In this weeks lesson we began by walking around the room in neutral and then changing our bodies into our character. Walking around as Miss Havisham helped me to incorporate all the physicality's f the character I had learnt in the previous week and become Miss Havisham at a quicker pace . We then stood still with our eyes closed, as we breathed in and out we breathed in our character, their inner thoughts, physicality's and facial expressions. this was a calm and successful method that got us to become our character. This meant we were more focused as a group and were in the right zone in order to get straight on with our work.
First the opening where all the cast come onto the stage and the beginning of the graveyard scene where Pip first meets Magwitch. After working on scene 1 my charcter isn't seen until a few scenes later so most of the lesson consisted of running over act 1, note taking and learning my lines which i found just important as acting as in order to make the end play the best it can be I need time to look through my parts of the play and also look at the parts i'm not in to help pick up on things that could be done slightly differently or thing some of my ideas that would benefit from an audience point of view.
Later on we started work on the battery scene, which is when Pip returns to Magwitch with the objects he had asked Pip to get for him. This was a challenging scene, as we had to think of ways to create the battery with no props. So instead of using real objects we used our bodies to create the things that would be in the battery, like an old cannon, boxes and guns. We did this by getting in small groups of 3-5 and physically creating the objects. Once we had done this we had to place the objects on the stage to create an interesting visual experience for the audience while still keeping Magwitch and Pip visible. My group made a battery of an English cannon to do this we lay down in a straight line and joined hands, we angled our bodies forwards so that the audience could see the main characters and could see what object we were creating.
This is a collage of pictures from this weeks lesson.
The top right (my group) and bottom left pictures show some of the physicial objects we made for the battery.
From this weeks lesson I have learned that even if you are not acting there is always something to do such as note taking, idea sharing and personal development your character. I have also learnt that after a while working on a scene may get tiring but to ensure that your piece is the best it can be keep your energy level up.
First the opening where all the cast come onto the stage and the beginning of the graveyard scene where Pip first meets Magwitch. After working on scene 1 my charcter isn't seen until a few scenes later so most of the lesson consisted of running over act 1, note taking and learning my lines which i found just important as acting as in order to make the end play the best it can be I need time to look through my parts of the play and also look at the parts i'm not in to help pick up on things that could be done slightly differently or thing some of my ideas that would benefit from an audience point of view.
Later on we started work on the battery scene, which is when Pip returns to Magwitch with the objects he had asked Pip to get for him. This was a challenging scene, as we had to think of ways to create the battery with no props. So instead of using real objects we used our bodies to create the things that would be in the battery, like an old cannon, boxes and guns. We did this by getting in small groups of 3-5 and physically creating the objects. Once we had done this we had to place the objects on the stage to create an interesting visual experience for the audience while still keeping Magwitch and Pip visible. My group made a battery of an English cannon to do this we lay down in a straight line and joined hands, we angled our bodies forwards so that the audience could see the main characters and could see what object we were creating.
The top right (my group) and bottom left pictures show some of the physicial objects we made for the battery.
From this weeks lesson I have learned that even if you are not acting there is always something to do such as note taking, idea sharing and personal development your character. I have also learnt that after a while working on a scene may get tiring but to ensure that your piece is the best it can be keep your energy level up.
