Today we tried a run through of the first 15 pages without scripts, this went really successfully. After this we continued on with act 1 with our teacher giving us notes on where we could improve. Throughout our pieces where we created things with our bodies, we tried to think of ways of how we could make them run more smoothly and refine ideas, such as making our van a normal size compared to its original off scale size. We carried on running the parts with a physical piece, making sure we knew what our cue lines were and when to go off stage.
In terms of developing my own skills as an actor, I believe the notes our teacher gave us were very beneficial. Her notes are below.
Running the First Few Scenes – Tuesday 21st October
Company – need to decide whether to watch the action, neutrally or reacting, or to not look at anything. As you stand, move into your character. If it helps, take a moment once you’ve stood before entering the scene.
Do you want to freeze the action when narration is taking place? (eg Voices or Siobham reading). If you are going to keep acting, you need to think about reactions.
Neighbours – remember that they all know the history between the Shears and Christopher’s parents; except for
Think about props you could use to indicate the location/scenario of each scene – eg. Mr Gascoyne could have a file, the Police Officer a notebook, Ed a remote control at the start of the scene on p22.
The note I found most helpful was the fact that when watching the performance, that we all have to be doing the same thing, whether that be watching and reacting or staring at the floor. This is the most important note for me as I think it highlights the fact that we all have to be part of a functioning team, that everybody is important and that nobody is above anyone else. I think it helps me appreciate that a performance isnt made by one or two people, but a joint effort of everyone involved.
My research this week also helps put forward my recommendations for working on the play. I feel that in our train station scene we need to try and recreate as much hassle as possible and make sure our noise levels are load and fast, trying to show the audience exactly what Christopher is feeling, that sense of being overwhelmed and wanting to curl up into a ball.
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I think today's session was very successful. We refined ideas and started trying to make everything look practiced and almost perfected. As this was all we did in lesson there aren't really any weaknesses in today, perhaps the one weakness is that we aren't completely finalised on our physical pieces and they are yet to ll run smoothly, with the transitions still needing to be smoothed over as currently they look a little scruffy, but all the ideas are there.
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