09/12/16 Lesson Analysis

On 09/12/16 We had an all day rehearsal in which we planned to run through act 2 twice, once with my cast and again with the other cast. I thought that this would be useful because it meant that after this rehearsal we would have run through the show twice, once with one cast and again with the other.

When we were running through with my cast I felt that it was a bit slow because a lot of us got confused either with blocking or forgot lines, and I feel that this was because of lack of focus in previous rehearsals. To improve this I made sure that when I wasn't on I went over my lines and prepared for the next scene. I feel that there were some issues in the scene leading up to 'another one bites the dust' because I forgot a lot of the smaller blocking ideas, such as flicking Kashoggi's glasses and wearing them, and I think that to improve this I am going to prepare for each scene out of lesson by writing blocking in my script. I think that this was unprofessional because it made others wait which effected their time and we had a lot more to get through, and when working as an ensemble I think that it is important to consider everyone else as well as yourself and what you are doing so that everyone gets through what they need.

After we finished act 2 with my cast, as usual after a few hours of rehearsal everyone seemed to loose energy and I feel that this is a reoccurring situation in rehearsals, so I suggested that we did another improvisation game to get everyone's energy levels up. This worked effectively because at the end of the game (same one as the previous rehearsal) everyone was energised, focused and ready to rehearse again. I think that it would be effective therefore to continue improvisation games throughout rehearsals so that everyone stays focused and we can work as a team to make this happen.

When we ran through act two again, we got to the end of the act and the final scene, however one of the main characters in that scene Pop, wasn't there so I volunteered to step in so that everyone else had an idea of what was happening around them and could visualise it, which I think is important as well as just listening to the lines, to see it as well so that the ensemble know what is happening and how to react effectively. This was good because we eventually completed the scene.

To improve for next lesson I would like to work on my focus as sometimes I feel that although it is important to keep energy levels up, it is also important to focus on the work and I feel that sometimes I get distracted and this distracts others. To work as an ensemble I think that I need to make sure that I am working well so that others do as well and we get more done. To achieve this I am going to read through the script and blocking out of rehearsals so that next time we rehearse I will be ready and won't distract others in a negative way.