Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Our masqurade: 'Follow'



03|03|202

We are producing a play based on the fairytale Rumpelstiltskin, I’m in making an effort to try and come in on time and work to the best of my ability so that me and my piers can produce a quality piece of masked theatre.  


Unfortunately, today I have been struggling to remain focused during rehearsals despite wanting to move on quickly through the piece to the end which we have not yet worked on and trying to remain on the ball while writing these blogs and balancing rehearsals and other extracurricular activities but due to Rubies recent absence, general stress and inability to take the lead I’ve been finding it extremely difficult to keep up to the standards of others. Alex has worked hard to do produce edited film for the live performance and ben had narrated the entirety of the piece, so I feel like I could be doing more to contribute although I did I volunteered to write a script to better understand the thoughts and feelings of our given characters. 


Today we worked on the three acts we have rehearsed before: the scene in which I, Babybekah_xo, and introduced along with my manager and love interest, then demand work opportunities and respect from my manager, Gary Stevens, only to be told that I must get big prince 5000 thousand followers in the next 24 hours, I then proceed to get manipulated into trading nude photos for followers. During this scene I take I have taken the advice from my peers to breathe according to what I’m feeling at any given time during this piece for example when I’m on the floor distraught after Gary Stevens tells me to do something impossible, I breathed heavily at moments and others brief quickly, just after this when the anonymous caller calls me I breathe sharply and rapidly this is to give the audience the impression I am having a panic attack or I am just extremely frightened. We also rehearsed twice in mask, which was very tiring so I have an idea of how hot and exhausting it will be to perform under the mask on Monday.

9|3|2020

Yesterday we performed our devised pieces, honestly I wasn't nervous, in fact I was confident about my performance and rearing to start. Possibly because the masks created a sense of security and even comfort for me, shielding my face from the audience so they couldn't see what I was really feeling throughout the experience, if felt anything at all that is; which I didn't throughout I was perfectly calm but apart from the mask this also might be because I've improved as an actress over time.

Alex and Ben put a lot of hard work and effort into the video that was the glue that kept the piece together, I applaud their acting in it, especially Bens which was hilarious but also Alex's high equality editing. Alex filmed a large majority but I also assisted in filming and acted in the video myself.

'Follow' itself received many welcomed and welcoming laughs from its audience. I was pleased with the performance as a whole, it seemed put together and overall a massive accomplishment.





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