We started the lesson by doing the end of scene 1 where everyone is on stage, but in a variety of strange ways. First off, we read through the scene lying down - we were soon told that it already looks more interesting than the way we have done before. We then done it running around, which definitely increased the energy levels, and Mr Webb again mentioned it looks better. We then we separated to either side of the room: Phill and Leah on one side and the rest on the other. We were facing the wall and each time we had a line we needed to turn and face Phill and Leah, and vice versa for them to us. I think this was to help us establish who our lines are directed at. We then stood up the two blocks and we all hid behind them and every time we had a line, we would pop our heads up to say the line. I believe this was to help us bring out the comedy within the scene.
We then began work on scene 3, where we meet Adam and find out he's not dead. My character has no lines in this scene, so Webb gave me Lou's lines because I lack lines throughout the play. This scene is all about some characters in shock that Adam is not dead (mainly Leah), some people not caring much (Danny, Richard, Cathy - who we see has turned savage and very scary especially towards Adam, and Brian who has literally gone mental), and Phill who won't let him come back to civilisation. This is the scene that shows how most Characters de-evolve (mainly Cathy), and/turn horrible and savage. I don't say much during this scene, so I have decided that Danny would still be worrying about chances of getting into dental college. We also sorted out the staging within the scene. We decided to have us all in a huddle right away from Adam, who is on the floor rocking back and forth, as if we are discussing what we should do about the situation. As Cathy continues to speak, she goes closer and closer to him very slowly and solemnly, and then when Cathy says "Terrified", Adam pushes backwards as if to get away from her in fear, she is right up close to him looking down on him. The proxemics here are very important to note because Adam is on the floor being towered over by Cathy, which makes it clear that she has clearly turned into someone crazy and dangerous.
During this scene, I have next to no lines so my acting and performance is heavily relied on my body language and physicality. I think throughout the scene Danny isn't really paying much attention - I think is so overwhelmed with nervousness and anxiety he is just not with everyone else. To show this, in terms of movements and physicality, I am at the back of the scene breathing fairly heavily but not too much to draw attention - I think that is an essential trait of Danny: he gets nervous and anxious but really doesn't want too draw too much attention to himself - I am also slowly but surely moving backwards towards the bush trying to physically get away from the situation. I am also frantically looking around at everyone, observing them, coming to the realisation that everyone has lost it; to Danny, nobody really seems to care as much as they should. Coming back to movement and physicality, to show that Danny is zoning in and out of the situation during this scene, when I come in with my line "Good?", I kind of jump forward as if I've been listening the whole time, but really I've just clocked on to when Leah says it's "Good". I think I portrayed Danny's anxiety and nervousness very well here, I think him being almost completely detached from the situation and 'lost' suggests that he is struggling to keep calm and focused; almost as if he has truly given up with solutions, he has just struggling to accept what his future may or may not be.
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