Protest evaluation

In our political protest we protested about domestic violence and how more should be done legally about this subject. We wanted to cause a debate, we wanted to know other peoples opinions and how and why we must change this behaviour. Me and Ursula used many different effects to impact people who saw us. We didn't want to just chant our views and beliefs about domestic violence, we wanted people to stop and talk to us. In order to do this we used make up to bruise ourselves and make it look like we had been beaten. We also used another person to fight for domestic violence to cause some sort of debate. As me and Ursula were walking around, Claudia would say things such as 'she deserved it', 'what else do you expect if she doesn't listen to her man' etc. We also used pictures of women who had suffered domestic abuse to bring the reality back to people. I really enjoyed the political protest and think that it taught me a lot about how to get through to people about such sensitive subjects. I also found it really hard as we wanted our protest to be as raw as possible and not have to use many props and costume to make it a Piece. This happens every day and the one thing I wouldn't of wanted was to make it feel like we were mocking anyone. We aren't and hopefully never will be in that situation but just to put myself in those shoes for 30 minutes did scare me, and really made me walk away with a different view on domestic abuse. Just in the sense that I felt so connected to the character, and because it is political, we understand how real it must be. As there were many protests happening at one time, I think it had a big impact on people, seeing such raw, horrific things in what they see as such a safe place. I think you need to do this for protest, as you want people to feel emotional. I think the weaker aspects of the protest was that we didn't have one place that we stayed, unlike the other groups. We walked around the foyer, reception and the courtyard to attract as much attention to the situation as possible. I think that this May have affected us in some ways as what we were doing became quite repetitive. We also didn't plan our piece  as well as we could have, purely based on the fact that both me and Ursula have some very strong political views and couldn't choose just one idea. We were over complicating it by trying to later the protest with subliminal messages etc. I think some of the stronger aspects were that we did grasp the attention of many people, due to such a graphic appearance. We were also comfortable in going up to people and talking to them, not just putting on a 'show'. Overall I think that the protest went really well and more than anything, which was most important to me, I got to hear what people thought of what I was fighting for. Hearing everyone's thoughts and opinions on the piece really made it worthwhile for me.