From our point of view everything is coming together. Great!
Start planning what needs the most work...and plan on running that into the ground
Everyone should focus on side acting in the next few days. Get them used to the idea that even though they arn't the focus they are still important to the development of the scene.
Make sure you are sternly talking to those individuals that are dropping lines.
@ Houston - So, remember that time you sat michael and i down and told us not to stop the play once, and let it move smoothly...we failed.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the Hiker scene was awful...really terrible, we need to work on that. legit.
Can we talk through the Hiker scene and other fight stuff tomorrow? Also, your tech. I want your show to have the desired effect and I have some ideas/advice. We can use classtime tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteAnd it's totally fine that you stopped and started. It's the first run-thru. But, your actors will be able to "act" better if you let them live the through line of the characters without interruption.
The Hiker scene was awful because we were missing 2/3 of the important cast. I was actually quite impressed with the whole run through. I have some notes, but the acting is quite good. Okay I seriously wanted to cry a lot. I might have been laughing, but that's a lie. It wasn't funny. If I'm laughing while covering my face, it means that the play is having the desired effect.
ReplyDeleteAs for the choppy movement, I think once we have the lighting and the effects, it will work better.
No Mr. Moore, they aren't dead, they are just life-deprived.
I'm liking the work ethic. Everyone send me your DIRECTORS NOTES AND CAST LISTS!!! Or no playbill.
ReplyDeleteI love Mac's passion.
ReplyDeleteI agree! Although I am not a director, they need to study their lines or find something productive to do in order to stay motivated!
ReplyDeleteI can run a couple scenes tomorrow. Peter, Husband and wife, and then the Hiker scene. Allison and I will be leaving at 4:15. Also I wont be here thursday or Friday... not that it makes much of a difference.
ReplyDeleteHi. late. sorry. computer problems. life peoblems.
ReplyDelete~Eriks Svarcbergs
I agree with Aliison. it was not good at all because we didnt have all of our actors in that scene but the last time I saw it, Rahul and Lane didnt know all of their lines anyways so yea we gotta work on that ASAP!
ReplyDeleteWith the filming done. I've been making my actors run through the onstage scenes over and over again. The onstage segments are relatively concise and mainly transitional, so my actors are running through them sloppily at the moment. The challenge at the moment is motivating them to go through these onstage segments with 100% gusto and conviction. As of last week they were spitting lines out like robots and going back into oblivion until they speak again. This week I've seen them take strides to become more immersed in the storyline of the onstage segments, and react to what is happening around them. This is noticeable progress from last week but we still have work to do.
ReplyDeleteOn Monday we ran through the show. We didn't work too much on specifics. We just did a final brush up of the structure of the show, which I think was helpful for the cast and directors. The show has a nice shape to it. Some key characters are dropping a lot of lines, which is disappointing. We've told the cast they absolutely must know their lines at this point.
ReplyDelete^After the run through on monday: Although, less line heavy characters are starting to fill out nicely, ie. Andrew Agress, Gabe, and Racheal Meyers, I agree with Jackie about the overall shiestyness of unmastered lines at this point. It helps that finally all of our minor characters are completely off book and are finally at the point they should have been a week ago, or right when they got back from spring break, comfortable enough with there lines to focus on acting.
ReplyDeleteThe hiker scene better not be terrible, can we fix that asap then!
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