Monday 26th January 2015:
Today I did not do any acting as when my group were on they didn't go through any of the scenes I'm in, so I spent the day observing my classmates.
Tuesday 27th January 2015:
Today we actually got the chance for each group to do a run through of most of the play, right up until act four. It was really good to get the chance to keep going, scene by scene, and to see the actual cohesion of the scenes and the story running smoothly. I really enjoyed it, can't describe just how helpful I actually found today in terms of developing my own character, but particularly my understanding of the play itself.
Before now I have been a little unclear of the order of things and doing so much of the play all at once was awesome because it made it all even more accessible.
Before now I have been a little unclear of the order of things and doing so much of the play all at once was awesome because it made it all even more accessible.
Today I found that I was able to get into character way more than on previous days, because it was all less disjointed. When I could watch the whole rest of the play and think more about the through line of the whole story and the characters surrounding mine, not just my own, I was able to see more sides to this play than before. And I found exploring it deeply so much fun.
Honestly, Ariel is a wonderful character, in my opinion, and I'm enjoying working on him more and more each time we rehearse.
Honestly, Ariel is a wonderful character, in my opinion, and I'm enjoying working on him more and more each time we rehearse.
I was developing my entrances and exits as him today, really trying to get that airy sort of vibe going, as if he really is flying around the place. I was also working on my presence when onstage and not saying anything, so as well as just reacting to what is happening around me, I was really trying to get down to my physical presence.
I was there to be this feeling that he is there, but also isn't... as he does come on stage invisible a lot, and I think that's a really fun notion to work with.
I'm looking forward to keeping on getting more and more into the world of this play and felt quite inspired about it today because we got to do so much work on it, all of us.
It was also good to be rehearsing with my actual group, so we can all get used to the cast we'll have for our performance in March.
It was also good to be rehearsing with my actual group, so we can all get used to the cast we'll have for our performance in March.
At the end of the day, Rob gave my group feedback. For everyone in general, he said that we need to listen and react more to the scenes, so that our emotions bleed in through our body language.
This makes a lot of sense, as I feel some of the play is very static at the moment and we really need to get properly into it.
The feedback he gave me specifically was as follows:
- My interpretation of the role was good
- I need to not be as careful as I am being, to go for it more and just be less cautious about what I'm doing
- I had a good thought process
- I should be less timid about my lines and really spit the words out
I'm going to take on board this feedback and try to overcome this barrier that I feel I sometimes put in my own way, I want to break through it so I can really embrace this role to the maximum.
Wednesday 28th January 2015:
Today was our first lesson back with Sharon this year.
We for our lessons in three different sections, working with the groups we are in for the Tempest.
It was really good, I found it helpful to be working in my actual group again.
Our job today was to look at the entire story of the Tempest, the play from start to finish, and to think about the physical theatre side of it.
We did this by doing tableau. Our group was split in half and we had to come up with a tableau for each act of the play, which we thought represented a key moment in the story from that act.
The key moments we chose were the shipwreck, Ariel waking Alonso and Gozalo as Sebastian goes to kill them, Caliban becoming servant to Stephano as he thinks he and Trinculo are gods, Miranda and Ferdinand being given Prospero's blessing, and Prospero making amends with Alonso and Gozalo, but still feeling hatred towards Sebastian.
We felt that these moments summed up the significant parts of the story quite well. After we had come up with these, we were given some time to add lines to them and plan the transitions between tableaus.
Our group decided to use actual text from the play for our lines, and I felt it worked quite effectively.
This is the feedback we were given on our work:
- It was good that we used lines from the text
- Our transitions from frame to frame were smooth and nice
- We used the space well
- Perhaps we could have chosen a moment between Prospero and Miranda for one of our tableaus
I found today's lesson massively helpful. Quite a few of us said that we thought it was really good for getting to grips with the important moments in the story, and the actual order of events, and I agree.
It was good to look at these key points in the play, it helped to clarify things.
It was also really good to be doing the frames of scenes which our character isn't in, and to be playing the role of another character, as it broadens you knowledge of the whole play and gave us a chance to see things from different character's points of view, rather than just our own.
As Rob is so often saying, nothing exists in a vacuum, and it was evident today in our work that it's important to be able to comprehend the aspects of the play which aren't necessarily involving your part directly.
We for our lessons in three different sections, working with the groups we are in for the Tempest.
It was really good, I found it helpful to be working in my actual group again.
Our job today was to look at the entire story of the Tempest, the play from start to finish, and to think about the physical theatre side of it.
We did this by doing tableau. Our group was split in half and we had to come up with a tableau for each act of the play, which we thought represented a key moment in the story from that act.
The key moments we chose were the shipwreck, Ariel waking Alonso and Gozalo as Sebastian goes to kill them, Caliban becoming servant to Stephano as he thinks he and Trinculo are gods, Miranda and Ferdinand being given Prospero's blessing, and Prospero making amends with Alonso and Gozalo, but still feeling hatred towards Sebastian.
We felt that these moments summed up the significant parts of the story quite well. After we had come up with these, we were given some time to add lines to them and plan the transitions between tableaus.
Our group decided to use actual text from the play for our lines, and I felt it worked quite effectively.
This is the feedback we were given on our work:
- It was good that we used lines from the text
- Our transitions from frame to frame were smooth and nice
- We used the space well
- Perhaps we could have chosen a moment between Prospero and Miranda for one of our tableaus
I found today's lesson massively helpful. Quite a few of us said that we thought it was really good for getting to grips with the important moments in the story, and the actual order of events, and I agree.
It was good to look at these key points in the play, it helped to clarify things.
It was also really good to be doing the frames of scenes which our character isn't in, and to be playing the role of another character, as it broadens you knowledge of the whole play and gave us a chance to see things from different character's points of view, rather than just our own.
As Rob is so often saying, nothing exists in a vacuum, and it was evident today in our work that it's important to be able to comprehend the aspects of the play which aren't necessarily involving your part directly.
Thursday 29th January 2015:
Today we spent more time rehearsing act 5.
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