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        My group’s project is going well.  Everyone has contributed a decent amount especially considering the busy week last week was.  I am pleased that we finished the script on time- I was doubting that we would.  We now have all of our character development done as well as a full draft of our script and staging diagrams. We have also taken some of the blocking, lighting and costumes into consideration already.  This leads me to be hopeful for smooth sailing this week.  I think that figuring out our staging should not be too strenuous from the position that we are in.  Considering IB exams are over and everyone should be able to give the amount of commitment needed to our scene, I am looking forward to this week.  Staging will be more fun than writing the script was.  

       So far the group is working pretty cohesively.  We have been able to multitask during class in the sense that each person is working on a different aspect or doing a different task that needs to get done, but we are all sitting near each other to allow us to ask for other people’s creative input.  

 For example, if I was writing part of the script and Charlie was creating one of the stage diagrams and Adler was writing his character development...etc.  I could read the previous few lines and ask what so and so’s (one of the characters) should say next.  This was much more effective than working on every aspect as a group.  By using a divide and conquer strategy, we got more work done in a shorter amount of time.  I hope we continue working this way in the coming weeks as it has proven so effective.  While it may be hard to apply this while staging, we can certainly apply the strategy to lights, sound, costumes, props and finding the set pieces we want. Conveniently, that list has five items and the group consists of five people.   Therefore, I think dividing and conquering will continue to be a useful strategy.