Wednesday, 14 October 2015

Notes from director

General notes 

  • Keep the voice loud, don't drop volume, even in the thoughtful, more internal moments.
  • Don't play the emotion, play the objective.
  • Have clear and precise pronunciation, use your tongue muscularity.
  • Earn the beat changes and pauses- to do this you have to come into the scene with energy and pace, driving your objectives.
  • Be confident to pick up your cues and interrupt people- this will come with careful listening and being in the moment.
  • Learn the thoughts as much as you learn the lines, if you know the thoughts, the lines will come.
  • The characters are very posh, so make sure you have a straight, stiff posture. 
  • All the characters have very high stakes, they all have a lot to lose and gain. Make sure that you find your stakes and play them! 
  • Find the opposites and contrasts in the text, if you find these the text becomes alive and makes more sense. 
  • If you say more than one of the same word, for example 'No, no, no!', make sure you colour the words and make each one different. 
Personal notes 

  • Find the nerves that Thea is feeling 
  • Find the difference between the outer and inner feelings- on the outside Thea is trying to remain calm, but on the inside she is churned up and panicked
  • Drive my objective, which is to find Loevborg and keep him safe. 
  • If I forget my lines, I cant come out of character. 
  • Feel the beat change from inside, the beat change can't come out of no where. 

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