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Russell makes us feel empathy for Briggs because he trusted them and gave them a chance but they have just betrayed him. However Russell also wants us to feel empathy for the children. If Briggs had understood their difficult circumstances from the start and treated them with a little respect then they wouldn’t of let him down. Whereas Mrs Kay defends and respects the children and this is reciprocated. She moves a short distance because she knows about the financial situations that the children are in. In this scene Mrs Kay shows she is understanding and in control of the children. The writer has written this play to show as if Mr Briggs and the progress class are oppositions. The writer feels strongly for the children and their social environment so he uses Mrs Kay’s argument to express his opinions.
Instead of correcting Reilly for being impolite, she jokes with him and joins in the conversation. This is encouraging the children to miss-behave. If Mrs Kay can influence a grown adult, then she is certainly impressionable to these young children. You don’t get buildings like that anymore. Just look at the work that must have gone into that.’ (Scene 6)This therefore shows that she is eager to go to school because she has never been on a trip outside Liverpool before. When he drives past he does exactly what she says- ‘ignores her’. Russell puts this in to make us feel empathy for Carol. He is also emphasising that she is realistic and clever enough to know that he isn’t going to stop. He never will. Showing this scene and ending on it reminds us of the plays beginning. Nothing has changed. Briggs is the same character; the play is just a cycle. Mr Briggs is so narrow-minded that he believes that because the children were born into captivity, they know of nothing else. Briggs starts to panic here. He ‘stops, astounded’. He’s too scared to move unsure of whether she will jump or not.
Briggs screws the film up because he doesn’t want to remind himself of the fun he had, he knows it’s not his job. Here Russell makes Briggs seem selfish, and self-centred. Briggs just thinks about himself and his reputation, he sees today as a one off and just wants to forget about it. Russell does this to make the audience feel empathy for the children. They have enjoyed the trip and it was a release for them to experience a different environment and break free from their ‘limited lifestyles’. They have had a chance to bond with Mr Briggs and some of them now look up to him. But he just wants to forget about it. Screwing the film up shows Briggs doesn’t care. Within the first few minutes of the trip Briggs’s old-fashioned streak is portrayed. He says to one of the pupils: In searching for young school children to feature in the film, director Pedr James spent a month visiting schools around Liverpool to find "the right kids". The child actors came from several schools around the Liverpool area although none had any real acting experience. Filming took place through April to May 1977. [3] The film was shot on 16mm film by a first-time director in three weeks with a largely untrained cast. [2] The television play was shown in many European countries including France and Germany. Roy Gibb, then Head of Sales for BBC Enterprises, observed that it was among their most successful exports and believed it was ideal for international audiences, given its emphasis on visual effects and contemporary humour. [6] Differences from the musical [ edit ]During scene six, we learn about Andrews’s social problems. His mother is a prostitute and his friends have seen her at work before. Here Russell wants the audience to dislike Briggs because the contrast of him to Mrs Kay shows us what he’s really like: selfish, uncaring, and patronising.
He is prepared to hit a child because of their rude behaviour. He shows aggressive behaviour towards her. If she were a boy he would beat her. When the children were leaving the city, on the coach a little kid threatens to tell Mrs Kay that Reilly and Digga are smoking. At the beginning of the trip Russell skilfully uses Mr Briggs sharp stern entrance onto the coach to accentuate his personality.
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In Andrew’s conversation with Mr Briggs, we see that he goes through an awful amount of deprivation at home. He starts to speak to her personally and calls her by her first name. Here Russell wants the audience to start to take a liking to Briggs. The start of a personal relationship with the students is conveyed. Our Day Out" is the 16th episode of eighth season of the British BBC anthology TV series Play for Today. The episode was a television play that was originally broadcast on 28 December 1977. "Our Day Out" was written by Willy Russell, directed by Pedr James, produced by David Rose, and starred Jean Heywood, Alun Armstrong, Elizabeth Estensen, Robert Gillespie, Iona Banks, and Peter Tilbury. Russell skilfully uses juxtaposition switching between the scenes when Mrs Kay and Mr b (happily in the café) and the kids causing chaos in the zoo. This is also dramatic irony, as the audience knows more than the characters. When Briggs finds out he is disappointed and knows he can’t trust them again.
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