Week Review- 10th-13th

1) This week we worked on improving the opening scene and London station scene by adding a lot more movement and music as the looked very basic and didn't look very good. When we worked on the opening scene we started of by splitting into groups. In our group on each count of 8 we created a different shape which created the effect that Christopher is always thinking about maths. We then showed our ideas and joint them together. We started by adding in the first groups idea of having a movement sequence that included moving back and forth using different arm movement. In the second section we added marching moving in 2 groups which then came in and combined. We then finally added or group creating the different shapes including a circle, triangle and square. These still need to be sharpened. The next lesson we worked on the London Train station scene where we started the music and I begin marching. When I pass each person they stood up and joint in until we got into the centre and after each count of eight we get into different positions like we would do in a station for example I look at my watch, read a news paper and look for the train. Once we did this we then go into a busy train station with each of the different word being shouted out and we do lifts within and as they are taking place everyone else slows down.

2) This week we didn't do much on our own skills however at the beginning of the week we completed the task from last week by talking about the annotations that we made on our script to help us work on how we used or emotion during the scene which was help full and helped me to understand how Siobhan's thought work better.

3) This week I did some research on how an autistic child deals with death and this can be very difficult to cope with as it could cause them lots of stress because it is a change in the routine which can really effect and autistic child. This is why it's i'm important to set them up for death for example what Ed done to Christopher even though Judy didn't die. I believe that it was the best thing for Christopher to be told this about his mother as it would be easier to explain and prepare for death rather than someone leaving.

4) I liked how this week the show started to come to life as we added music to some of the scenes which made it more exciting to watch for the audience. One of my strengths this week has been my lines as I have so many to learn and I've tried my best to learn as many as possible. one of my Weaknesses us knowing my scene order which is hard as we aren't allowed of stage to check so we have to remember everything at every point.

5) I think the main thing we need to focus on know is knowing all our lines and the scene orders as this will really help to complete the piece and make it look really good. I also think we need to start adding in the lighting and props to make the piece come to life and our character to able to be recognised by what we are wearing.