Exercises from today and Mondays lessons before rehearsals....
Facial expression exercise: This exercise we learned in Monday's lesson, with 1st and 2nd years all in one. We all had to walk around the studio space and then stop whenever asked to, and focus on ONE person in the room and copy exactly what they do with their face! And if they are copying another person in the room which basically everyone was, we not only had to copy what they were copying from whoever they were looking at, we had to completely copy everything they do, like scratching their head, blinking, itching, sneezing ect
It was SO funny, as you really notice just how many different faces and movements people make sub consciously.
This exercise encouraged focus and concentration on each other, and it also made me feel very ready to rehearse our Shakespeare performance, as I was in the zone and very focused.
This exercise was very funny but also was useful, as it made you aware of your facial expressions when acting, and as an actor I feel I use my facial expressions quite a lot, to show how I feel, rather than always using dialogue to express how I feel.
I feel when acting as Viola, she uses her facial expressions to portray to the audience and other characters how she feels. And this exercise has helped me to always remember to portray my emotions through my facial expressions and body language, and not just through voice.
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