4th dec - rach

Today we made a list of all the scenes that take place in Mark and Roger's flat. We then chose two scenes that we were going to look at and think about movement ideas ad other suggestions on how to improve that scene. I focused on Life Support and Rent (Rent with Izzy)

For Rent, me and Izzy thought about the individual solos within the songs such as Joanne, Benny/Betty etc. and how they should be more significant, as at the moment everyone is still running around in the space while the characters are performing their solo. I suggested that everyone in the space could freeze in their current position when Joanne's solo or Benny/Betty's solo is happening. This way, the audience will direct their attention to those characters, as they are positioned in the corners which would make it more difficult to be focused on if everyone continued moving. For Collins' solo, however, the rhythm/beat underneath his dialogue is more pacier and sounds like there should be movement still going on. We thought if Collins was positioned in centre stage performing his solo rather than at the back, with everyone still rushing around the outside of him, it would be effective because he would at least be centre stage, and the contrast of him being stationary and everyone panicking around the outside and going fast will highlight that character for standing out.

For Life support, I thought about Gina's solo where she starts off stubborn and gradually shows vulnerability. She could possibly stand up and disassociate herself from the group, by walking into the space maybe centre stage. Roger, who joins in on her solo could be looking out the window. This could show an interesting connection between the two, as they are both feeling lost and worthless. When everyone joins in for the chorus, they could all stand up too and join Gina by standing around and next to her in moral support, to show she belongs.