06/11/15
We began this lesson with focus exercises. The first exercise consisted of walking around the room and responding to the teacher's instructions and directions at the same time. This exercise improved our spatial awareness as well as our ability to multi-task. Spatial awareness is essential in performing arts as it avoids collisions and injuries, and also makes formations more pleasing to the eye. Multi-tasking is also essential as performers may need to dance and sing and act all at the same time, whilst remembering blocking and cues. The next exercises involved us saying consecutive numbers, one at a time, without prompting anybody else. This exercise made us connect with one another, making a more easy and effective working environment.
After our exercises we began discussing costumes and set. We needed to discuss costumes to see what everybody had at home before we bought anything. We made a break-through with our set. We have decided that we shall have a couple of wooden blocks positioned DSL and DSR. On one side of the blocks we shall have a bush/hedge picture, on another side shall be a cider jar and maybe on another side a mound of dirt. Somebody will change the blocks positioning throughout the show so that the play so that the side facing the audience represented the location of the scene we were performing at that time.
Furthermore, I gave my role of Bunce to James today. This is because I had three parts (Bunce, rat and fox cub) whilst he only had two originally (fox cub and weasel) then his smaller role of Weasel then got cut (as it was not necessary). I then taught James what he had missed (stance, voice and scene synopsis). Not only was this nice for James as he has a larger role in the play, but it was nice for me as it took the pressure of a little bit as I have two roles in the play and I am also the costume designer.
