AAS (37) - Completing CIDN & Going over PPT

I spent the first half of this lesson working on the "Curious Incident" scene with the physical theatre group, whilst Lewis and Hope put Rob into their Brechtian scene. We began our session by simply walking through our piece from beginning to end, stopping whenever we encountered a problem. The alterations we made today are as follows:

• The first lift. We have been having trouble with this lift for quite a while, so we decided that it was best to spend a while getting this right. The first thing that needed correcting was how Ollie got in to the lift. Originally he ran in and had to jump up. However, we have changed it so he just steps into, putting his weight through his arms on to my shoulders, and just lifts his legs one at a time with momentum. The next thing we changed was how James got Ollie's legs. Orignially, James tried to lift Ollie's legs, rather than just taking them once Ollie puts them up. We also changed where James stood to ensure that Ollie wasn't leaning to one side and thus going off balance. 
• We edited the section between the station guard part and the information dialogue. Oliver felt awkward having just backed away from Ollie, but then returning almost instantly to pick him up - therefore, we have added a little bit of movement in to prevent this. As the last movement we did was all walking round Ollie, we do another circle around him to have continuity and to make the piece flow.
• We also sorted the slow motion section, during the Ed dialogue. We all discussed where we wanted certain things to be in the space (e.g. where we wanted the board with the times on to be, or where McDonald's is, etc.) - this ensures that this section is consistent and makes more sense. We have semi-choreographed our movements now, so that we interact with each other at points. For example, I move as a child towards the pasties stall, whilst Oliver moves towards McDonald's. He bumps in to me and turns round as if he's angry at me, whilst I poke my tongue out at him. 
• The other part we polished was the very ending. We re-arranged what way we would walk off before the final scene (which changed our position in the line) to make more sense for our places for the final scene. This made our transition smoother. Also, we changed what lines we walk off on at the end, as the original lines didn't work now for our new places. 

Our tracks of dialogue are currently being put together with music underneath and sound effects at appropriate places (i.e. a train sound effect for when Christopher and Man with Socks narrowly miss the tube). After going through our scene, the class spent the rest of the lesson working on their scene from "The Government Inspector". However, Ollie and I decided that we didn't want to be in this scene as we both have a lot of lines to learn for our other scenes. Therefore, Ollie and I spent the rest of the lesson helping each other learn our lines. I helped him with his scene from "Waiting for Godot", whilst he helped me with "People Places and Things".