Looking over what me and Alex have left to do, it is still only the end of scene 5 and the Lea and Phil scenes that need completing. We also want to work on the thought behind lines, we feel this will help with the expression of the lines including their tone. With the Phil and Lea scenes we want to show the developing corruption of Lea's faith within Phil. This happens in the scene where there is actually no talking.
Rehearsal
The cast members that play Cathy and Lea were not at rehearsals due to other commitments, this meant it was hard to complete what me and Alex wanted to do as both carry major roles within the parts we still have left to block. We didn't want to do the group scenes and have us stand in for them as they we didn't feel the cast would benefit from this as they are the ones that carry the scene. Instead, we decided to do a workshop revolving around their characters tone.
We sat in a circle and one by one I asked them to choose five of their lines from various points within the play. This was a great way to see who also felt most confident with their lines. I then sent them to separate parts of the room so they could go over those fives lines. I then told them to remove context from the line, take them a way from the situation that they are actually from and think about how that might change the way they are said. For example, one of Phil's lines is 'do you want to go?' - in context he is referring to where Adam would like to be, it is a serious question that carries a lot of consequence. If we replace this with a different context, such as, asking a girl to come home after a night out, the tone and delivery of the line would be very different. We then re-grouped, and I told them to go round saying one line at a time, and changing the tone for each one. I then set up a line of chairs, I then gave them numbers and switched so that when they said their lines in the number order or would come from a more interesting pattern then one after the other in a line.
I then videoed this.
I then videoed this.
To develop it into something more interesting to watch we added actions to mimic each tone or line, this meant exaggerated the feeling within the delivery. I felt that this was a successful way to get the cast to think about the meaning and motives behind there lines. This will mean that they will be able to get a more realistic delivery. I think this will help when we go back to running through the scenes as they will be able to take that knowledge and bring it through the rest of their lines.
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