So far, I have enjoyed tale one the best because even though we have not perfected the timing and we could work on vocalising our characters a bit more, I like the simplicity of it. No one ever having more than 5 words to themselves, I can see it being very fast and snappy. That can show the fast pace that our brains work at nowadays, being teenagers that are rules by our phones and social media. We find out the hometown of a teenage girl would be if it was a person, who she would clearly idolise as the perfect man for her, 'even the traffic stops for him when he crosses the road'.
Tale 3:
We have staged tale 3 very sparsely as we are all standing about in a pub, utilising the whole space. The boys start the scene from their previous one, moving the stools. The girls then enter, taking a place around the boys or on their own. We then start to drink a pint of beer in a very over exaggerated manor, starting and stopping at the same time, with 'London's Calling' helping us keep in time. After the first few lines, we become plumbers or electricians, or someone of that trade, explaining what the problem is to a customer. We then form a semi-circle around a bar of chairs. While saying lines, we quickly whip our heads round to focus on the person speaking. We then bring out a sheet under which is Matteo's victim whom he accidentally murdered, who is Roseby.
I play a loud pub goer and a plumber. As the pub goer, I loudly talk with my friends while ordering a pint to drink. And as the plumber, I try to use my limited knowledge of pipes to explain to an audience member that it will cost a lot to fix because the leak also blew their lights.
The atmosphere begins somewhat happily, everyone in the pub, then telling Jack's story. Later taking a turn for the worse as we realise that Jack's life is not something to be making a joke out of. That he did actually kill someone and doesn't really like to talk about it. Our heads snapping to look at each person shows the tension, but then contrasts with the sad tone the person is using while telling the story of a murder.
This is very different from tale 1 and 2 as in both of those we weren't talking about such morbid topics, we were mainly just messing about and joking, as characters, just imagining what the East End may be, but because that is the last one of those sorts, I imagine three friends telling each other how they would picture their home as a person, then when it comes round to the third, they start of all happy, but as they start to think about it. It would be nothing like that, the East End would be full of regrets and it would bring down the whole energy of the game the friends are playing. Also, we have done more moving in this scene as apposed to the other two.
Tale 4:
So far, we have incorporated some more props other than the stools. Those who brought them, used umbrellas. This piece does not focus on the ensemble side as much as the others, as there are parts where we all join in the middle to make a road. However, it does seem to centre around two actors more than the rest.
I wouldn't really say that I have my own individual character, more that I am saying something that the main character is thinking. They seem to be a teenager, who wants to do good, but may not always to quite that, maybe because of peer pressure, or pressure from home. Either way they get it from somewhere that they should be all 'hard', but don't necessarily want to be that way.
Further Questions:
I feel like I have worked on my physical theatre skills and have become more comfortable with doing such things. However, I think I am a bit too much of a perfectionist because I will always think how something will look as if I am performing it at the time rather than trial and error.
I think the lines that sum up the tales are:
Prologue: 'Stompin ground'
Tale 1: 'Cos it's in the past now'
Tale 2: 'And her pillow is wet when she wakes'
Tale 3: 'Cos under it all, he's a lost little boy'
Tale 4: 'Being lonely'
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