Today in lesson we found out that we were doing a devised piece, weve been giving the Adele song 'Chasing pavements', we came up with alot of different ideas like somebody chasing a dream, or chasing something thats never going to happen, one of our ideas that i like is that their is a gang in new york in the 1930's and one member wants to break free and follow his dreams, another idea is that a helicopter gets shot down stranding a group of soldiers in the middle of nowhere and we could show their journey home,and how they want to see their loved ones. Theo had the good idea of us basing the story around a relationship, i think that is the point Adele is trying to make in the song,
'I've made up my mind, don't need to think it over if I'm wrong I am right, don't need to look no further happening This ain't lust, I know this is love- This shows us that the girl is in love, she doesnt need to think twice, she knows something is right about this person.
'Should I give up or should I just keep chasing pavements Even if it leads nowhere? Or would it be a waste even if I knew my place Should I leave it there?' She's wondering wether to go after this person and go through pain and hurt, to finally be with that person, or to just stop, give up and be unhappy without them.
'build myself up and fly around in circles Waiting as my heart drops and my back begins to tingle Finally could this be it? I think this means she makes herself look amazing for this specific person she loves, just for them to not notice her in any way, so her heart drops whenever he doesn't notice her.
This is why I've come to the decision that the an idea based on relationship will be a good one, because we can use alot of ideas from the songs, and also we can do alot of cool drama techniques that will help tell the story of someone being so in love. However we would have to make it look professional and not childish or cheesy.
The lyrical meaning of the song shows A fruitless search or mission, particularly relating to love and romance. Coined by singer-songwriter Adele, it referred originally to her running after a boyfriend with whom she had just fought, before realising she was 'chasing an empty pavement' as he was no longer there.
So from this i can see that devising a relationship themed piece will be much easier to work with, because its what the song is about and we can use ideas from the lyrics to aid us, this idea in my opinion is more tactical and appropriate than any other idea we have so far.
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