11.02.2014

Videos of the scenes I was in:
1st scene
2nd scene
3rd scene


Discuss the different scenes and how they are developing. 

Sophie, Izzy, Sav, Liam, Harry, Jenny & Jade
   At the start, during her monologue, Sophie seemed to be really restless with her feet, rocking from side to side as she talked. This really takes attention away from her acting, and is very restless to watch. Also, she uses her hand to point while she talks a lot. I do not know, weather this is a decision she made for her character, but if not, she could look into it some more, maybe grounding herself a bit more during her speech This could bring power to the monologue and status to her character. With this scene, I especially enjoyed the relationship between Sav and Sophie, and how they interacted with each other during their duologues on the stage. It seemed very relaxed and natural, since both of their characters are well developed, and don't seem forced. I feel that I really need to look at how Sav portrays Nell, since I have been having some problems with her character. Unlike Sav, I don't seem to show the inner confidence of Nell that she needs, even though I am working towards it.
   This scene still needs a lot work during the bar-pit. I don't feel like the men in this scene are clear enough, and EVERYONE in this scene needs to be stronger and now their lines and cues better. Also, making the characters and emotions stronger will help to develop this scene further. Some parts Liam and Harry seemed to lose character, especially when they were not talking. They really need to work on their focus on stage, and need to stay in character, even if someone else is talking. This way the mood of the scene isn't lost, which I felt occasionally was, since people didn't stay in character.

Greta, Chloe, Jenny & Izzy
   I have always liked this scene, and in my blog post about the last run trough, I remember saying, that I felt that their story was the clearest and each characters objectives were quite clear. I still felt that each character was very well played, but now I would just like everyone to push themselves a bit more to bring the emotions into the next level, and at the same time make the character more interesting and clearer. This group was really good at creating the feeling of the tiring room and the relationships between the women. This is something I want to work on in my scenes as well, to show that these women work together everyday and make seem true to their nature.

Liam & Bella
   Bella is truly in her element in this scene and her characterization was excellent throughout. I liked the fact that she started the scene slowly, letting us to observe the way she moves and acts as Mrs. Barry, admiring all the costumes and the glory of the room. She delivered the humour of her character with such ease, something that I really admire about her.  Liam, on the other hand, still needs some work on his character, since most of the time he still looks and feels like a teenage boy. Perhaps he needs to really think about, how Rochester would hold himself, as he is only a step down from royalty.

Jazz, Mitch & Jade
   Jazz really needs to work on her monologue, because it seems extremely rushed and the purpose of it was very unclear from the way she played it. Jazz has a good and clear voice, and this monologue could so much stronger, if she just worked on it a bit more. She also shuffled her feet a lot, which, even if Nell is fast tempo'd character, seemed very distracting. Jade had obviously worked on her characterization with Mrs. Betterton, since her posture and delivery of most of the lines was spot on. Still, it was obvious that all of the members in this group weren't completely memorized. Rehearsing the scene will help with this and enable for everyone in this scene to be more confident on stage.

In general, I think that the scenes are developing in the right direction. My scenes mostly need some fixing up, for example the tit-part needs to be more spaced out and choreographed to make more powerful and funnier for the audience. Also, later on this scene, during the rehearsals, I need to play the french-character as Nell would play it, so more flirtatious.