zozo's monologue and scene

Stylizing the scene

So Marie and I tried a few different motifs for our scene. Some of the most interesting:

Melodrama: Plays remarkably well for Nora, since she's freaking out throughout much of the scene. But she loses a little credibility as the calculating schemer I thought she'd be. We decided Torvald is too "stoic" to really get melodramatic about these moments, which either really anger him or he nonchalantly writes off.

Drunk: Interesting because some of the lines don't make a whole lot of sense. Like Torvald getting worked up over the use of his Christian name. Also it justifies some of the interplay between them by suggesting this is not the way they normally treat each other.

Angry: This was my favorite. It really makes the exchange feel like part of an ongoing fight between them that just keeps escalating over time. Some parts--like where Torvald's consoling Nora--turn utterly sarcastic. But I think that also steals from the genuineness of the soft and tender moments between them.

We decided we could play with melodrama and make things really big at first, then scale them down.

posted by Zozo @ 12:59 PM