WOMEN AT WORK

This is an extremely interesting watch and listen; the memoirs of a munitions factory worker during WW1. Mrs Hall's words really show how hard these women worked every single day, 10 hours straight, just to help contribute to the war. It was really interesting to hear how Mrs Hall had been working with women who's husbands had all died at sea, this just shows how common death was in their lives and how they literally just had to move on - something that we're trying to incorporate and explore in the setting of our piece. The fact that the conditions in the factories were poor and extremely - the explosive powder everywhere - its hard to even imagine how someone may have navigated their way through and worked everyday. That sense of the danger and risk of factory work is something I feel we could place emphasis on in our opening as it truly was a dangerous place to be! It'll not only add some colour to our opening piece, but it'll also give it some true depth.

Listening to actual accounts of people's experiences as a munition factory worker is really interesting as it allows me to draw ideas and information from real life stories that I can incorporate into my female character. It gives me the ability to give myself a realistic back-story to work from and a mindset to work with, i'm able to back up my story and ideas with actual evidence and fact taken from another person's account of their life. It enables work to be more truthful and authentic as you are able to draw conclusions and ideas from actual truth, rather than a fictionalised idea of what you may have thought the truth was. By doing actual, historical research, an actor can only positively develop from it when created and developing a role as you are able to make connects and draw from authenticity. I will definitely use this video and the information I've taken from it to further my development of my female character.