After thinking for a long time and exploring the different routes we could take with the topic of the First World War and what specific area we wanted to focus on, I found some recordings of my Grandad interviewing my Great Grandad (his father) about the war, in which he talks about how he and his friends were involved in a gas attack and he talks of his recovery in hospital and going back to war, once he recovered.
This seemed to be a perfect start to the research that we wanted and would allow us to use some information that no-one else will have and it will be very personal to our piece. Nora and I decided to focus on the theme of gassing and being gassed. I printed off this picture, so that we had something to work from in the rehearsal process.
We looked at this picture for a long time in the lesson and looked at all the detail in it. Such as, the soldiers behind with blank facial expressions because there is nothing they can do to help. The bandages over the soldiers eyes and the way they cover their faces.
We took from this photo, the idea of holding onto each other and only being able to follow and feel the other person, without being able to see where you were going. We thought we could interpret this into our piece, by doing a leading and following section, which could include something to do with the loss of senses and explore the hopelessness and confusion, they must feel.
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