As we are following the style of practitioner Stanislavsky we want to create the realistic speak patterns that would occur and as the situation is very panicked, this will require the ability to say their line with little space between the two but without the pace of the spoken line being too quick to understand. It is this idea of 'quick sparking' responses in which Alex work shopped through a number of paired activities spotting good character balances for the characters of those of Mark and Jan who must have a strong ability to bounce of each other to fulfil our ideas for those characters. He also made the topic of conversation to do with their dealing with a tricky situation similar to the play which helped to see our casts initial reactions.
From this we talked about how we would want to schedule for the entire process to be. For this we decided to work backwards so we knew the aim and could decide where it should be before it gets the next stage. Here is the final aim for each week on a rough guide of having 8 weeks.
Week 2 - workshop - read through - look at script
Week 3 - work on script sections
Week 4 - work on script sections
Week 5 - work on script - fully blocked
Week 6 - script down - develop tone and body language
Week 7 - script down - tidy
Week 8 - full run through, no script, dress?
We then decided to plan into more detail the closer weeks so we had a better idea which we could then change or elaborate on when we start rehearsals. We also agreed that doing a group game or activity at the beginning of each rehearsal was essential for them to feel like a whole cast and make them work well together. Games such as 'zip zap boing' that awaken focus and being alert and ones we aim to play in order to contribute to the performance.
For week 2 we wanted to develop the feeling of guilt through characterisation, so we decided that if we created a workshop that allowed them to take on one of the characters we think they'd suit and then they could use Stanislavsky's 'what if?' method in order to adopt those features and how the character they would adapt when they have the feeling of guilt.
We plan make give them the slip of paper, enter the room to where they can lay down and become the character, we will then introduce the feeling of guilt and explain how they must keep the characters personality traits and show how they would deal with the feeling of guilt. We will then ask them to sit on a chair that is lit, and Alex will become a figure of accusation that spurs on the feelings of guilt. From this we can see if they suit the characters we gave them, although we must take into consideration we are giving them a very filtered version of their character, it also might show us more interesting ideas to do with character traits that may be usable for the play.
After this work shop we aim to do a read through of our half of the script, we will give them a five minute break where me and Alex can discuss if we think the characters still fit and then we can bring them back to read. If we then have time, we will aim to start blocking scene 5 which involves all of the cast members. Hopefully they will receive a copy of their script as we are following the script closely and want them to be able to start learning their lines as soon as possible.
We also figured out who was needed in each scene, that way when it came to deciding who we needed to work with we could see what everyone could do in order to create a fulfilling rehearsal.
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