WEEK 2
This week we continued working on our duologue's with our partners, since my partner (Prince) had Territory rehearsals we couldn't really do much in our rehearsal process, so what I decided to in the mean time was to keep going over my lines and thinking about the way I deliver them as well as just sticking to one thing. Also I was thinking of possible things that I would consider putting in our piece such as things I could be doing in the bit of the script when I am doing press ups at the beginning which opens our scene, instead of that I thought about skipping at the beginning instead of opening which would probably bring more of an effect towards the audience so they get a sense of where me & Prince are. The problem with that idea is that no one would really be skipping in there living room, so instead of having that idea I decided to stick with me just doing press ups. Also the bit when Nathan (My Character) lifts weights, I changed that idea to me just doing sit ups, probably with a medicine ball. The reason why I cut the idea of me lifting weights is because I had to think hard of my surroundings and whether it would make sense to the audience, most likely the first years would think that me & Prince are in a gym and also they will be thinking to themselves ''Why is Prince bringing cocaine into the gym'' and over here that is where things will start to look a bit tacky. So we had to remind ourselves just to keep it simple and straight forward. There was quite a lot that we had to think about and how we could make our piece appealing to our audience. Monday in Yusuf's lesson each pair had to get up and show what they have done so far so we can give each other feedback and help each other in any area.
After Esther & Ahmed showed their piece me & Prince got up, it wasn't blocked properly but it was just something we came up with together. After we performed our piece we got constructive feedback from our peers saying that what we've got is good so far and that it's interesting, quite funny, as I was up performing this we got a few laughs at the right time and it was exactly what I expected played with the comedic elements with this along with the serious elements. Although this whole situation that the characters Austin & Nathan are in was a serious situation, I still played along with the comedic elements. The things we had to work on mainly was our moments and how we deliver our lines to each other, Prince was fine but for me there were specific things that I had to work on which were characterisation, and my reactions. Also the bit when I notice Prince sniffing cocaine I had to take a 5 second pause before I delivered that line because what I done is that I went straight into ''What the fuck?, what are you doing?, this is my mums table you can't be doing this here!'', on that line I had to be more shocked and build on that suspense a bit more (Surprising the audience) so that the audience also get a feel of where this conflict between Austin & Nathan leads to. Overall everybody liked what me & Prince's piece, but the only problem is that we were down on props which I was sorting out.
MY PROPS
(Pears powder for use of Cocaine), I was actually supposed to use icing sugar but unfortunately I didn't have any at home so I decided to use baby powder
Fake Cocaine
My Sweat Towel
PERFORMANCE REVIEW
The performance went well, me and Prince had our props and costumes ready, we went over our lines a couple of times and things didn't really go wrong. During the performance I felt comfortable and relaxed on stage I took a breath before I delivered my lines and I was aware of things around me if things went wrong because when we were after Esther & Tracy, I couldn't really see anything as I was setting up for our scene, there were stuff on stage that were a bit messy and I had to be extremely careful in case I accidently knock down a glass bottle. what was on stage since it was all dark. As I was performing I was thinking about the way how I deliver my lines and how it should engage with the first years but we got a good reaction from the audience and they seemed to be interested in our piece. Although I our scene was originally supposed to be serious and dramatic, when I said my line ''This is my mums table you can't be doing this here!'', all of a sudden I just here laughter, I don't know whether they were laughing at or with me but I know that I couldn't just be serious throughout otherwise our piece wouldn't look as good as me & Prince would expect so I had to go with it and entertain/surprise the first years a bit more. I think the reason why they found that bit funny is because they know how I can be reality about being a ''mummies boy'' and I'm so secure with myself, what I did to keep the audience engaged with our piece is that I used a bit of the reality side of me and adapted it into our piece and from seeing the reaction from the audience I can see it worked and it was effective. However Prince also did great and it was clear that they noticed his character (Austin) as a drug dealer and he too played around with the comedic element that he was getting from the audience. Although he missed his first line ''Another drink now is it?'' and went straight to ''don't you ever get tired of drinking that?, I just carried on (Improvisation skill). Also people found Prince really funny and it was a shock when they found out that his character was a drug dealer and it was exactly what we expected which was to surprise our audience more. For some people they were not surprised after what they saw in Territory Prince playing a school bully, but what he done is that he played in a comedic way to grab the audience attention. What made the audience jump off there seats is when I poured the cocaine (Actually baby powder) and said I was going to sniff some with him but I actually don't and pour it on the floor that it was entertained the first years/staff. At the end of our scene we had a technical difficulty since whoever was back there doing the lights didn't know what our queue was, again we improvised that bit with me telling him ''You know what just get out my house'' and Prince kicking the snow at me, that bit of the ending killed the audience with laughter but the good thing is they didn't know that wasn't supposed to end like that. Me & Prince got positive feedback from the audience saying that our piece was really good, it was understandable funny and truthful. All other groups also got positive feedback.
Out of 10 I would give this a 9 and a half :)
This week's been fine............
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