Week 6

We started by finishing off blocking act 4 and then did a full run through of the whole play. Starting with acting 4, then 3 on Wednesday as well as 1 and 2 on Thursday. This week was mainly to go over all the scenes, change what needed to be changed and to make sure everything was done and sorted for the performance week which is next week.

In order to help us with the movements for our character's Karen had us do three movements that our characters would do and we walk around the room doing them. To set our minds straight so we could do this Karen had us close our eyes and imagine our character in front of us and slowly walking towards us. To enable me to pick my three movements I thought of what I had found out about Holly already. Then I thought of some of her lines and her attitude towards things to help me finally choose what movements I wanted to do to show my character of Holly. My first movement was my right knee bent so I was lent to that side and I pretended to look at a phone or tablet. I did this because throughout the play Holly is on the phone or recording John so I thought it would be the perfect movement for her. My second movement was me still lent to the side but I was looking at my nails. I picked this movement to show that Holly had no interest in what was going on in that moment. I used this to show she was bored because I feel that when she is bored she wouldn't want to make eye contact with anyone and just completely zone out. My final movement was hands on hips. This was to show off Holly's attitude because when you see someone put their hands on their hips you get the feeling that they are annoyed and heroic because she wants to have all the attention.

This week I was able to achieve my goal of learning all my lines for the whole play which was obviously very important because we're performing next week. I have also succeed in developing my character on stage and taking her away from me by not doing the things I do and giving her a bit of an attitude. I luckily know all my ques and entrances ready for next weeks performance.

I still haven't decided on my hair style for Holly and I'm hoping to look up some hair styles that I don't do normally with my hair so I'm taking it away from me again. I'm thinking of maybe putting my hair up since I never wear it up and it would be showing my development of my character. It also puts it out of my face so you can see my facial expressions more clearly and it stops me playing with it throughout the play as well.

My goals for next week is to go over anything I don't feel as confident with and to still try and develop my character even more when on stage. I also need to focus more whilst on stage and not look at audience members and focus on the scene I'm in. I need to make sure I project and make sure I don't mumble in order for the audience to hear my clearly.