PRE-PRODUCTION - TASK 8 (REPRESENTATION OF SCRIPT)

My character is representing depression, as through the monologue we hear the things she is saying, about not being happy with her life anymore, trying to make things better, which never work. Through the script we know that she is commiting suicide, which shows how far depression has taken her. This is represented through the descriptive text about how she is preparing herself for the suicide, by apply make-up and lighting candles to lighten the mood, and allow her to die peacefully, which was something she has never felt. It is also represented by her monologue, as she talks about suicide and indicates some reasons why. The genre that this production would come under, would be something like a thirller or drama, as the conventions that I use of death, meet the ones used in those particular genres. This is represented to be true, as the world deals with actual suicides, which meant I had to do a little research into 'suicide notes' and how people kill themselves to get a feel of what to write and describe my character. There is a significant absense of why exactly she has chose to kill herself, she vaguely explains what her parents are like, but we don't know what has pushed her to the edge and to finally making her commiting suicide. This represents how she is very mysterious, there are things in the script we don't know why she is doing it, for example applying make-up and lining the pills up. The absence of why she is doing it, leaves the audience with an open mind, allowing them decide them selves why she did it, and allows them to remember my production well. The represntation is targeted at maybe teenagers, who could be suffering the same depression, but the script also could target at parents, to make sure their child is happy. This is because a teenager could relate themselves to the character, see why she is comitting suicide. I think it is easily making sense, we get an idea of why she is killing herself, through some of the monologue, but the audience could still be unsure. It is obvious she is committing suicide through the description, as she takes pills and drowns, but she also explains about suicide in the monologue, so it is quite self explanatory.