I found it really interesting to research and now I will have a really good understanding of what it is supposed to look like and the effect that we are trying to achieve.
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Japanese Precision Walking
Jack told us that the majority of the rest of our piece will be marching and emotional sequences. He told us to research Japanese Precision Walking.
This type of walking is so precise and needs to be done without anyone going in the wrong direction or doing anything wrong. It looks so effective and works so well, when it is done right. It can also create a menacing image, as well as a softer, funnier one. Which is why some armies choose to have it.
I found it really interesting to research and now I will have a really good understanding of what it is supposed to look like and the effect that we are trying to achieve.
I found it really interesting to research and now I will have a really good understanding of what it is supposed to look like and the effect that we are trying to achieve.
More Devising
In our lesson this week, we ran what we did last lesson, with our 5 moves and really cleaned them to make them flow nicely and look good. We then worked out how to bring on and take off our chairs in an appropriate way. So I walk on with Cameron and at first I am scared, hiding behind my chair and to take them off, we were able to make the movement of our hands moving towards each other, into a turn, which made it possible for us to turn and carry each others chairs off. I carry the chair off looking brave and ready to begin my training.
We then got into groups with the people we finished sitting next to, so I was with Sacha and Tuwaine. We had to devise a comedic section of contact improvisation and develop this to become a scene that is set in a bar and shows our last night of freedom.
We started off with me walking into the bar and both of them wanting to be with me, until Jack came over and said we should just stay as men, so we then devised a piece, which Jack helped us with, where T and Sacha are taking shots and I'm trying to get through to the bar by going around them, standing on their knees, going under their legs and jumping. Eventually, I get through and they let me have a shot with them. Sacha then falls to the ground, we help him up and then all of us fall to the ground.
We wanted to make it quite comedic, as Jack has said that the rest of the performance will be emotional and sad and have a lot of emotion in it.
Sunday, 10 November 2013
Term 2 - Performance Rehearsals
At the start of Term 2, we have been put into separate groups which relate to what our performance was based on, so I am in the group for soldiers.
We started the lesson by warming up and then getting into pairs and creating 5 moves each that showed one person working in the conscription office and the other person being a soldier trying to sign up to fight. I was with Cameron and we came up with a handshake, then me looking nervous, as the soldier, and him stroking his chin, sizing me up. Then he puts his hand under my chin and pulls me up and then I follow where he moves his finger with my eyes and then we salute each other.
Jack saw our moves and gave us some feedback to make it more interesting, with different tempos and different strengths to our moves. So, we made the handshake a bigger movement which we follow with our eyes and when our hands touch, we make eye contact. Then we quickly move our hands and face different sides, so that we appeal to the three-sided audience. We then made the chin movement quite slow and changed it, so that I follow where his fist goes. He then pushes me back down and then we salute to each other quickly.
When we performed our moves to the rest of the class, we got some really helpful feedback. Jack has told me that I need to work on my masculinity, so I look more like a soldier. The class told us to just make sure that I know where Cameron's fist is going to move, so that it is clean and precise and we could add different paces and strengths to the actions, apart from that, they really liked it.
We saw everyone else's moves and they were really good, but everyone needed the same note to make it clean, to change the pace and strengths of the movements to make them interesting and captivate the audience.
This is our opening scene to our performance - I think it's strong and will capture the audience's attention, especially when we're all doing our moves at the same time.
We started the lesson by warming up and then getting into pairs and creating 5 moves each that showed one person working in the conscription office and the other person being a soldier trying to sign up to fight. I was with Cameron and we came up with a handshake, then me looking nervous, as the soldier, and him stroking his chin, sizing me up. Then he puts his hand under my chin and pulls me up and then I follow where he moves his finger with my eyes and then we salute each other.
Jack saw our moves and gave us some feedback to make it more interesting, with different tempos and different strengths to our moves. So, we made the handshake a bigger movement which we follow with our eyes and when our hands touch, we make eye contact. Then we quickly move our hands and face different sides, so that we appeal to the three-sided audience. We then made the chin movement quite slow and changed it, so that I follow where his fist goes. He then pushes me back down and then we salute to each other quickly.
When we performed our moves to the rest of the class, we got some really helpful feedback. Jack has told me that I need to work on my masculinity, so I look more like a soldier. The class told us to just make sure that I know where Cameron's fist is going to move, so that it is clean and precise and we could add different paces and strengths to the actions, apart from that, they really liked it.
We saw everyone else's moves and they were really good, but everyone needed the same note to make it clean, to change the pace and strengths of the movements to make them interesting and captivate the audience.
This is our opening scene to our performance - I think it's strong and will capture the audience's attention, especially when we're all doing our moves at the same time.
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