Did some script work today, working on the scene in which Antigone and Creon confront each other over Antigone burying her brother. With an uneven number in the class, I had to direct the scene for a pair which I find pretty scary because I am such an indecisive, self-conscious person making me very bad at directing (though I can be commanding when I feel like it) and it was pretty hard directing without a script.
We decided to play it with Creon as the hero and Antigone the antagonist therefore we made the decision to make Creon appear extremely concerned for Antigone whilst she kept ignoring his concern and just fought against him. She appears to be proud of what she's done and almost wants the punishment from Creon who is trying to save her. We decided to present Creon's concern through rushed concern at the start, then taking Antigone from the floor and putting her in the position of power of the chair and him kneeling at her height. At first, we made Creon get frustrated and angry at Antigone too quickly and after Mr Chipp pointed this out, we toned down the change of emotion a lot and kept Creon pretty level and just a bit despairing of Antigone's refusal of help.
I was actually pretty proud of the finishing 'product' as I felt that it felt realistic and effectively managed to portray Creon as the hero. However, Antigone definitely needed to have had more help at making her more defiant of Creon though it may have been hindered by the head in the script. I had quite a bit of fun directing and liked the creative process, especially when your rewarded with a good performance at the end.
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