We've been doing fine tuning of the scenes in chronological order today.
The scenes I rehearsed are Act I scene I and act I scene II.
Notes on stage directions:
Act I scene I:
Still pay rope around island, only far enough away from chairs to make room for people to stand. Stand inside rope until Prospero's "Bestir, bestir!", then step out and hold ship wheel.
Stumble about but keep arms still as they're holding onto wheel.
Stephano offers drink, this is when I say "Cheerly, good hearts! Out of our way, I say!"
Take time to exit stage right.
Act I scene II:
Prospero walks around me during my speech that starts with "to every article", to open up the staging a bit more.
I'm to direct much of my dialogue at the audience as well as Prospero to make sure they're involved.
When I bring on Ferdinand, the first lot of lines is on voice over. Then the full fathom five lines are whispered right into his ear.
Tuesday 10th March 2015
Our group got the chance to rehearse the entire play today, which was absolutely fantastic. It felt great to put everything together finally and feel what it will be like to perform on the actual day.
The feedback Rob gave us:
• Really nice listening
• Good energy
• Improve on projection
I'm feeling really good about the play now, having run it through. However, we do still have some work to do, particularly on the final scenes of the play!
Wednesday 11th March 2015
I've found today really productive and helpful. Everyone in class shared the three hour class with Sharon rather than taking an hour each, which meant that we were all able to give one another feedback, which was good.
Our task today was to work in our groups and develop our tableaus further, making them into five minute long pieces which cover the story of the Tempest by focusing on the key moments.
We spent a good hour and a half working on our pieces before showing them to the other groups and Sharon.
Now that we know our piece needs to be five minutes long, we chose more text to add to the scenes we've already prepared and we also added some more scenes from the play which we think are relevant.
All of the scenes we have are as follows; the shipwreck, Prospero explaining to Miranda why they're on the island, Caliban being introduced for the first time, Sebastian attempting to murder Alonso, Stephano and Trinculo meeting Caliban, Prospero giving Miranda and Ferdinand his blessing, Prospero ordering Ariel to bring all of the parties back together, and act five, in which everyone comes together and all is resolved.
We wanted to make sure that we didn't miss out any significant scenes from our short version, so it's fantastic that we've been able to add these features these other moments.
We performed our piece for the rest of the class then. It lasted four minutes fifteen seconds, so we need to add more to it next week.
The feedback we recieved was that our transitions from scene to scene were nice, we made good use of actual text from the play, and they enjoyed it.
The specific feedback I recieved from Brandon was that my physicality was very good, and I need to do work on my projection.
The target I have set myself is to commit to my vocal and physical choices more and give my all to my performance both in the Tempest and in our assignment with Sharon.
Thursday 12th March 2015
This morning we recieved feedback from our peers on the sight reading assessment we did last week.
My feedback:
• Project more to get my voice to the back of the audience when we perform.
• Good tone, pauses and pace.
• Good articulation, pronunciation of words on point.
• Movement of voice was good.
• I have an interesting, simplistic voice which is calming and makes you want to hear what I have to say.
• Nice flow and articulation, but move voice a little more.
• Good energy in voice.
• Good flow and taking of time.
• It sounded like I knew what I was talking about even though I had only read the marierial once.
• Mind the softness to my voice not making me too quiet.
• Good at hitting consonants.
• Good interpretation of text.
I found it interesting to hear this feedback from the group. It was very pleasant as what people had to say was so positive and also constructive. I feel pleased with how my assessment went and with what my peers told me, even though some of their opinions were conflicting. Some people for example said to me that I didn't need to project any more contrary to other advice. Everyone's opinion is different of course and I shall endeavour to take everything on board and improve with the help I've been given by the rest of the group.
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