YR 2. SHAKESPEARE SCENES: MACBETH FIGHT SCENE EVALUATION
On Wednesday 23rd October all of us had our 10-20 minute Classical Shakespeare text pieces, from the Elizabethan era. Before we started our scenes we had classical music playing in the background whilst all of us actors/actresses were changing, wishing each other luck and warming up on stage. This was Shakespearean style/Theatre while we were warming up on stage, what the actors used to do before every performance they would get changed into there costumes or do vocal exercises while the audience is waiting for the show to begin. The opening/introduction to me and Prince' fight scene was very well we used the whole space since we didn't have any tables/chairs-all we had was our cains. Also there were no mistakes in this opening so I assume this was a solid start. I think I did quite well in the opening of our scene, I had to remind myself to just relax, loosen up and clear away the stress and tension from my body before I delivered my line ''Turn Hell-Hound Turn!!!'', and after I said this line everyone was able to hear me which means that my projection was there and it had to fill the whole Drama studio so that people could hear me at the back of the room. Also I had to make sure that I breathe before I went on stage and said my line, by doing this I felt more relaxed & refreshed. Prince also did a brilliant job as well, he had good control of the space, thought process and great awareness. I don't remember the energy dropping from both of us, despite that I knocked Prince's Cain towards the audience both of us still worked through the problem and maintained our energy throughout so that the 1st Years do not switch off or loose interest in our piece. Another mistake that happened at the last fight scene is that I accidently hit Prince in the face with the cain and reacted to it very well as if it was part of our piece but it wasn't, but the good thing is is that no one knew about it. As I kill Prince at the end, I think I screwed up big time because when I go to stab him in his rib cage I missed the first strike and styled it out and went for the stomach instead. Again I'm, happy that no one noticed, except Tyler because he has been working on it with us. During the performance I felt comfortable on stage, the pace was going quick and my energy did not drop. Overall I think both of us did good but I still think that could have done more with my physicality because it is my first time doing a fight scene/stage combat I think the staff expect me not to do great with it. However Prince is 100x better than me at this and has experience since he was in Blood Wedding, a tragic play which had alot of fighting in it. I personally think that our piece looked a bit tacky but what I am happy about the most is that we kept the 1st Years engaged with our scene and they were really into it.
After we performed our piece both of us got a huge round of applaud and got some great feedback from the audience saying that our fight scene was really good and they asking us questions on how we did it and who choreographed it. Thanks to Tyler & Alex (Tyler mainly) our piece looked good it was sharp. Overall I think both us did brilliantly and again we knew our stuff. Not just me & Prince the whole class did great !. Out of 10 I would give an 8.
My Strengths
* I didn't forget my lines
* The projection was there
* Emotional connection, Intent
* I kept the energy going
* We used the whole space
* I had my prop ready
* Our staging was on point, we opened up and we didn't block each other
* We made the corrections from Alex, Yusuf and Tyler
* The pace was quick and the scene didn't drag
My Weaknesses
* I feel that I could have done a lot more with the fight scene to make our piece more interesting, instead of just delivering my lines with the intention
* Clarity!!, After our performance Gary said that our point we have to work on is clarity because most of the 1st years didn't understand what we were saying at times. So that's a main thing we all have to work on
* Also I feel that I could have done more with my physicality-Physicality has always been my main problem.
Preparation/Rehearsals
I pretty much enjoyed rehearsals, with our fight scene we could do a lot with it and we tired different things with our piece. At times I struggled with this fight scene because 1. Lack of experience, 2. My physicality and 3. I wasn't loose enough. It took about 3 weeks for me to work on my physicality and loosen up. Also getting into the character of Macduff was quite tough because me and Prince have got to want to kill each other look at each other as enemies. Outside class we're close mates but in class/rehearsals we are enemies. For me to get into the character of Macduff I used the Stanislavski technique which was to think of someone I didn't like in my secondary school and imagine that Prince is that person so that I am able to draw a believable emotion our performance. This exercise actually worked, each time I had to avoid Prince and just don't talk to him. People thought that both of us had fallen out since we are close buddies, by them thinking that it means that this exercise is working perfectly. On certain days it was quite hard for me because Prince missed some days because he was ill which meant that I had to take responsibilities and make sure that he was in because it is not fair on somebody who is willing to work and their partner is not here even when they have a main part and know that they're supposed to come in. This started to annoy me because last year Prince wasn't like this, always on time and willing to work but now it's shocking, maybe because something is going on at home. Overall it was nothing major, I just hope that it doesn't continue for the next project when we do our Film & TV unit.
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