Last lesson we got onto blocking Piggy's death. I was curious as to how Steph was planning on showing it as it is quite difficult in the performance space we have.
Steph had spoken to me beforehand about using video projection for Piggy's death. I didn't think that this would be very effective as I feel it would take away from the emotional aspect of the scene.
In blocking we had the two different tribe's downstage fighting while I am being led by James (Roger) to the rostra at upstage left. At the climax of the scene between me and James the others onstage freeze. As I am about to be pushed the others at downstage center will collapse before a black out in which I disappear.
I think that this was quite an interesting idea but am unsure of how effective it will be for an audience and if it will just look like that is all we could do in the space we are given.
This scene isn't too bad at the moment but I look forward to the actual rehearsals to build up the tension needed for the climax.
- Ebony.
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Monday, 21 March 2011
Tuesday, 8 March 2011
08/03/2011
We started blocking out the script today.
Steph told us that in the beginning of the production we will start off in the entrance to the theatre in our characters. We will be exploring the room as though we haven't seen it before and enter into the theatre with the audience, again wondering where we are and trying to explore the different areas of the room.
After some time the people in Jack's tribe in the beginning will start walking around together until they are in their full group. One group will go outside (or stay outside from the beginning) and the others will sit together at the side of the stage. The rest of us will slowly start to sit in our own space.
When performing as Piggy there will just be me and one of the Ralphs left standing on stage.
I like this method of entrance as it will create the atmosphere right from the beginning for the audience.
For today, Brad took the part of Piggy and I took notes on the blocking for when I perform it myself. It was quite interesting watching someone else playing the same part as me because it let me see what works and what doesn't work for the character. It also showed me that quite a few of the lines in the script make him seem very young due to the usual nature of the play. This can be avoided by either changing some of the dialogue or using a different way of delivering the lines.
I found today's lesson extremely useful for the development of my character and learnt how to change the age of my character to suit the interpretation we are performing.
- Ebony.
Steph told us that in the beginning of the production we will start off in the entrance to the theatre in our characters. We will be exploring the room as though we haven't seen it before and enter into the theatre with the audience, again wondering where we are and trying to explore the different areas of the room.
After some time the people in Jack's tribe in the beginning will start walking around together until they are in their full group. One group will go outside (or stay outside from the beginning) and the others will sit together at the side of the stage. The rest of us will slowly start to sit in our own space.
When performing as Piggy there will just be me and one of the Ralphs left standing on stage.
I like this method of entrance as it will create the atmosphere right from the beginning for the audience.
For today, Brad took the part of Piggy and I took notes on the blocking for when I perform it myself. It was quite interesting watching someone else playing the same part as me because it let me see what works and what doesn't work for the character. It also showed me that quite a few of the lines in the script make him seem very young due to the usual nature of the play. This can be avoided by either changing some of the dialogue or using a different way of delivering the lines.
I found today's lesson extremely useful for the development of my character and learnt how to change the age of my character to suit the interpretation we are performing.
- Ebony.
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