Ghost trio

References:

Ghost Trio is a television play, written in English by Samuel Beckett. It was written in 1975, taped in October 1976 and the first broadcast was on BBC2 on 17th April 1977.

The wikipedia page includes a quite detailed synopsis:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Trio_(play)

Another film by Samuel Beckett (starring Buster Keaton):
http://www.ubu.com/film/beckett.html


should we call it ghost nano ?



:In order to get this performance clear we will need at least four participants

the play is about a figure (F) in motion in a room, getting into actions predicted by a voice (V)
(not too surprising for an aether script, is it ?)

the actions of F will be often repeated

the original play and the performance are made of 3 acts (preaction-action-reaction), made of scenes them selves made of actions (described in th original play)

The first act should be the shorter and easier, the third one longer and harder.


the hard work will be for example to try to coordinate:
the exit of F from frame 5 with
the entrance of F in frame 6

but we should be able ot make it !

This one will test our preciseness and a certain austerity



This performance bets on a minimalistic appearance that should be at most kept, in order to reveal our multitudes, differences in geographies, spaces etc...smoothly in the duration and not saturate at first sight the viewer with thousand of signs

fr 2,4,6 will simulate the depth of the space in which F will stand always back to camera. 4 the pallet on the left of 5. 2 the window behind 5. and 6 the door at his right giving to a corridor.

fr 1,3,will upload sporadically text (written in french and english or maybe other languages)

7,8,9 will show the floor ( variations of grey squares ) and the night and the rain outside , if we happen to be more then 7 participants for the next performance, these frames would have also things to show. If not they will stay grey.

For the general aesthetic we hesitate between homogenic black and white or light colored frames for the 4 main frames or monochromes for the three cardinal points around frame 5(4 green, 2 red, blue 6) 5 staying black and white

soon you will find in attachment the original text of Beckett

also the main linear script for next performance, i guess some changes will have soon to be made, especially for the 3rd act, which is quite complex, we will have to adapt also with the number of participants of novi sad

very soon, the "frame like" script should be seen in his synthetisized version

++++++++++++++++ The script- Ghost nano in threee acts


Act 1 sc 0 (waiting for starting, the voice to start)

1: pre
3: action
7,8,9: show ground that could also be simply abstract variations of grey and dust
2,4,6: appropriate space
5: character F sitting on a chair

Act I (preaction),

scène1 (action 1->29)
1: window, pallet, no shadow, shades of grey, the colour grey, stating the obvious, Dust, look again
3: the familiar chamber, right, the indispensable door, colour: none, shades of the colour grey, now look closer, the floor, the wall, knowing this
7,8,9: show ground that could also be simply abstract variations of grey and dust
2,4,6: appropriate space
5: character F not identifiable sitting on a chair (if possible filmed from far away in order to make use of a zoom on him afterwards)

scene 2 (act°30->34)
1: window, pallet, no shadow, shades of grey, the colour grey, stating the obvious, Dust, look again
3: the familiar chamber, right, the indispensable door, colour: none, shades of the colour grey, now look closer, the floor, the wall, knowing this

5: zoom on F
7,8,9: show ground that could also be simply abstract variations of grey and dust
2,4,6: appropriate space

Scene 3 (act° 35)
5: F is unzoomed
7,8,9: show ground that could also be simply abstract variations of grey and dust
2,4,6: appropriate space

Act II (action)

Sc1 act°1->6
1: action
3: action
5: F raises head sharply, turns still crouched to door (6), fleeting face, tense pose, relapses into opening pose, bowed over cassette


Sc2: act°7->12
5-> F gets up lays cassette on stool goes to door that means he leaves the screen
6: F listens with right ear against door, back to camera. Opens door halfway with right hand, then let the door close, F still back to camera standing irresolute then leaves the screen in direction of sq 7

Sc3 act°13->18
4: same as 6 but with a window, leaves the sq6 in order to join sq 4

Sc4 act°19->23
7: goes to the pallet a mirror is hanging on the wall, looks at his face in the mirror, invisible for the viewer, he bows his head and leaves the frame

Sc5 act°24->31
5: F comes back, goes to stool, takes up cassette and bows over it

Sc6 act°32->34
5 leaves towards fr 6
6: F listens with right ear against door, back to camera. Opens door halfway with right hand, then let the door close, F still back to camera standing irresolute then leaves the screen in direction of sq 5

Sc7 act°35->38
5: F comes back from sq6, goes to stool, takes up cassette and bows over it

Act III (Reaction)

Scene 1 act°1->4
1: repeat- reaction-encore
3: repeat-reaction
5: zoom in on face head and cassette

sc 2 act°5

5: F raises head sharply, turns still crouched to door (6), fleeting face, tense pose, relapses into opening pose, bowed over cassette

sc3 act°6->13

5: zoom on F hand with cassette
6:F listens with right ear against door, back to camera,
holding door open
Cut to view of a corridor (can upload an image of a long corridor or simply show whats behind your door)
holding door open
let the door close
F standing irresolute, finaly leaves the square towards the window

Sc 4 act°14->18
2: F opens and closes the window slowly
789rain is seen in the inactive frames until the end of the act.

sc5 act°19->28
F to the pallet fr 4 he looks at himself in the mirror filmed from the back,
Fr5 we see a zoom on Fs face for the first time, he must act like if he was staring at himself in the mirror


Sc6 act°29->31
Fr4: F leaves towards fr 5
Fr 5: F raises head sharply, turns still crouched to door (6), fleeting face, tense pose, relapses into opening pose, bowed over cassette.
Stops suddenly listen or looks to frame 6 because he hears sound of steps and knocking on the door

Sc 7 act°32

Fr 6 or other ?shows a small boy shaking head faintly(wet?) in a corridor, turns and goes (this one cloud be a recorded and uploaded scene not performed in real time to be effective
Cut F closes door and leaves the fr6 toward fr 5 where he actualy already is !
5: F raises head sharply, turns still crouched to door (6), fleeting face, tense pose, relapses into opening pose, bowed over cassette


Sc8 act°33->41

Fr 5 close up of f head’s bowed right down over cassette now held in arms and invisible
He raises head suddenly , we see his face clearly for the second time.

Fade out for all the frames

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