Group Exercise Audit:Lesson-13/11/2014

Group Exercise Audit

Lesson-13/11/2014

Our first task this lesson was to slightly alter and the perform the prologue of the play. I found this task initially challenging because (in our pairs) we were instructed to perform certain extracts from the prologue, however we had to perform our lines in strange positions on stage and in levels and spatial coordination that did not match the extract from the scene. My partner and I had to perform an extract which was a passenger and a man driving a taxi while talking about how early his day was and what he'd prefer to be doing at that point. We decided to have me (the taxi driver) stand on top of a chair and my partner sitting on a chair while facing my back while I look directly at the audience. I found this strange because my initial perception of our positions on the stage were in the spatial positions of a normal vehicle-like position, with the driver sitting in the front seat and the passenger siting in the back one. 

After some discussion, we decided that I would not only stand but that my partner would still be behind me sitting and looking through the gap of the stacked chairs in front of him. We concluded that it would make the positioning in the scene more effective by although being in positions that most would consider strange to the setting of our scene, we would still include elements of what would be considered a "traditional taxi scene".

Having the chance to watch other pairs perform their extracts , one performance that stood out to me was Roseb's group's. Her group had peculiar positioning on-stage and yet their method in performing it made it seem almost absolutely natural and her group's positioning, levels and spatial status's managed to match the desired tone and setting of the scene. Roseb's group had one actor positioned on the floor another standing elevated on a box and one standing at normal ground height. Their scene was a girl talking about events in her day and Roseb and her group each said a set of lines all in different tones and variations, almost like the girl was having a multi-sided conflict within herself. I believe that the different levels and positioning strengthened the effects of her groups perception of how their piece should be performed.