Monday Lesson Shakespeare- 8/2/16

Today in lesson we looked at the contrast of the beginning of what Amber did and how the scene looked after we had directed it. When she first started she was sluggish physically which didn't help in showing her objective, she didn't show any emotion in her character and was very neutral,; which for the audience was not very engaging. So we asked Amber to do it again but we told Amber to add more emotion and to use her physicality more. When she added the purpose, projection and feeling her character then became more real. The scene became more alive because she found a purpose and was using physicality to create a scene when she started to use her stage and move around you were able to get more involved in what was happening.
Comparing this to what she first did which was boring, dry and had no objective the final scene had purpose and an objective. When we directed the soliloquy completely she ended up with a more refined scene. When watching the audience the audience felt more engaged to compared to when she first started where the audience felt distanced. This helped us to realise that a characters tactic can change and throughout their soliloquy; breaking down the soliloquys can help us to use different tactics. We also learnt that Shakespeare has no subtext so what people say is what they mean and we don't have to read between the lines.

The Globe is designed so that there is a large centre stage with tiers of seating on three sides. At the base of the stage is where the groundlings would stand. We had to work out how we would reach all parts of the theatre using out voices because the Globe is also an open air theatre meaning projection is important, the actors will also have to carry on even when there is bad weather.
To help us with this we played; Oranges, cabbages and potatoes - We did this to show a thrust stage (The Globe has 3 sides) we had someone say some lines while we shouted and had to get them to look at the loudest side. This helped us to see that we need to use all the space around us and that you need to show yourself to everyone at some point. This also helped us to project our words amd to make sure that our voices filled the air.