Today's lesson began with a lot of excitement from everyone as this was the first time we were seeing our set and costume designs. Although we didn't try anything on or see the set in person, it just made everything feel a bit more real and exciting. Considering I am not a Shakespeare fan, this even got me a bit excited.
The set box showed a platform with a cauldron in the centre. There were ladders leading up to the high platform and the cauldron was moveable. For some reason, I pictured the platform to be white, in my head, however it was designed to be black. There was a surrounding mound of mud (we use blocks to represent the mound in rehearsal). This was so exciting as I was already beginning to picture myself performing in it in real life.
The costume design then came on. The idea was long, fitted bandages that fitted underneath like a leotard and we would wear leggings underneath. I'm most excited to try on the costume because the design idea they bought in looked really interesting so I can't wait!
We also saw the bamboo sticks that we will be using as weapons.
Blocking
We then moved back into blocking the piece. We went back to when we were all the forest, creating pathways for the actors. When we were becoming the forest from lying down, it seemed that none of us really knew when to start moving our right hands or when to get up so it was a bit messy (Esther and I ended up looking at each other and agreeing to get up at the same time so everyone followed). We need to decide on what the cue lines are for this movement so this doesn't happen again.
After making the paths for the characters to walk between, we then created the tree for the next scene. This was very tiring for our arms and legs so it was very hard to hold when Ben was doing such detailed directing that it took over an hour. In the end, we all decided to sit down and hold an arm up as a twig since it was so difficult to hold for that amount of time. I need to find a way to make the tree without getting so tired before the real performance.
Esther, Samara and I then became soldiers and stood still at the back for a while, which was a lot easier than being a tree. When I was a soldier watching the tree, it looked so easy however being in it previously made me really realise how exhausted they all were.
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