Week 6 - Road

The main thing this week was going over the play and getting feedback. I got quite a bit of stuff I need to work on. I've been trying to get feeback from everyone to help me improve as much as I possibly can. We went through Doreen and Bald's scene for the first time today and I need to work on:

• Acting drunk
• Act like I'm up for a bit with Bald but not until he finds my keys
• Act a bit flirty
• Energy!
• Giggle and laugh a bit to show that you and Bald know each other and to show a bit of flirting
• Accent!!
• Get lines on point

I've started by going over the lines at home (Monday night/Tuesday) and now I have them all on point. Today (Wednesday) we went over our scene with Hannah who helped a lot. I've already improved so much with the acting and I have the accent for that scene now thanks to Hannah and going over it today in Sarah's lesson.There are just a few more things to work on like saying one in the accent. Issie gave me the great advice to make a O shape with my mouth which is helping Nikey also suggested putting my tougue behind my top front teeth and try saying it like that. I feel like during my scene with Jake there has been much improvement and you can tell I'm drunk and Hannah didn't have any bad feedback about it once we finished with it so hopefully it's all good. 

 

I now know the accents for most of my lines I just need learn it for mine and Joe's scene and my last scene with Doreen, Lane and Manfred. Then I have the accent for all my scene which I'm hoping to get help with tomorrow which is Thursday. After that all I need to sort out is my voice for Mrs Bald and get my outfit for Doreen and I'm sorted.

Today (Thurday) due to only having 2 hours at college we focused on the people who have monologues which was Frank, Kennedy, Soph, Nathan and Nikey. We watched them seperately and have them all good feedback as well as stuff to improve on. After we went through the play from the beginning. Before mine and Kennedys scene we decided to go on laughing and giggerling so just before we stepped on stage we said something funny to each other and then it triggered us off. I think it was a good move as it shows we're close friends who can have a good old laugh together and shows the relationship between our characters Lane and Doreen.

Then it was my scene with the proffessor which I haven't got the accent for yet, I was hoping to do that today but we didn't end up having time. I think the scenes was at it's best today, I did get some feedback from Laura saying to be more flirty and happy when speaking about the memories and the people so I think I'll go over that scene with Joe during the weekend.

I'm happy with how far I am at the moment because I have improved so much since the beginning of the play with the accent and everything. There are a few more things I need to work on with the accent and I need to put the accent with the scene I have with the proffessor. I have to try and conqor the tone for Mrs Bald which I'll do over the weekend. Then all I have to work on is the scene with Manfred and Lane because I'm not sure on the blocking or anything there so I have to figure that out and then I'm ready for the performance. I know what I'm having for my costume so I just need to get that and then I'm completely sorted.

Week 5 - Road

The key things we've done this week is blocking scenes and going over lines whilst working on the accent at the same time. We worked on the pre-show which will be all the characters on stage in a freeze frame of something from one of our scenes. For example me and Jake are looking for my keys which happens in the scene with Doreen and Bald when she's lost her keys. Joe and Matt as the professor and Scullery are talking to the audience before the show starts and then they come around to us.

 

My blocking is that after the pre-show I exit stage right and then come on bottom of stage right with Kennedy  for our scene with Scullery. We walk from the bottom of stage right up to the top where he is and try to climb the wall and then we finally do. I then exit that scene stage left and then enter stage left again for my scene with the professor and exit stage left again. I then go round to stage right in order for me to be Mrs Bald behind the curtains and then enter stage right again for my next scene with Kennedy and Nikey. We exit stage left and then I enter stage left for my scene with Jake and then we both exit stage left together.

 

We went through mine and Joe's scene as we've not yet gone through it and it went okay. I got some feedback about rushing so I need to slow it down a bit and I need to add the accent in. I know all my lines and I tried to add the accent when learning them but I find it hard without someone saying it first so I can repeat. Luckily though we're now doing the accent in voice so that should help me and I've been asking Phoebe as she's really good at it and I might ask Matt as well. I have tried watching people online but then I'm not really sure if I'm saying it right as they can't exactly tell me.

I now know what my outfit will be for Doreen, I'm going to wear pink leggings with maybe a skirt over the top with a pink or blue top, a leather jacket, heels with my hair curly. I also might wear some hoop earings but I'm not sure yet.

I'm also trying to come up with a different tone of voice for Mrs Bald, I'm want to try and speak like Howards mum from The Big Bang Theory but I'm so bad at accents and changing my voice that it is a challenge. I will get the tone of voice in the end though because it will be really funny and she's quite like Howards mum in my opinion.

Week 4 - Road

Costume for Mrs Bald - I have been told that whenever Mrs Bald speaks she is off stage so I don't really need to think of an outfit but if I were I would have a night because Mrs Bald is in bed trying to sleep during the play so a nighty would fit perfectly. For Mrs Bald though I do need to do a different voice for her then I do with Doreen so that's something I need to think about.

 

We went in groups at the beginning of the week to help each other with monologues and scenes so we could help them improve. Jake and I went through the scene with Doreen, Barry, Bald and Mrs Bald. Deborah has changed this scene so Barry is now Bald and Mrs Bald has been cut as I'm Doreen and Mrs Bald. Our first run through didn't go as well as I accidently played as Mrs Bald and Jake played as Blowpipe. When we were finally clear of our characters we did it again and Nathan and Matt who were in our group gave us some feedback. They said to make sure we bring across our characters, interact a bit more with the audience when looking for the keys and when Jake says "How you doing? Do you a fancy a bit?" in a none sexual way as he is Bald now in this scene and maybe refer to a drink in his hand. 

 

We did some work on my first scene with Lane and Scullery as we haven't worked on it. I also tried it with the accent which I did find difficult but then I went with Laura and I think I have it. I just need to remember how to say it in the accent so I will be going over it. We performed it in front of the class and got some feedback.

 

I'm happy with my feedback as there quite a few good feedback that I got and I'm going to work on the bad during the Easter break. I also went through my scene with Joe for the first time which was originally Lane and the professor but it's now Doreen and the professor. I find this scene a bit hard as it kind of changes my interpretation of Doreen because the scene is suppose to be with Lane. I think this scene could show how Doreen is up for as much as Lane is and she doesn't just follow Lane around everywhere. It will allow the audience to see Doreen without Lane and maybe understand her a bit better. I did get a bit of feedback from this which I didn't mind because it was my first time doing this scene so I wanted feedback. The feedback that most people said was to be flirty with the professor because in this scene Doreen wants to get money out of him by sleeping with him and then he starts talking about his work so Doreen knows she's not going to get anything so just forgets it and stops flirting.

 

 

During the Easter break I plan to learn my lines with the northern accent and to practice my scenes to see if I can do bigger gestures and expressions to show more of my character. I also want to try and get my outfit for when we go back. I hopefully will have the northern accent by the time I go back if I practise which I definitely plan to do.