Monday, 18 May 2015

Rehearsal Blog 3 (The Double Dealer)

This week we finished blocking, apart from a few scenes due to absences, however we than ran the show as far as we could, overall I think the show is looking good, but still needs improvement, for instance some of the scenes are lacking the pace needed to add to the comedic value, this is either down to the lacking in line learning or lack of emphasis when throwing ourselves into character, this would probably be down for the amount of hard work and determination it takes to stand, walk and talk in character, so overall this play and genre has been by far the most difficult in my opinion to understand and get to grips with.

We have also been looking at characterisation during other lessons, looking at techniques such as object interviews, where you show an object that relates to you character and tell the story behind it, hot seating and 4 truth's 2 lies, for this you tell the audience the lies and the what is true to your character, but the audience then later guesses which was which. Overall these techniques have really helped my character to progress, for instance the voice I use for Lord Froth is very difficult to keep throughout, and so learning to fluently use this voice during improvisation workshops has strengthened this. Also we have been singling out the stances and walks of characters helping them to know what they've done well and what needs improvement, I've been told that I need to what my shoulders and make sure that I am not tensing them when puffing my chest out, and so Laura said to me to roll my shoulders back and this has effectively made this easier. Abbi has also told me during rehearsals that my characterisation is really coming along, I think this is because with Lord Forth I am changing the way I perform in general and so I'm experimenting with my voice and the way I use my body, and one thing I've really enjoyed is concentrating on what the lines mean, Lord Froth doesn't use facial expressions to convey an emotion he is very straight faced so I have been looking at the lines where u can change my voice to suit the emotion.

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