Team Work

I have learned many important details, since working on the scenes for Romeo and Juliet. For this particular scene, I have been working with Grace. Working on this scene has had both its easy and difficult aspects. Collaborating with Grace on ideas has been easy, because it easy to pass ideas back and forward. Which allow different artistic views, making the scene come to life with different aspects. This makes it easy to perform with her, because we get along so well. The chemistry and the lines are easier, because we are able to communicate. Communication is very important for the development in characters. When characters are able to communicate, the audience can’t sense it. We are comfortable with each other, so it allows to really have the ability to have the same relationships as the nurse and Juliet, and not complete strangers. 

    A few difficult things that have occurred is staging the scheme, because there is not a lot of movement in the script. There a few lines for big motions, and movement that makes sense. However, with a few ideas, Grace and I added movement and gestures that make sense in the certain places. This allows the scene to look realistic and not so stiff. By stiff I mean stilland fake, without movement, the scene would look like acting. We had to pick out small details to move. For example, one line I say “No, no.” we decided this was a good place to start moving, because it was a loud line and needed emphasis. We tried to find lines like these to move so it would clearly emphasis the words.

  The other groups I have watched have seemed to be able to apply movement and look realistic. They have been doing a great job with that, and have helped other groups and mine come up with ideas based on theirs. Watching other people’s scripts allowed me to see what kind of movement they used and where they used it. They seemed to have a lot of movement, which pulled the whole script together, so we tried to find places to do like they did. In order to improve next time, I think more props will be needed. This will require a reason to move. 

     All of this is important to make a good scene. The scene has to be believable and real. That is what makes the audience intrigued and wanting to watch more. From staging to connection all of this plays a major role. Without this, the scenewould be boring, it would have no real story. Not only do you need these connections and staging, but you also need emotions and reactions. That partially comes along with connection,because it’s easier to act off your partner when you get along with them. You need to show these emotions through facial expressions, these facial expressions portray to the audience what you are feeling. They help move along the story line. Without facial expression, no one would know the tone of the play and therefore the plot would be very confusing.