CONTENT

Content:-

Scene 1- We start off with a scene with me and Lucienne (as current students)  sitting on one side, Lauren (as the Principle) standing in the middle and Margaret (as a previous student) on the other side. This scene stayed constant throughout our development of this piece.

Scene 2- This next scene is still part of the ad and we introduce what our piece is about. Margaret starts off by saying that we have been studying girl’s education recently. Then we state some facts about Malala Yousafzai. Originally, this scene was a bit different. We were in a classroom and we were questioning as to why we were learning about girls education.

Scene 3- In this scene, we are all standing in a straight line. Lucienne is holding up a placard that says ‘America’. She says “when I finish school I want to be the first female president of America”. Lauren holds up a placard that says, ‘Australia’. She says “when I finish school, I want to be a lawyer”. I hold up a placard that says ‘Sudan’ and I say, “When I finish school, I want to be safe.” Margaret holds up a sign that says ‘Pakistan’ and she says “I want to be alive to finish school”. We pass a book along after we say our line. This scene was added recently.

Scene 4- This is a scene which shows the typical characteristics of a Taliban household. Lucienne and I play Taliban Warlords and Margaret plays a woman in a Taliban household. Lucienne states some facts while I act upon those facts. Because Margaret ends up with the book in the last scene, she holds the book and after Lucienne’s first fact, I take the book away from Margaret. Then after Lucienne finishes he dialogue both of us drag Margaret back and she screams “I am entitled to an education!” This scene was added in very recently.

Scene 5- This scene is a bit unique. I play a Taliban woman and someone is taking my interview. I speak in Hindi. I sit on centre stage and I start off with the book. Lucienne takes the book away from me and covers my eyes with the book.

Scene 6 – In this scene, I play Malala Yousafzai. We reenact her shooting. We use the song ‘Shot me down’. Originally, we were going to use ‘Titanium’ but later we thought that Shot Me Down was a much more appropriate song. After I fall, there is a powerpoint showing the effects of her shooting. Then we play the ‘I am stronger than fear’ video.

Scene 7- this scene is a class room scene where we introduce the Nigerian school girls who have been kidnapped. This scene was added recently.

Scene 8- In this scene, I play the role of Malala Yousafzai. I give a speech that really captures her character and her determination. This scene shows how she is now renowned for speaking up for girls to have the right to an education.

Scene 9- In this scene we show how the media lost their interest in the Nigerian school girls matter. Lauren and I are playing protesters while Lucienne and Margaret are playing the roles of the media. This scene was included recently.

Scene 10- in this scene we show how much the girls from Windenham care about this matter. This scene was developed throughout the term depending on our content.

Scene 11- this is the last scene of our piece. It starts off with a video that we made. Then we go back into our line formation and hold up placards that say “#Bring Back Our Girls”. We then end the piece by saying, “The worst thing for extremists is a girl with a book”. We also pass the book along the line in this scene. This scene was also changed. We were going to say ‘change only takes a moment of hope, what will you change?’ We then changed it to “look what one girl can change. What will you change?” We then decided on our current line.  We also thought that we will say this all at once but then we realized that it was too hard to get the timing right so we say 3 words each.