Thursday 26th February 2015 - Blocking Act 2 Of Our Country's Good

Thursday 26th February 2015
Blocking Act 2 Of Our Country's Good


In this lesson we started with the transitions between scene 1 and 2 and 2 and 3, the stalls that me and George sit on are being at the sides of the stage throughout the show and during the transition to this scene they are being carried in. George carries in the small one, whilst Alex is carrying the bigger one, he places it on the ground and becomes the table that I am going to be looking at my work on, I carry on the piece of material that I put over him and the papers that I am supposed to be looking at. The transition from this scene is slightly different, I carry my stall as Alex is laying on the floor for the next scene with the piece of material. This makes it easier to change from this scene to the next.


In the next part of the lesson blocked scene 10 - The question of Liz, this is a static scene where the decision of weather Liz is going to hanged or not. Me and the other officers are standing in a diamond formation around Liz, there is not much movement from any of the characters, this tells the audience that it is a formal situation that they are in. There are a few long silences, in these we all are looking at her and edging slightly forward toward her to try to persuade her to talk. When I say that she is going to be set free the other characters walk off stage whilst I untie her, and walk off carrying the rope in my hand.

Interuptions - When you are supposed to be interupting someone else you begin to say your line a coupke of words before the end of their line. This makes it clear to the audience that you are interupting rather than just waiting to speak when its your turn.