In today's lesson we rehearsed in the hall on the stage to further work on our projection, and after performing Rent it became very apparent that projection is definitely something we need to work on because the majority of us could not be heard over the speakers - I find projection very difficult on the lower notes but I'm think I'm too bad on the higher notes because I can push more air out much easier on higher notes. I found Tango Maureen the hardest in terms of volume and projection, because it is quite low and there is obviously a lot of movement and complex choreography within it, therefore I find it hard to focus on the choreography as well as focussing on my dynamics and projection.
We then staged 'Life Support', I personally love this song - I think it is a song that just helps explain to the audience the problems within the community and kind of an explanation to all this struggling. In terms of my character, Mark, I think for him it's a song that also helps him understand the problems, but then reflects on his own problems. For the staging, we were on steel decking downstage left, and we kind of just sing out to the audience. I think the simplicity of this number helps the audience understand the song and the meaning more, and also us as the actors, because I think any complex movements would take away that feeling of grief and this problematic atmosphere. We then sung through the next ensemble number 'Will I?' which I think has the same sort of meaning as 'Life Support', but it's more for the character's understanding of their own situations. 'Will I?' is an extremely hard ensemble song, because there are lots of overlapping vocals and it very easy to get thrown of track in terms of tune and timings.
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