Our group is off to a good start, but we have a few necessary improvements. The parts of the scene that is going we'll is our ideas. The group has been able to work together effectively. Even before we wrote the majority of the script, we knew where the scene was leading and what themes and analysis we wanted to include. In addition, our scene has minimal blocking necessary due to its location, but we were easily able to agree on the blocking.
The group as a whole is currently working on adding more lines. The last time we timed the scene in the classroom it took about nine minutes. We know that our time onstage will be a little longer. We estimated that onstage our total would be around eleven minutes. Today, we added more lines in the conversations between the gods and Ti Moune. We were timing the scene again with the added lines, but class ended. Therefore, we do not know how long it is with the newly added lines. We hope to discover this on Monday. I would guess we added a little over a minute in length, so we most likely will have to add a few more lines. Overall, our draft is coming along well, and only a few small changes need to be made before the script is final.
As far as performance, our group needs to, once we finalize the lines, come up with exactly how we want the lines to sound to our audience. For example, we need to decide how creepily Ti Moune is going to talk to Dr. Goodman. Another major aspect is we need to rehearse more. The gods are a difficult part to play, especially when reading from the script. I, personally, need to work on my lines so I can move on to focus on my posture, tone of voice and where I look. My biggest struggle right now is that I never know where to look. I think it would look good and portray the multiple personalities if I looked in different directions when I switch gods. This would also add to the breakdown Ti Moune has as a result of the gods arguing. If I look where other gods might be as if the gods were having an arguement with all four sitting in the room, it would add effect when I look at Ti Moune and incorporate her in the fight. Since the gods are giving Ti Moune mixed opinions while arguing with each other, I need to make it clear to the audience when I am addressing the other gods versus when I am talking directly to Ti Moune. Again, being off book will help.
Our overall message- Ti Moune is obsessed with Daniel- is clear. In each scene, the lines and the way Ti Moune acts accurately portray her obsessive love. Ti Moune’s relationship with the gods is also shown. Like the book, the gods come out of the dark to speak to her. In the beginning, she looks towards the gods for advice. She knows. They have saved her before and believes they will help her again. This is when Erzulie gives her the comb, which holds true to the book. Another similarity is the last appearance of the gods. They all talk to her and she throws the comb at them. This is supposed to symbolize the way the comb gets thrown out in the book and as a result - in both the book and our script- the gods disappear from Ti Moune for good.
In conclusion, our scene is making progress effectively. Once we are off book and can focus more on our reactions, especially me as the gods, will likely improve even more. Practice makes perfect and we need more practice!
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