In our last lesson we got into pairs and begun working on our monologues. Sir also directed Charlie's and Sams in front of the class and from that we could see the real development and from them originally pretending to them finally letting their instincts control the piece. Some of the tips sir gave me were see what you are saying. This helps us feel something towards the place we are talking about and changes our mood and the way we say it. I also need to work on using my voice and body together because sometimes my body was doing one thing and my voice wasn't working with it, however by the end of the lesson my instincts began to take over and my voice and body worked as one. I also need to not worry about getting in right and I shouldn't restrict my self with one body part to present the objective we should play with objective with different parts of the body and with different energy levels so we can find the one that fits the piece the best.
When we partnered up I chose to go with Eleanor because I knew she would direct me well and would give me constructive criticism. We began by splitting the text into thoughts and then writing the objective for each thought change. This gave my characters lines a purpose and meant that I understood what the character was feeling in each section.
To allow our instincts to take over we played with the objective saying for example 'To Admit' using different parts of the body and different placements of the voice. By doing this we were exploring the extremes so that when we had to do it for our real monologue it would be easy to still give enough energy but to dial it down. I really enjoyed this exercise as it allowed me to see if my objectives were correct or should be changed for example I changed 'to hide' because when experimenting with it when I added the line after my instincts had kicked in it wasn't working so I tried 'to protect' and that worked a lot better. By doing this exercise I was able to build up to my line and I think Eleanor really helped me by telling me when I was pretending and pushing me even though it was tiring so I could achieve the best I could.
I also found directing Eleanor extremely useful because I was able to take her mistakes and improve them for example when saying her line she stopped playing her objective. I saw this occur and it made the monologue feel disconnected so I helped her with it and also made sure I wasn't doing it in my piece. Also seeing her perform inspired my choice of objectives and it allowed me to witness the difference between pretending and using instinct. Experimenting and playing with the objectives allowed the line to come naturally and meant that I was living through the objectives. I only felt the lines necessary when I was playing the objective right and when the lines were incorporated they flowed with the objective. This made the piece a lot more natural and I now know I have chosen the correct objectives.
Stages
Step one - Mark out thought changes
Step Two - Add objectives for each thought change
Step Three - Play the objective to the extremes, let your instincts take over, use different parts of the body and let the voice and body work as one
Stage Four - Allow the line to come Naturally and continue playing the objective when it is said
Stage Five - Make the objective the right level so that it fits the performance
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