CORE DEVISING SYSTEM — FIVE STORY BEATS & GECKO INGREDIENTS

CORE DEVISING SYSTEM — FIVE STORY BEATS & GECKO INGREDIENTS

MINDMAPPING

The devising groups mapped material through sensory details such as sounds, imagery and textures; specific details such as clothing, settings, objects and music; and other material such as metaphors, characters, archetypes and inspiring people.

FIVE STORY BEATS

1. THE WORLD AS IT IS
2. CATALYST
3. DRAMA ONE
4. DRAMA TWO
5. THE NEW WORLD

Use the source terms exactly.

DOCUMENTED DEVISING TOOLS

• I Move You, You Move Me;
• Breath Choreography;
• Text;
• Blocking Accumulation;
• Devising Through Sound.

IMAGE-BASED MATERIAL

The Day 6 document refers to embedded images containing a list of devising tools, Gecko Style & Ingredients and one group’s mindmap.

[IMAGE-BASED SOURCE — CONTENT NOT FULLY TRANSCRIBED]

Do not reconstruct missing ingredients from general knowledge.

PRACTICAL PROCESS

MINDMAP

→ CHOOSE STORY BEAT

→ SELECT TOOL

→ PHYSICALISE MATERIAL

→ GENERATE SCENES

→ DOCUMENT

→ REVIEW

→ COMPOSE

→ FIND TRANSITIONS

→ RUN

→ EDIT.

STRUCTURE / INSTINCT

Story beats provide orientation. Physical improvisation generates images, movement language, relationships, emotional material and unexpected connections. Neither structure nor instinct operates alone.