Play Analysis
The play exhibits a diverse number of acting techniques. However, the most visible style of acting is playful. From the onset of the film, playful tendencies have been exhibited. The actors are seen to never take anything seriously. Even after receiving a call from their mother, they do not seem to bother with the call. However, apart from being playful, the acting also exhibits emotive scenes. At some point, Hookman has been termed as a murderer. From this scene, elements of flexibility from acting is realized. From this perspective, the actors are able to smoothly transform from playful acting to emotive then back to playful acting. Either, dramatic acting is also present in the play. The dramatic acting comes during the period of transition from one scene to another. The end of a scene to the beginning of another scene is purely artistic, smooth and brief.
From the beginning of the scene, it is evident that the dominant style of lighting is special. It is apparent that illumination from the play is being focused primarily on the main actors with a surrounded faded, dark light. Either, natural light is also present in the scene. In some states, there are scenes which exhibit pink light. In the transition from one scene to another, fading out has been employed. There is a gradual transformation from one stage to another. Although at some point there the transition seems to be a blackout, the blackout style does not clearly showcase itself. In essence, cross-fade appears to be the best way to describe the lighting transition from one scene to the next stage.
In acting, it evident that every style employed has been set in order to pass across the various types of messages. Most scriptwriters use techniques that will effectively gel with performance on the stage. The playful style of acting has been effectively employed in the play. Being students, the actors exhibit different types of drama. College students would use every opportunity to create happiness. The flexible style of acting illustrated how students could transform from being playful into being emotional due to relationship breakups among various things. Lighting also tends to play a central role in creating and passing across messages. The pink light, for example, was used to express the love that most youths possess. Every person seemed to have the type of person they trust, and they will genuinely love them. The normal light at some point of the scene seemed to illustrate normalcy. At some point, there is a need to hold a normal conversation. The special lighting style tries to highlight major actors in the stage, thereby enabling the audience to focus on the major actors.