Blocking the Elevator scene, Lisa's surroundings have suddenly transformed into a confined lift, in which she is closely compact between 4 other passengers (My character being Passenger 4). Rachel said how the behaviour of the passengers had to be extreme enough to build a very uncomfortable atmosphere for Lisa. Some of the actions we need to display were actually typical behaviour you may experience in a crowded lift, e.g someone talking uneccesarily loud and sometimes quite obnoxious. Most normal people's reaction would be to ignore it and maybe slight muttering of disapproval. In this scene, when one of the passenger produces a loud, on-going, deafening groan, the rest of the passengers react very unnatural to this by showing no negative, or any response for that matter. Lisa is the only passenger that responds to this in a seemingly genuine way. When one passenger speaks boldly on the phone, mentioning rather shocking things such as pushing his wife down the stairs, all except Lisa agree with this by nodding their head. The exaggeration in these behaviours really questions Lisa's level of sanity compared to these characters, and also a feel of engagement between Lisa and the audience who would understand her mind/feelings when in a scenario like this. It's interesting in this scene to see the role of who's acting 'crazy' switch around, when Lisa asks the groaning passenger if they're all right, as all the others stare at her in disgust as if she has committed a murder, as if she's the one acting out of the ordinary. I really enjoy this section as it's very comical due to the magnification, changing what initially would seem quite a dull scene. Although I have no lines for this character, it is important to deliver the appropriate facial expressions and the small but significant movement e.g turning tediously slow to a different direction, jolting head to the side in time with the elevator music etc.
When blocking the Oathtaker scene, me, Paris, Holly Hopkins, Livvie (Attendants) and Taylor (Oathtaker) decided on certain movement we were going to put in as it is a sort of ritual considering we are the followers of the leader, the oathtaker. The majority of what the Attendants' say is simply echoing the same phrase but not completely accurate ('Oatcake eater'). This gives the impression that they are quite naive, but insist on pleasing their boss. Formations wise, we created a square shape which Taylor walks down the centre to give a strong entrance and claim her position at the front. However as she approaches the Guards and Lisa, the rest of us are further back which greatly highlights her reign over her assistants. One of my actions is to rejoin the Oathtaker after being instructed to by kneeling down (with my head down also) to her side with a tray and offering the biscuit which she takes a bite from. Another Attendant offers her a glass of water, who is also kneeling down, head bent. The fact that we do not address the other characters by simply delivering to the leader with our heads lowered, suggests we are simply there to follow orders given and to not draw any focus on us but only her. This can explain why we only really say 'Oatcake eater' to once again bring attention to her. The remaining Attendants each have an instrument which is played after certain lines of the Oathtaker. I think the Attendants also have no real personality/identity and that we all merge together, as we use the same blank facial expressions and straight-forward marching. This links back to them not drawing focus to themselves.
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