During the seminar, in a group of three it was taken in turns to direct, act and observe, different scenes that had been given to us.
I made notes on all the practical work that was undertaken during the seminar, and the notes can be seen here:
Observer Notes:
Scenario 4
- Cohesion between director and actor and the passive ideas are very interesting.
- Actor relies heavily on use of body language where beats are in use.
- Director has good communication skills so can direct the actor in the right direction.
- Final Acting: Actor pacing up and down, realistic performance.
Scenario 5
- Director keen to get his point across.
- Good level of depth of input from actor for ideas.
- Final Acting: Actor with specific use of facial expressions – brings pain and anguish to role.
Scenario 6
- Actor intent on bringing a personal experience to ‘get him going’ for this scenario
- Whilst words are present, the actor delivers his performance with eye contact, to whom he is speaking to.
- Final Acting: Director and actor combined with ideas for performance to be given with actions being more important than words.
Change of Actor and Director:
Scenario 1
- Actor explains how scenario in reality would work for him.
- Director sets the scene; eerie dark room, actor not altogether ‘with it’.
- Final Acting: Actor’s personal experiences help bring he performance to life.
Scenario 2
- Director says use of props specifically a watch are very important for this scenario to show the audience the impatience and nerves of the actor.
- Actor explains he can relate to the situation.
- Final Acting: Good dramatisation, actor got across his nervousness
Change Of All Roles
Director Notes:
Scenario 3
- Important to get the point across that the extra is foreign, by using stereotypes of the foreigner so that the audience recognizes this a lot quicker.
- Extra has to look via using his body language, lost.
- Main actor has to look confident about where he is, so he can look in the position to give instructions. Strong upright posture, head tilted upwards, specifically not down.
- Rehearsal: I altered the length of distance the actor walked to meet the extra.
- Final Acting: Worked well, and was convincing.
