Blood Brothers Portfolio - page 2
Keywords: Blood Brothers, Capital Punishment, Derek Bentley, Drama evaluation. Response Phase societal views, society prison
By Mose. on 01/09/2008
Level: GCSE Key Stage 4 (Years 10-11)
Page Number: 2 of 11 pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
was aimed to be upsetting and provide poignancy, we used the next scene to portray that there was happiness in Derek’s life; by doing this we created a significant contrast between the two scenes. In the first flashback it is a Christmas, usually a happy time for all people, we deliberately chose to use this scene, as Derek was not able to spend this years Christmas with his family. This flashback was focused on the relationship between Derek and his mother. The characters sat in a semi-circle to show we were around the Christmas tree. Throughout the scene, all the characters laughed and joked as young Derek opened his presents to show a typical happy family scene. The scene finishes with the family laughing and joking to themselves. They all walk off stage and past Derek this adjusts Derek’s laughter into sorrow, as he finds himself left on stage by himself again, ready to be sentenced as in the first scene. The shifting moods of atmosphere in both scenes plays on the audiences minds, bringing their “happiness” levels back down to zero where they begun.
The next flashback came from Derek’s father. It showed a scene with Christopher Craig, who was the main criminal of the crime, at the door asking to see Derek. Throughout the scene Christopher comes across as a confident and cocky adolescent. His body language was impolite as he was slouching and putting one hand on his hip. An argument arises between the two. Derek’s father is seemingly not impressed and unhindered by Christopher’s presence, he tells Christopher to clear off and the scene ends. The main point that the audience noticed from this scene is that, Derek’s father did indeed lookout for Derek and was protective over him, as he didn’t want him hanging around with people of Christopher’s calibre. However, I thought that the fact of the father being so overprotective of which friend Derek was allowed to be with, is probably what drove him to rebel, and accomplice Christopher on that dark night where two police officers were shot.
The next scene, involves the sister; Iris. It showed the whole family in a visiting room at the prison, talking to Derek. Throughout the scene there was a solemn, atmosphere, which we created by talking softly, and apprehensively. This showed a little doubt that maybe Derek’s fate had already been determine, however this cheerless mood is
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