Rehearsal Notes (24th March)

24th March, 2016

Rehearsal Notes: what were some of the issues of this rehearsal? 

• Breathing sequences: a lot of people had their breathing sequences wrong and were breathing at the wrong time. Therefore, this broke up thoughts and made it harder for the audience to understand what was being said on stage.                                                                              Solution: Don't breathe at the end of Shakespearian lines unless there is punctuation. 
• Giving lines emotion: lines spoken didn't have enough emotion or passion in and this made the scenes boring and hard to engage with, especially if you were offstage observing.            Solution: Have an opinion about what you're saying: pronounce vowels more to give you vocal tone; use good diction to make what you're saying clear; be emotionally connected what you're saying (this will give you colour) and use iambic pentameter so you know where the important words are in a line.
• Spatial awareness: a lot of the time in a scene, actors would clump together in one space when there was a lot of room on the stage to play in. This made the scene less visually pleasing and less engaging.                                                                                                                         Solution: Play your objective and you will naturally spread out; use your peripheral vision so if you see any actors clumped near you, you can spread out and remember you don't always have to be stood near someone when talking to them, it is more powerful to be stood further away from someone when talking to them (shows status).
• Cues were slow: many people missed their cues or weren't sure when their scenes were, making the rehearsal process slower.                                                                                   Solution; When offstage, be looking through your script, checking for when your next scene is and be ready to come on knowing your objective and with energy.