This week have been a really challenging week for me because I have been really ill and I was not able to go to school and I had to miss one play rehersal. I need to catch up with the work in class. I just managed to go to one theatre arts lesson, in which i learnt about rhythm in more depth than before. During rehersals I was not feeling to well either but i am really excited we got to finally start to work in my scene that is the office. Unluckly for me that I could not enjoy it fully because of my health.
analysis
This week I learnt about rhythm and that is a kind of tone we could say of the play. Which defines the mood of the play in a way. For example if could be really fluent and relaxed. This can be shown by the design elements that convey into a rhythm and gives the play a way to be. for example the in proyeccion privada the rhythm of the play in the 'green scenes' also known as the dream scenes ( in which is the woman's perception of the world) the rhythm is fluid and relaxed yet tense because it tries to create confusion by the use of masks and random props that appear. In contrast of the reality scenes the rhythm is really harsh and unconventional this can be reflected bu the short/long dialogues because contrast each other at all times. Also the fact that there is no dialogue and only music creates a total new effect in the audience because it gives anothe rhythm to the scene as it create a flow sensation in this case because the music tranquil as it trying to create amends. I learnt that is better to define the rhythm by the analysis of the design elements rather than concentrating on the acting. I also look a bit about pitch and that is the central idea of the play in this case for proyeccion privada was 'the consequences of watching too much television' this is because the woman is no lo her satisfyed by ther reality but rather rely on television.
In rehersals I learnt more about creating a scene. In the first rehersal i attended we had to start developing from a set of base dialogues our director gave us and try to add more to it by improvising. We had a good work as we first tried writing a script but I learn that is better to act and do blocking as to get a brainstorm of things that could happen and that we can use for our scene. Furthermore in the next rehersal on saturday we continues to work on my scene which is the office. we placed the scenery as it is ment to be with props that are the typewritting matchines. I was not feeling really well so I could not manage to work at my full capacity. This rehersal help us to develop more our characters and create a really tense atmosphere in the scene for the man to feel pressure of the real world. So We had to create little text to say at the same time to create kind of a riot on the office as to create the sensation of one. Everything happening at once. This effect is really fun but I learnt that there are certain frases you repeat, those that nobody hears but creates noise. I had forgotten about it as I havent apply it for a long time. This is really intresting because it gives realism of everyone speaking at the same time.
connections
There are several connections in this analysis. First of all the fact of the rhythm brings me back to all the previous school plays I have being because the rhythm had to be really determined in each scene. We also had to be careful and not be monotonous so we had to apy different rhythm within the play to create dynamism and attract the audience.
This gives me a connection to 'confesiones' because there were different rhythms because she changes rhythm everytime she was acting. also each character she performed had a different rhythm as to show contrast in the and the rhythm was state by the characters personality. The design elements went acording to the character portraying more the rhythm. There is also a connection in all of the previos plays but more from down to earth because it really had freedom of speech as each one created its scene from basics and this time we are doing kind of the same because we are applying our ideas to the scene. This is really great because rather than do what we are told we get to have more fun with the character and actually find a reason for why we are saying a line rather than just say it because we have to.
reflection
I hate being sick. I have missed a lot this week because for real many things happen in a week in school. I missed all the fun! I really enjoyed my character and is such a pity i could not develop it more on saturdays rehersal. I was really afraid all this time that i might loose all the character developing because i knew I wasnt going to be able to work in my character for a long time. All these weeks I have being helping other scenes that was really important but i missed a lot of character work. I really look foward into putting an effort into seeking again the character. Also is really hard to make a different voice and worst in my case because I had throat ache. But hopefully im going to be better and healthier on the next rehersal and in going to put all my effort into it.
questions
how do you re explore a character? how do you not hurt your voice while changing it? how to speak louder in the theatre?
