We did a run through once we got into costumes. As this was the first time putting on the costumes, some didn't fit or were too difficult to move in so some people have to try get some other things to wear. We didn't do a warm up so we weren't more flexible or energised.
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NOTES
- Didn't warm up so too tired at beginning
- Like the overlapping lines but need to look at the way they say them
- Need a transition between fragmented monologue to the mirrored chair duet
- Need to include the relationship between Jane and Dave in fragmented monologue and include Dave's jealousy
- Need the boys to react more to Meredith and Jane's monologues
- Need to show that the boys being up all night
- Then need to show the passage of time from 7am to Jane coming into the bar
- Laurent saying 'she doesn't have friends'
- Laurent and Charles need more energy in their voice
- Scene 9 and 10 need help
- Charles hair in eyes
- Could have the Brighton folk in the brother's bar - Marie planning the wedding
- Fred puts the music on because joke didn't make sense
- Need a scene between Dave telling Harry about Meredith cheating to Harry telling Meredith to get up
- Possibly have yoga with Marie and Meredith planning wedding
- Charles react more to the speech to Marie
- Have music playing after everyone says Happy Engagement - plays - all awkward and silent with "I think I wanna marry you" playing - Fred turns it off
- Jane accents
SCENE 2-3
There isn't enough of an introduction to my character so we've decided to add in a little bit of context into the boys' fragmented monologues. When they say "boys", Amelie and I come in and hug our significant others and James explains our relationship. This is a good transition to scene 3. James also suggested that we start the mirrored chair duets too soon so with this new transition, it works quite well and lets us have the music playing for a little longer.
SCENE 5
We've added in a short monologue for my character before she goes into the bar to see Dave. This shows the passage of time as the scene before makes it appear that it's very early in the morning but this technique helps to show it's later on in the day. I felt like my character was too much like myself so I've exaggerated an accent so that the whole characterisation is different.
WARM UP
After lunch we did an actual warm up. First we did some solo stretching to loosen our bodies and then we got into pairs. In these pairs, one person had to hold the other person's wrists and try to keep them away from touching their shoulders. We then switched who was holding and who was trying to hit the shoulders. Then we did an exercise where we had to hold hands in a circle besides one person. That person had to try touch a specific person in the circle but everyone in the circle had to keep that person safe. It was a lot of effort and warmed us up.
SCENE 9
This scene is a bit lost within the plot so we've attempted to rephrase it and make it more prominent. Then we did some improvisation with Amelie, Silvana and I to pretend we see each other for the first time in a while. After completing that scene, it just still seemed a bit too lost so we've scrapped it and now they're going to see each other in the bar. We had to change a few lines from the previous scene to make it work however, it's not too much. Now it goes from Seth and Silvana's scene to a split scene of the bar, then James shows the passage of time in audience address and then Seth and Silvana being in the bar planning the party. There isn't the meeting point now which helps.
RUN THROUGH
We then did some more run throughs to help us some more. In this run through, we tried altering some scenes as we went along.
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There isn't enough of an introduction to my character so we've decided to add in a little bit of context into the boys' fragmented monologues. When they say "boys", Amelie and I come in and hug our significant others and James explains our relationship. This is a good transition to scene 3. James also suggested that we start the mirrored chair duets too soon so with this new transition, it works quite well and lets us have the music playing for a little longer.
SCENE 5
We've added in a short monologue for my character before she goes into the bar to see Dave. This shows the passage of time as the scene before makes it appear that it's very early in the morning but this technique helps to show it's later on in the day. I felt like my character was too much like myself so I've exaggerated an accent so that the whole characterisation is different.
WARM UP
After lunch we did an actual warm up. First we did some solo stretching to loosen our bodies and then we got into pairs. In these pairs, one person had to hold the other person's wrists and try to keep them away from touching their shoulders. We then switched who was holding and who was trying to hit the shoulders. Then we did an exercise where we had to hold hands in a circle besides one person. That person had to try touch a specific person in the circle but everyone in the circle had to keep that person safe. It was a lot of effort and warmed us up.
SCENE 9
This scene is a bit lost within the plot so we've attempted to rephrase it and make it more prominent. Then we did some improvisation with Amelie, Silvana and I to pretend we see each other for the first time in a while. After completing that scene, it just still seemed a bit too lost so we've scrapped it and now they're going to see each other in the bar. We had to change a few lines from the previous scene to make it work however, it's not too much. Now it goes from Seth and Silvana's scene to a split scene of the bar, then James shows the passage of time in audience address and then Seth and Silvana being in the bar planning the party. There isn't the meeting point now which helps.
RUN THROUGH
We then did some more run throughs to help us some more. In this run through, we tried altering some scenes as we went along.
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