We began this lesson with another characterisation walking exercise, moving as our characters. By doing these movement exercises in class as a warm-up and by my work at home, I have now established my five characters (in order of appearance):
- Hippolyta: erect carriage // elbows out but hands clasped // RP voice // leads from the chest
- Hermia: very natural // basically me in terms of voice and movement // leads from the head
- Starveling: bent knees // deep common voice // wears a hat // leads from pelvis
- Snout: has a double chin // higher voice with lisp // leads from shoulders
- Titania: free light movement // higher RP voice // leads from arms
As we finished the script last lesson, we went back to the beginning of the play to begin setting in properly. Our main aim was to add movement in to the scene so it wasn't too static, but not too much movement that it becomes confusing. We have used all of the space at all times, but really worked on proxemics to make our relationships clear to our audience - thus supporting our primary function to educate. Our tone of voice is extremely important as this is what will help our audience understand what we are saying. As well as proxemics and tone, our body language is essential for educating our audience, so we were conscious of how we stood and moved.
We spent a little bit of time on Rob's monologue today, working on his tone and portraying the meaning of what he is saying. We did add in a bit more comedy by the way Rob said paused before saying "qualities" - this formed an innuendo, but we had to remove this because it wasn't appropriate for a younger audience.
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