Development of scenes

Development of scenes:

Chorus scenes: we developed the movement scenes early on using chairs and getting direction from the directors we tried to make the movement link in with the scenes. We developed these scenes by trying out new more daring movements and physical theatre. We worked a lot on what lifts we could include and how to involve Christopher. The main problem with developing these scenes was the timing and we had to keep doing extra rehearsals to make sure we were all in sync. Another obstacle we had was switching from using chairs to the blocks as they were much harder to move and were lager but the upside was we managed to try more lifts and movement involving the blocks so we got together for a rehearsal and tried out different lifts jumps and movement we could incorporate with the movement we had already been instructed to do by the directors. We showed the directors what we had created and we managed to incorporate some of it into the original movement then it took a lot of rehearsals to focus on timing and cues to make it look professional and make it all in unison.

Cameo roles: for my cameo roles to develop there scenes I focused very much on improvisation early on and trying out different ways of playing each character. As we continued to develop the scenes as a whole I added in gestus to my character to show there symbolism much more and to make them unique and stand out. I then focused on how my characters reacted with their environment and focused on movement delivery of lines and posture. Throughout these scenes I felt like I had a lot of creative freedom so I tried out many different style of playing the characters till I developed the one I liked most. Through rehearsals the scenes mainly developed round other character so I could develop my character by myself and use it improve the overall scene adding comedy of drama as I saw fit.

Duty sergeant: developing the scenes with the duty sergeant where much more ridged than with my cameo roles and the blocking was sorted out early on and chorus work was based around us once theses basics where out the way we adjusted the scenes to work with the blocks in a creative way using them as tables chairs etc. we then developed the relationship of the characters adding in movement and eye contact to show this. We then added in gestus and worked on vocals to improve the characters then focuses on how we could use the space more and developed ways of adding in more movement to the scenes.

Rodger: for the scenes with Rodger we followed the same principles of the way we developed the Duty sergeant scenes we got instructed in blocking and worked on how the chorus could enhance the scenes. We then focused on how to use the blocks in the scenes and quickly developed a method of using the blocks to show status in the argument scenes. We then worked on physicality of our characters and how they change throughout the scene and change with the introduction of different characters. We then worked on out vocals during the scenes and how to build up tension to show intent through our voices without relying on physical movement. I focused on how to show anger and frustration without words to try and include these feeling while not speaking to keep the aura of my character as one of the hated ones of the group and keep a dark presence in the scenes. Me and Dan then developed how our characters react around one another and on how I could throw him during my outburst at him. This went through stages first me just kicking him and having him already on the floor we then changed it to me pushing him of a block to show my higher status and it allowed us to involve the blocks then finally we changed it to me throwing him of the blocks by putting my hand round his throat but we made sure that he threw himself so I didn’t hurt him this showed status as he was on the floor and I was left yelling at him from a higher position. One thing I developed was from scene to scene adding tension in my character especially in the shoulders so that in the finally scene you could really see the tension and build up through multiple scenes.