Today when working with Sharron, our other co tutor, me and my group worked on adding movement to make the piece less bland. We added a lift to make the transition of coming onto the stage and moving into our freeze frame. The use of Absent focus gave the impression that we were outside Madea's house. We used levels, for example I stood on a chair and used my hands near my face to make it seem that I was peering through a window.
Feeding back from the rest of the group , we were told our levels were good and convincing. The use of Tableau in our group worked well as we all became p[art of the cast; everyone looked like they were doing what they were meant to be doing. Everyone came together as an Ensemble and made the piece look as realistic as possible.
However , we could have projected at certain points vocally especially when there were points of anger between the characters exclaiming how Madea kidnapped her own child and locked herself in her house. We could have developed our character types to make ourselves look individual other than blending in with everyone else.
What I learnt in todays lesson was that Teamwork is essential. If one person pulls the weight like everyone else it can let the side down. It is known to man that "many hands make lights work" ; it works for a performance wise as well. If the weight of effort is distributed equally then that can make a difference on the quality of the piece.
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