Week Review- 20th- 23rd

1) This week we worked on running the beginning of act one as far as we could without scripts as the performance is coming round fast and we have to know our lines so we have more freedom from not holding our scripts. This week we also worked on getting our physical theatre as sharp as possible as this stops any injuries during lift we do for example when we create the house we have to move quickly from our original positions. This needs to be smooth and safe as 2 people are being lifted at the same time. We worked on this by keep repeating the movement so we got used to moving between each of the different things we created for this scene. It starts with bins, then a van, then the house, after is the kitchen and utility room and living room in one. Then Christopher walks up some stairs which he is shot down from at the mention of murder mystery. This also needs to be smooth because if we don't catch him properly when he falls he could get injured. We the create the bed, then the dresser and finally the wardrobe. This is all happening while my character Siobhan is narrating Christopher looking for his book. This is a lot to remember and in the right order and if one person isn't it the right place then it could become messy and not look right.

  

2) I developed my skill this week by learning more into my character as we were running the play so I learnt more about my character and how they dealt with Christopher as I missed some information from the script when I first ever run it. I also worked how to distinguish between my main Character Siobhan to being a random person in the street. I did this by making my posture more slouched when I'm someone in the street but if i'm Siobhan I have better posture and a clearer voice. 

3) This week a researched about the Aspergers which is the autism Christopher has and found out what is actually is and how teachers deal with it ( this research is in my 2 earlier posts). This research I have done really helps my character when dealing with Christopher cause i'm his teacher. It has helped in developing my character cause I now know I need to slow down m speech when I talk to Christopher and talk clearly as it is very hard for him to take in what i'm saying at he can't read facial expressions or understand anything that is implied. However I don't treat him like he isn't smart as I now know that he has I sophisticated vocabulary and can be very smart in a certain subject. For example Christopher is very good at maths.

4) This week I think went really well with our run through as each of us made the effort to learn our lines as much as possible. This helped as it made it easier to run. However we need to work on our lifts during the train scene as some of them aren't at the right pass and some look like there going wrong as Carl hesitates when performing them and this could become dangerous also some people aren't in the right place at the right time. To engage the audience more we could also make sure our body language is bolder and we include more movement in a conversation as this could be boring to look at.

5) To improve more we need to make the transition between each scene clearer because at the moment there is no clear movement between the scenes as some people aren't to sure about the scene order. We could also work on the production by starting to add the lighting and props as this will start to make the production to come to life. For example the police having high visible jackets and a hat.