Me and Alex discussed how we would handle the progression into working on scenes that only contain a couple of the cast members. Now we have almost completed blocking the scenes that include the entire cast we are able to work on the Jan and Mark duologues as well as the Lea and Phil scenes and the members that are focused within the group can continue to learn and develop their characters and help each other. Knowing that from now I will be attending only the first hour of rehearsal we are splitting our time, I will be leading the majority of the first section of the rehearsal, continuing with the blocking of scene 5 and revisiting scene 1. Me and Alex feel that by going over scene 1 and scene 5 we enable the cast to get in touch with their characters, it also helps to develop the pace as the more they are rehearsing them the easier it will be for them to learn their lines. We also know that to get a whole group to come out of a set study time will be difficult compared to taking out the duologue characters. We then decided that I would take Jan and Mark as their scenes are a lot shorter than Lea's monologue so I would definitely be able to produce something with them, whilst I am doing this, Alex will take over with Lea and Phil developing their characters in their scenes.
Rehearsal
Mr Chipp lead a calming game of following the point. This needed focus and the aim was that whenever you found someone pointing at you, you had to point at someone else and this would continue until the whole group had joined in pointing. This linked to the theme of blame within 'DNA' nicely, as the entire group is keen to place blame on other characters in order to be part of the rest of the group.
We did not have Freya for this rehearsal who is playing Rachel, so whilst we did the run through of scene 1 I stepped in for her. I used this an opportunity to show how quickly the lines should come in after each other. This run through was also needed as since the holiday had passed little details had been forgotten and it was easy enough to remind them. One thing I am thinking of doing is a workshop on tone or actioning. I want the cast to understanding their lines and how they are trying to make the other person feel as I feel this will give the performance a more realistic Stanislavsky style.
We went through scene 5, which again had little mistakes. As we had stopped just before Adam's monologue we continued from that point. As he read through he was showing aspects of tone, but there needs to be more variation in order for the audience not to loose interest. It also occurred to me that the rest of the cast need to develop their reactions. This means I will talk to them in the next session about constantly being involved in the scene. During blocking sessions I understand they may drift off but in the run through's I think it is key they listen to what is going on and develop and characterize themselves to give the scene more energy and life.
I then worked with Daisy and Jake who are playing Jan and Mark. I started by talking to them a little more about their characters. I told them that they were the kind of friends who were inseparable, almost twin like. They are the balance of each other - whilst Jan is flustered and easily worried, Mark has a sense of calm and reassured understanding of situations. We started in chronological order.
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