I showed Sav the video I put onto my last blog of Viola and Olivia, and we both really like how playful and witty the scene is, and we want to re create this in our own way. Through our movements and through our acting.
Games we have used to rehearse our scene...
- Servant and master(leading and following) This game has helped us add a lot of fun into our scene and it helps us both to get more involved with our characters. I like playing this game as it makes the scene much more comfortable and humorous. When rehearsing we have used Viola as the servant and Olivia as the master. Viola will keep her distance from Olivia, whereas Olivia uses much more space, as she is a higher status and is always trying to come closer to Viola, probably in order to intimidate her! We then interpreted leading and following into this scene, so either Viola or Olivia will copy the gestures the other character does throughout the scene, it is like a competition between the two women and it is so funny during rehearsals. Sav and I both have a lot of fun with this scene and I feel confident about this scene as we both enjoy it very much, and this is key to creating a strong piece of theatre, as we are both very into it and I feel this will definitely show on the night of the performance
- The balancing game(axis)This game helped us to block the scene and use the space well, this game is all about keeping the balance on the stage, and also has leading and following involved as well, when playing this game during the scene, we were both focused on each other, so our concentration levels were high, which means the scene was a lot better for both of us.We want to explore how far the characters can push each other in this scene and this game is a real test of concentration and complicity, as we both have to use the space evenly and keep it balanced.
Reflecting on today's rehearsal, I feel the scene is getting better and better every time we do it, we need to up the level of play in this scene, as the more play is better! We also need to be completely off script and I want to set myself the target of coming completely off script by the end of this week(30.1.15) and to make progress on my gestures and how to make myself walk and stand like a man, or like a woman pretending to be a man!
For the rest of the lesson, we were working with the 1st years and were put into groups of our characters. I was with Chloe, Cat, Jo and Courtney- we are all playing Viola. We were asked to pick one line from each of our scenes that are significant to the character. I chose "ABOVE MY FORTUNES, YET MY STATE IS WELL. I AM A GENTLEMAN" As this line is key to Viola in my scene as she is pretending to be a man, and that is her main objective. The line we all agreed to chose was Chloe's line "I WILL DO MY BEST, TO WOO YOUR LADY"
This I do not feel was the right choice as the sub text was not strong enough,and some of us misinterpreted the line. Viola is very reluctant to do this for Orsino as she is in love with him, but she will do anything for him, for this very same reason. But we misunderstood this and portrayed it in a flirtatious way, when it should of been in a sad and disappointed manner as Viola does not want to lose Orsino to Olivia.
We did originally chose my line, but changed it at the last minute. We should of stuck with my line as the sub text is much more obvious to the audience and was humorous and witty. In future, personally I will try not to just interpret things without thinking, I feel this exercise was rushed and we did not have enough time to really understand the line and we kind of just improvised it without thinking deep into the meaning of the line. But it was good to work with the 1st years more closely and to hear everyone's interpretations of Viola.
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