Today we watched a Rent production performed by an American high school. This helped us gain an insight into the ways this musical has been interpreted in terms of staging design and directions, vocal performances and the style of the characters (personality/costume). We noted down what sections our own characters were involved in and entered, for example Joanne's first appearance is in the opening scene 'Rent', where she it's in conversation with Maureen on a payphone. As me and Josh play Mr and Mrs Jefferson, it was interesting to see how the roles were performed. As they are leaving a voicemail, the couple's lines are half sung half spoken. This will be useful for when we are practising this section to play around and exaggerate the lines, to give more of a humorous quality.
We then began labelling and annotating a diagram of one of our characters, mine being Joanne. This included what their attire would consist of, their thoughts, feelings, ambitions, fears etc.
Here is a video of my explanation and own opinions on my character, Joanne.
No comments:
Post a Comment