Today we ran through the whole of the Britney scene, to refine what we've blocked and decided for certain things our characters need to add in to our performance. I feel this scene is one of the most challenging because although it is fast paced, it's still very long and involves all the cast in the production. Rachel said how whenever there's a unit change (change of mood/tension), it is because th Dissocian characters are all trying to cover ourselves, by drastically changing the subject and cutting over her words/sentences. For example when the violinist attempts to drown Lisa's suspicion with a loud song, which gets louder the worse she gets. Cues are really difficult in the Britney scene, as lines often overlap due to the rushing pace. My lines are quite spaced out at the start, so I need to remember specific lines previous to when I say mine. This scene shows the importance of really understanding the situation and mini conversations, so that you know when it feels right to actually say your line. With my character Ticket, I keep altering the way I say some of my lines as I don't know if they are more panicy (due to losing their ticket) or just more irritated. This is something I still need to decide for my character. Later in the scene when me and Jess (Laughter) turn out to be Mungarees, we need to have a much deeper voice to show more of an authoritive side. We also refined the blocking for this section, as we originally were going to have all the characters stand tightly together like a little Dissocian Army, showing strength and unity. Now, we are spread out on separate blocks which implies how we aren't very prepared and are quite useless as we are hopelessly scattered around the space, not to forget using kitchen utensils as weapons. I need to keep on improving my character's personality, and be more confident with my cues.
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