To begin this lesson, we put James in to what he had missed. After doing this and polishing as we went, we sorted the section where there is dialogue between Ed and Christopher. For
this section, everyone goes in to slow motion while Ollie continues at
normal speed. This is to suggest that everything has slowed down around
him, almost as if time is about to stop for him, to enable him to have
this conversation in his mind with his dad. For the slow motion section
to work, we need to make our movements really big and obvious.
We continued straight on with this section into the part with Punk Girl and Man With Socks. We have now added in a little bit more movement here. As the tube train goes past, Kat, James and I watch it go in slow motion whilst looking relieved. This is to make the scene less naturalistic, as our scene in supposed to be physical theatre. Although we wanted to include naturalistic movements, we also wanted to show moments of unison.
The next part of script is Christopher repeating the "train coming, train stopped, doors open, train going, silence" part again. We are using the same movements as last time, however, we have slightly adapted it. Instead of us going backwards, only Ollie shall move backwards on the line "doors open", whilst the rest of us move forwards. This happens in a straight line. On the last two times this line is said, Oliver and I move our "doors open" movement inwards to form a square around Christopher. This is to emphasise his feeling of isolation and disorientation. It also resembles the closeness of being in a tube.
The next section after this is the final Voice section. This is where our scene will end. The lines in this section are supposed to be adverts in the tube. In this section, we are including another lift. James and Oliver will lift Ollie in a pencil lift, whilst Kat and I stand in front to mask this lift. Kat and I also mime holding on to a handle, as we sway side to side, to show that we are on a tube. Therefore, we are combining naturalistic movement with more abstract moves. The fact that Ollie is lifted is symbolic of how Christopher's emotions and feelings are heightened compared to everyone else on the tube. Oliver and James then put him down, and we all walk off in different directions on a certain location line at the end (e.g. "Maida Vale", "Queens Park", etc.). This is to represent us all getting off at different stops. The scene ends with Ollie on his own looking up on the line "Willesden Junction".
Next lesson, we shall sort the beginning of the piece as well as recording the dialogue.
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