Week Three
This week, I felt, saw a lot of progress. It is great to watch a project like this ‘take shape’. The work being done by all of the actors and the assistant Director is fabulous.Â
I still feel that people need to loosen up their physicality a little and develop reactions when they’re not directly involved in the dialogue of the time. Some cast members are so intense into their character that they’re not letting it grow and take shape for itself. Others are physically tense and too aware which is restricting them and their interactions with each other. Others a not paying enough attention to each other’s characters and the dialogue/scenes going on around them.
With physical theatre, it is also important to get rid of scripts as soon as possible. Many actors find it awkward to use their hands and move around freely once their lose the ’security blanket’ of a script in hand.
The greatest frustration this week was discovering the classes we are going to lose over the next few weeks. This highlights the importance of working individually outside of class and keeping up with research, learning lines, working on designs and blogging!
This coming week is ‘Audit #1′. Some people don’t seem at all ready for this. The process is simply a matter of reveiwing your progress within each of your stagecraft areas. It should also provide an opportunity for setting some goals and direction over the coming weeks to ensure everyone is working towards the same end point.
I’d like to see people more positive about the Vineblogs task…viewing is as a help to the learning process rather than a hinderance. It requires honesty and an openness to discuss the process and the project. The critically evalaute our own efforts and being willing to learn from each other. Given a chance, it is an extremely valuable and, in fact, time SAVING task. It is a little frustrating that I sometimes need to chase people to get the work done. I appreciate just how much each of you have on your plate…. and like one student commented, discovering one thing blurring into another is rather unsettling. For me it is the Musical, Theatre and then my other classes. It is possible however to train yourself to focus on each independently.
The blog task is the only consistent homework for Theatre Studies and should take no more than about 30 minutes per week. Alternatively, as was suggested, doing five minutes each night…..
For this week, that’ll do me!!!