Multiplex (learning lines) #2

16 November 2016

These are the recordings I made to practice my lines over the past week, I'm going to continue listening to them to make sure that I know these lines inside and out. This method of learning my lines has proven to be really effective and I think that I'm going to continue my lines this way for the duration of the course. I'm also finding that repeating the lines twice or three times over in the recording helps because I can try and repeat back the line to the recording if I didn't get it the first time. Here are the recordings:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2_vk4eoUKnuS0dvZjJBclNGZ0U/view?usp=drivesdk

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2_vk4eoUKnuYU5iMUdXMEhsek0/view?usp=drivesdk

If you have trouble opening them, close them down and open them up again. Click the play/pause button a few times before trying again

Multiplex Rehearsal #6 and #7 N2C

16 November 2016

This week in our Multiplex Rehearsal we went over the scenes we've already finished blocking (mostly scenes 2, 6, and 8). So, I just mostly went over my lines. Emin's been giving me extra lines as well such as "Interior. Canteen. Night." which are right before my regular lines. They're really small but kindof hard to remember at the moment because I've got to remember where we are in the multiplex and what time of day it is, etc. and they're all really similar.

Outside of rehearsal, I've been listening to my lines non-stop whenever possible; I've attached more recordings of my lines in a separate blog labeled: Multiplex (learning lines) #2  

23 November 2016

Today, we did scene 14, which is a scene all about King's new film "Apocalypse Dawn".

In this scene, we have a set change, so we had to practice that transition alot and make that extra smooth. Here's a quick diagram I drew of this set and the transition:

This is another scene where I get to interact with the other characters a little bit. Emin gave us some direction about our facial expressions and making things really over the top for this scene -we want the audience to feel our excitment at seeing King's film. Here's a picture of my script with notes on it of what we did:

It was a generally productive rehearsal today and I've been learning my lines out of school as well. 

Multiplex Rehearsal #5 N2C

9 November 2016

Today we went back over what we'd learnt last week (scenes 6 -8) for the first hour of N2C to try and get it down really well. The characters Spike and Elton both have some pretty long monologues in the middle of these scenes and I have to remember to say a short line that I have in between the two monologues.One problem I have with this is not the line itself, I can remember that...it's the getting up from the side of the stage and sitting back down. This is because the chairs are so close together on the side and facing the wall. I'll just need to express my concerns to Emin (director) I'm thinking. Not really sure how we could change this, but it's not my job in the long run.

For the second half of N2C, we did scene 10, which I only have one line in -at the very begginning; this line continues on from the line in scene 9 and is the transition now...it wasn't last week... I then sit down on the side for the rest of the scene, so I just went over my lines for the rest of the time.

Here's the notes I made on my script for today:

Also, the other day, I had some time and I wanted to figure out a little bit more about who Dillion, my character, was, so I decided to watch what she said her favourite film was which is "Metropolise, Fritz Lang..." I actually thought that this was quite a good film and had some meaningful elements of cinematography which I really enjoyed but it seems likea aquired taste. As Dillion says, it's "black and white and silent and shit hot" and it seemed to me that it'd be quite a pretentious film to have as your favourite film of all time. Based on this assumption, I think that perhaps my character was only saying that she liked this film because if she didn't like such a film, her peers would look down on her.

I feel like I can make a connection to my character in the same way because, being a film student myself, I've said that I like films or don't like films just because other people have given me their opinion and I want them to like me. As I've watched more films and developed my own opinons, I've gotten better at arguing and proving my points about certain films. What I'm saying is that I don't think Dillion has quite reached this point in her life yet, so she feels like she has to comply still to the heirarchy of the Multiplex with everyone else. It's not until Mouse comes along and messes with the system that Dillion starts to change.

Multiplex (learning lines) #1

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2_vk4eoUKnuTXJUUkVJdzFCU0k/view?usp=drivesdk

2 November 2016

Also, been learning my lines by listening to them while I do other things such as: washing dishes, walking to school, doing art homework, etc. I think this will make it easier in the long run to learn my lines because I learn better by doing something at the same time -like pacing whilst reading my lines over and over again.

Above is the audio link to the recording I made of the first part of the play. When you click on the link, open it in a new tab; you usually have to click the pause and play button a few times before it works. 

Multiplex Rehearsal #4 N2C

2 November 2016

This week, I looked a little more into my character and what the overall play was about (outside of rehearsal). These are some diagrams I made to help me get a better grip about who my character was:

I'm still having trouble portraying this character for some reason and I'm not exactly sure why. I feel like part of it might be because I'm not having to interact with the other characters very much and very much act and react completely towards that audience. I find this a bit nerve racking because naturally, I'm not always the most extroverted person...but this is acting and I've got to get used to it. Just a bit unusual staring straight into the audience's eyes for most of the play.

Today, in rehearsal, we went over some more scenes (scenes 6 and some of scene 8). This, scene 6, is one of the scenes where I actually get to talk to other characters and Mouse enters the play.

Here are the notes on my script:

Multiplex Rehearsal #3 N2C

26 October 2016

As the character with the most lines in the play, Dillion, I've been thinking a lot lately about how I'm going to throughly learn said lines.

My game plan is this:
-whatever we go over in rehearsal, I will learn the lines for that bit of the play for the next rehearsal
-also, I'll ask Emin, my director, what to learn for the next week and if he says to learn anything extra...I will.
-If I'm not in the scenes we're rehearsing that week, then I'll go over the lines as much as possible at the side of the stage

This week, for example, we reheared a scene that I wasn't in -except for a bit at the very end. So I paced back and forth at the side of the stage (because I do better when I move and learn them) and later, Harriet and I went out into the hallway and went over the lines further.

Hopefully, these will be effective methods of learning my lines well, and in time! I'm also thinking that I'll start recording my lines on my phone so that I can listen to them whilst I do my art homework or walk to school.

Multiplex Rehearsal #2 N2C

19 October 2016

Today, in our Multiplex Rehearsal I tried to think more about how I could integrate my character more as a member of this multiplex cinema. I like to think of my character as more of a fly on the wall type of person, who is always there and always listening...just not necessarily saying anything.  

In this scene, I only had two lines -one at the beginning and one at the end- but I tried to interact with what King was saying and show that I was interested. My character is a Buff, despite the fact that I don’t talk much, and I wanted to show that I understood what he was talking about. Another goal I had was to keep the audience engaged in what he was saying by directing my emotions and facial expressions out towards them, whilst still listening to King.

Here is the outcome of today’s rehearsal:

https://youtu.be/lYhr4s08dWk