Week Review 3rd-7th November

1) This week we run the whole show and I managed to do most of act one without my script. Through out the runs we focused a lot on the physical theatre as there are many different scenes involving train stations and tubes and this can be very confusing for what we have to do in each station. For example when we are in London train station we are acting as if we are in a busy station and sowing down for each lift we perform. However in Swindon we are all move around and push off of each other and project each other while each of the voices and Christopher. We have to remember all this while remembering the order they go in. We also focused on our scripts as we worked on learning them and worked on making annotations. We did this by firstly making notes on everything we had to do we then picked a scene and wrote out the objective of the scene and then we wrote out the subtext for each line which helped to develop our character skills.

2) This week I developed my skill of characterisation as we worked on our characters walks. This was hard for me as we decided that my character would be sitting down a lot of the time. I made my my character Siobhan have a very good posture as she is a teacher and I also made her have a slight bounce in her step as she seems like a happy character even though she is dealing with Christopher who can be very difficult. I also had broad shoulder which showed I was easy to confide in.

3) This week I did research on what my character should look like and the relationship between Siobhan and Christopher. These are in my 2 earlier posts. When I researched what I think I should look like i decided that i should have a soft face and wear soft colours to make me more welcoming for example pastel colours. The second part of my research helped me to decide how I wanted Christopher to be when i'm talking to him as I felt he should always be doing something when i'm talking to him.

4) This week I think one of my strengths was learning my lines as i managed to learn all of the first act even though I need to learn the second. This was important that we learnt our lines as much as we could as it showed how the play was coming together as people didn't have scripts in there hands. One of our weaknesses this week was how smooth and focused we are with our physical theatre. This is important as if this isn't right it could course an accident or it may be messy and misunderstood by the audience which isn't what we want.

5) I think we could improve our performance by adding some music to some of the train scenes to make the effect that is busy and gives more of an atmosphere for the audience which will therefore make it more interesting. I also think I should try and have more emotion in my voice when narrating to make it more exciting to listen to and not monotone which could become boring.