In this lesson, we started with a warm up where we walked around the room being someone who was late for work. We were given instructions whilst we were moving, meaning we had to change our physicality or alter our mood quickly. This helped because we had a to act first to get into character, these skills can then be applied for when we are getting into character before the performance.
We also had a debate where we discussed racial divide. One half of the room was for and the other against. As I was on the against side, it made coming up with arguments easier as they were my actual opinion. During the debate, it was interesting to hear the points for racial divide because it was something they didn't actually believe in. The debate made me realise how much freedom of speech we have, whereas in noughts and crosses, people feared to say how they actually felt. It shows the unfairness of the situation which really helped my focus.
The run throughout of the play went very well. Although some people forgot their lines and my partner lost her voice, the progress we have made has shown through the performance. I feel as if I am completely comfortable with the staging, my lines and my characters physicality. However I can still progress my development of facial expression.
In reflection to the targets set last week, I really worked on my projection and made sure none of my words were mumbles. I responded to what Anya was saying by responding physically whilst she was saying her line, rather then waiting for my line to alter my facial expression. Something I failed to do was learn my subtext, which I will be learning in the days leading up to the final performance.
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