06/12/16 Lesson Analysis

On 6/12/16 we scheduled two hours to run through as much of the blocking as we could for We Will Rock You with my cast, which meant that I was Killer Queen. At the beginning of the rehearsal I ensured that I was energetic when I was needed to make sure that we could run through the scene as quickly as possible with the right amount of energy that allowed everyone to focus on what they were doing so that although we were aiming to work quickly, everyone was still able to understand their parts. During 'Killer Queen' I helped the rest of the cast, the Yuppies, with the dance to make sure that  everyone was sure in what they were doing, and this created a calm environment because we were working together as opposed to against each other which overall made the song look better, and the dance timing was more effective because it portrayed the robot idea we want to include to the show.

When I wasn't in a scene I made sure that I was quiet and respectful to others when they were running scenes in order to make sure that we worked effectively. I also made sure that I was preparing my lines for the next scene and running through the blocking, again to make sure that we could run the scene quickly and effectively ensuring that we are confident with the blocking in that scene. The scene was 'It's a kind of magic' we had choreographed a dance with this number, however a lot of us had forgotten the order of it and it took us a while to pick it up again. I feel that the reason it took us a long time to learn it was because of some peoples negative approach to running through it and the lack of motivation that came with that, causing everyone else's energy levels to drop which had a negative effect on our continuation of the rehearsal. However, we were able to overcome this and I personally tried to bring the energy levels back up by putting more effort into my part in hope of bringing everyone's focus back. This was successful as we were eventually able to continue the rehearsal effectively, and we were able to get through half of act one by the end of the rehearsal. I feel that positivity is important when working as an ensemble because it means that everyone will work together efficiently to get more work done, and in our case it would mean that we could run more scenes successfully, and use team work to make sure that everyone is happy with what they are doing.

In preparation for the next rehearsal I am going to make sure that I am confident with the blocking and the dances so that the same doesn't happen again and that we can have a fluent rehearsal without too many pauses.