets

- Oliver also walked differently, almost like a puppet and had a very unusual way of moving around the stage. This suggests that he doesn't represent the 'normal' part of Ben and the parts that are twisted and unusual