Friday, 15 August 2014

Location & Inspiration - The Sunken Courtyard

The more probable area we've looked at is Fort Amherst, more specifically, the Sunken Courtyard;
 
"The Sunken Courtyard: Currently part of the unrestored area of the Fort, the Sunken Courtyard is a natural amphitheatre. The barracks building at the back of the courtyard is a stunning ruin providing a spectacular backdrop for filming or theatre productions."
Taken from:"http://www.fortamherst.com/index.php/hiring-the-fort/site-hire"

As this is the most probable location we've looked at, and we should start devising soon, and so we began brain storming ideas from a variation of photos of the area;


There was plenty of ideas coming up about war and battle, which could have been expected considering the location is a Fort, however I thought it was important to move away from a piece with physical conflict as it could become very 'Year 9 Physical theatre'. One of the words that stuck out for me was 'Refugees'; we could use the Fort as a strategic defense point for an underground community that have been pushed out of society by a fascist government and found the worn down Fort as refuge. Here are further ideas we came up with steaming from this;  

     

I think this location, as well as these ideas, has real potential and so I hope it can pick up pace and direction.



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