In this lesson we continued blocking my scenes with Ferdinand and Prospera. My main focus personally was my energy, because I felt that in order to project towards the audience I needed to have high energy levels. I think that because the rehearsal space isn't outdoors and isn't as big as BOAT theatre, it is easy to play the characterisation down to suit the space you are in, however it is important to project as though I am already at BOAT so that the movements feel more natural and the audience can hear and see what I am doing and saying clearly.
As the rehearsal progressed, I begun to adapt my concept of my character to suit what Max, who is playing Ferdinand, began to find a new concept for his. These new characters changed from the classic young characters in Shakespeare's plays, like Romeo and Juliet, who carry the story of finding new love throughout the play, and changed to a comedy awkward couple, to represent a stereotypical awkward young couple meeting for the first time, and trying to flirt, but being unsuccessful. To portray this I looked into creating different movements and gestures such as touching Max's hair, and hitting his arm, to not only show that my character Miranda is unsure what to do, but to also to show the fact that Miranda has spent nearly the whole of her life on the island and hasn't met another human other than Prospera. I think that this concept works well because it adds comedy to the characters, which is one of my strengths in performing which ultimately, raises the energy levels which is what I wanted to work on, therefore making the movements and dialogue clearer and easy to understand for a modern day audience.
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