N2C
This week we worked on a scene between Mouse and Jay. This scene is after Mouse has been slightly scared by two of the other characters that are King's henchmen. Jay has been here long enough to know that there is a hierarchy that needs to be followed and so she is there to tell Mouse how the Multiplex is run.
During the scene, we worked with the idea of proxemics to show status. Whenever Jay would say a line she would push Mouse down to a cross-legged sitting position. We thought that this should show that Jay understands that Mouse is at the bottom of the food chain. The fact that Mouse keeps getting back up and has to get pushed down again reflects her not understanding the societal system and her trying to mess it up.
Me and Lindsay discussed where reactions are best seen by the audience. We said that I can't face the side when I am reacting to Jay because the audience won't get the full effect of the relationship between my character and Jay. We also discussed that my reactions need to be over-exaggerated because that is one of the factors of Godber's style, making all actions big so that they can have a bigger effect on the audience.
We also worked as the whole cast on unison movements and getting them sharp so that they are more effective and add humour to the play which is another aspect of Godber's style.
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