Wednesday, 20 March 2013

Blocking - Act 1 - Scene 8

Me and Galileo enter from stage right Unaware that Brit and Meat are in hiding ready to catch us.
We speak the dialogue then once Galileo drops the bombshell of being friends it suddenly needs to become awkward with tension luming in the air. At this point of the scene we brake apart standing separate sides of the stage showing the divide between our relationship.

I need to be aware of the invisible barrier between me and Galileo in this scene as it will show a lot to the audience about our character and relationship.

We suddenly get caught by Brit and Meat where they capture us. Megan comes and grabs me from behind trying to restrain me from running away. When we divided this scene it didn't look real. But once Megan learnt her lines she didn't have a script in her hand and was able to restrain me with both hands, making it look more affective.  She finally lets me escape when she realises that gaz isn't a spy. At this point i run to gaz with fear.

This scene is very snappy so lines need to be learnt in order to run the scene smoothly, as well as the movement we have devised.

Blocking - Act 1 - Scene 6



Scene 6 - The hospital

Scene 6 is set in the hospital where me and Dylan start off laying down either side of one another myself being raised a tier higher. I get woken from Dylan's stutter then slowly rising to my knees. It is important in this scene for me to act slightly confused and disorientated as I'm not aware of the situation of why I'm here. 

Towards the middle of the dialogue i become more confident rising to me feet and taking a deeper look at the hospital, still aware Dylan is talking to me. Scaramouch doesn't have friends but after she meets Galileo there is tension and bond, which is recognised by both of them but they try to ignore that.

Before it gets too awkward we burst into the song 'UnderPressure' which is choreographed by Dylan himself. The scene finishes with Dylan all confident thinking he has won over Scaramouch with his charms and tests the boundaries by calling her 'baby' I'm not to happy with the arrangement so tell him not to ever call me that again.

This scene needs to be snappy as its just a quick introduction of Scaramouch and Galileo, but we have to be careful not to rush through the sarcastic and awkward moments as these characteristics are important in our characters. Dylan needs to make a stronger stutter so the audience are aware of it and shows that hes really nervous. I need to acknowledge more the fact that I'm talking to a stranger not a student in my class, once I'm aware that Dylan is a stranger it will help me act more puzzled with the situation.
On the You tube video Ive been researching props and at the beginning of this scene they both have a bandage around there Head to reinforce 'The hospital' idea. This will look great and effecive. When we wake up on the hospital beds we can easily remove them by unravelling them.

I also need to concentrate on my sarcasm towards Dylan, it needs to be stronger, more powerful and over the top as sarcasm is a huge characteristic of Scaramouch.

Wednesday, 6 March 2013

Blocking - Act 1 - Scene 2

Scene 2

I start my entrance from the back of the blocks bursting into song 'I want to break free' reprise. This song is followed on by my choreography of 'Somebody to love'  with the teen queens. The song is demanding and i wasn't able to reach the notes, i was gutted as this is my only song sang on my own but with help of my singing teacher Lena she will help me to reach the notes that I'm unable to achieve at the moment.

I felt this rehearsal was productive as both casts got to have a rehearsal of this scene allowing the teen queens to practise as well, taking into consideration that the teen queens wont be at every rehearsal because they are years 12 (year below) and arn't scheduled to be in the time we have a lesson to rehearse. This is a problem but many of them are dedicated to Musical Theatre and are quite happy to come into college in there spare time.

After reassesing this scene i need to be more aggressive towards the gaga kids, and apply more attitude and sarcasm to show im different from the rest of them.
By watching Youtube clips online has inspired my accent and my whole persona as a character.