Scene 1, Take 1

The first draft of our scene went well.  Personally, I need to work on slowing down.  I have a tendency to talk quickly especially with Shakespearian language.  My group members are doing a good job pacing their dialogue and I need to match their speed.  This will also make the scene more cohesive.  The goal of our scene is to highlight the similarities between Romeo (Me) and Juliet (Maddy).  We do this by showing a mirror through our staging and by acting similarly.  Maddy and I need to work on becoming even more similar.  One way to start is to perfect our motions during the double monologue.  By this I mean working on when we turn and what motion we do.  This will add the effect that we are effortlessly moving from one person to another like we are the same person.  The cleanness of our perfected motions will also make us look like we are on side of a mirror shifting the angle.  This will add to the mirror effect.  We can also work on our reactions and our facial expressions to portray similar emotions as the scene continues.  If we continue to work on this as we learn our scripts this will effectively show the mirroring.

    Another part of our scene that needs a lot of work is our blocking.  Due to the fact that we are still dependent on our scripts, we cannot focus on blocking.  It is important to show our emotions using our hands and our facial expressions because throughout the scene the emotions change.  We progressed on our blocking today and it will only get easier once we know our lines.  This ties back to what Maddy and I need to work on.  There is an important line in Adler’s dialogue where he is telling me about Maddy and I think it would be a good idea if we  not only make sure that Maddy fits the description, but that I also react as the description says she is acting.  This will make the mirroring even more obvious to the audience.  In addition my next line consists of Romeo asking Friar Lawrence how Juliet is.  This should express lots of curiosity and love to Juliet.  This is important because it connects the idea of true love to the way Shakespeare mirrors the characteristics of Romeo and Juliet.  In conclusion, our first draft of the scene went well and I am sure that we will do even better once we memorize our script.