Rehearsal 2 - 09/01/24

9th January 2024

What I worked on today: 

My partner and I prepared by doing a warm up with the class, then followed a YouTube video for breathing exercises (https://youtu.be/VUjiXcfKBn8?si=yNtIjA5E3WdC-e5E) and did some stretches to relax our muscles and aid focus.  

We then ran through our scene - first with movement, trying not to look at our scripts. We did this a couple of times, then decided to do a read through without any movement to focus more on our characters' reactions and facial expressions.  

I tried to incorporate Stanislavski's Magic "If" into my performance, imagining how I would feel if put in these circumstances and how I might feel or react. I believe I was successful in taking into account the given circumstances of the scene as well, as I had previously read through the whole play and therefore had a good understanding of how the previous events may have affected my character in the scene. 

Moments of discovery or concerns/problems: 

I found that I struggled with staying in the moment and consistently incorporating naturalistic techniques. To overcome this I plan to practice using emotional memory, assigning a specific memory to each emotion my character goes through in the scene. 

My partner and I also felt that we were moving through the script too fast, and did not have enough pauses. I plan to overcome this by attempting to slow down and include more pauses in the script. 

In addition to this, I plan to look at and research different performances of our scene to see how they move around the set, as we were also concerned with movement.