This is the first of my practice-as-research activities and served as a pilot study of the methods I intended to use during my PhD project.
In this creative artefact, two real-life friends repeat a scene with varying levels of physicality each time.
The video is split up into several sections divided between conversations with the actors and scenes in which they act in different ways, listed below:
Opening Discussion About Friendship: 00:11
Discussing Parameters For The Exercise: 01:59
Scene: Sitting Apart: 04:15
Scene: Sitting Closer: 06:09
Scene: Arms On Shoulders: 07:45
Scene: Arms On Shoulders (Direction Change): 09:52
Intermission: Checking In With Actors: 11:04
Scene: Arms On Shoulders (Camera Change): 12:04
Scene: Prolonged Eye Contact: 12:59
Intermission: Asking Actors To Hug: 13:39
Scene: Prolonged Hugging: 14:18
Reflecting On Our Experience: 14:40