Thursday 15th, Lesson 9

Brief reflection

Today we finished our progress on Tale 5 and continued to develop our grouped scenes (Tale 7 for me). As Tale 5 is the longest scene in the whole play, it took some time to get through to finishing it but I am now confident that we have all worked hard to make the scene the best it can be. Tale 7 was successful as we continued to develop our idea's, and we added in more physicality which helped the scene tremendously, however i do feel we still need to work on our focus. 

What we've added to tale five:In tale 5 we continued to develop our movement as animals. Once everyone exists, the stage becomes a cafe where Ella bumps into Taffy. Taffy walks around the stage with an empty plan whilst everyone narrates. I deliver my lines about how she does not loose her temper at me, and i am positioned further down stage. Towards the end, when the women dies, Taffy is carried by 10 people as if she's in a coffin being carried to her grave. When Taffy's being carried, there is silence which defiantly has an impact as the focus is on the dead woman.

The use of levels at the start of the scene with the boys is also something we have added. Some of us are standing up, some on stools, some leaning etc. This helps setting the scene much more interesting visually.

Set yourself  three rehearsal targets:

1. Staying focus throughout the lessons


2. To ensure the transitions between scenes are clean

3. Write down and changes to blocking made in my script so I wont forget

Reflect on the targets set:  Have they been achieved? How?           

I felt as though my energy lacked sometimes in the lesson, however i tried to let it not effect my focus. I regained energy after we started our separate tales. 

I feel that this target is something we need to work on together as a class. We managed to make a few smooth transitions between scenes but not all are final yet. By ensuring we have smooth transitions we can keep a sustained pace throughout the play.
During the lesson i forgot to write down any changes made however at lunch i borrowed Alex's script to make the notations necessary.

What would you give yourself for today’s rehearsal? 

Marking criteria:	Why?
P2 Demonstrate personal and technical skills in rehearsal making a positive contribution to the process
M2 Demonstrate personal and technical skills in rehearsal, consistently making a positive contribution and constructive contribution to the process.	I was able to contribute creatively to my group and kept working on my previous target which was to ensure i knew my objectives. To do better i could make sure i am always focused with what i do.
D2 Demonstrate personal and technical skills in rehearsal with consistently positive and constructive contributions, engagement, commitment, input and self- reflection.