Monday
During Monday's lesson we made the costumes that we were going to wear for the performance, which consisted of a white sheet that was taken in at the shoulders and a plaited belt. We wanted to contrast Ismene and Antigone even more so we made sure that Antigone's costume was very muddy and covered in dirt and soil whereas Ismenes would be white and pure to reflect her innocent. I also thought that the costumes could reflect how many secrets they have to hide so Antigone is nearly completely covered by the end of the play as she has to hide the truth of her brothers and the feelings she has for Haemon. On the other hand Ismene only has a minute amount of dirt on the bottom as she only has to keep the fact that Antigone wanted to bury her brother secret.
After school we did multiple run-through, 1 of which was a tech run. We got given some notes to work on. We said that in the first Nan scene, Antigone should get amused with Nan instead of completely angry/ frustrated because she would miss this when she fully committed herself to death and burying her brother.
We also said that in the line "When you cry" we should emphasize the you because it would emphasize the time that Antigone and the Nurse are spending together and Antigone is trying to show the Nurse that she will always love her and remember the time they had together.
In the Ismene scene, we thought that Antigone should be plying with the earth after the line "it's a comfort to me this morning, your being pretty" so that the moments wouldn't be so staccato afterwards when Antigone reaches down to grab a handful of dirt to try and pour on Ismene.
In the tumbril sequence we said that the chorus needs to make their whispering more aggressive and make more emphasis on certain words that would give the impression of the angry mob to the audience and they would believe that the chorus genuinely want Ismene to be put to death.
The last point of change in the Ismene scene from Antigone which were "I don't feel like sleeping, but I promise that I'll stay her until you wake up" and "Go back to bed please or you won't be so pretty in the morning." We said that there should be a change in tone so that we could see the end of the argument between the two and the sisters slowly forgiving each other.
During the chorus' second speech, she directs most of the lines out to the chorus and so the chorus needed to react to what she was saying. In a previous run through we had just nodded when we agreed with what she was saying and that didn't work as well as when we vocalized the reactions so we decided that the chorus could say small lines either two each other or to the chorus.
At the start of the 40 minute scene with Creon, Antigone's first line is "yes" and we decided to turn her body outwards towards the audience so that when she said the line the audience would be able to see the defiance in her face and also the audience can understand that it was her who truely did it and shes finally admitting that.
In the guard scene at the end, we noticed that Antigone directs most of her lines straight to the guard who is standing to the right of her which means that the audience lose Antigone's facial expressions. So we said that she would say her lines out to the front which could also reflect the fear that is being to build inside of her and so she is numb with fear. The thing that terrifies Antigone is being alone and it truly scares her because she wants to have a public spectacle where everyone can see her and notices what she has done but being walled up alive means that she will be on her own and no one will know about it and this is completely the opposite of what she wants.
Also in the guard scene, we thought that they needed to trigger each other's reactions so that the audience would have the impression that this was a real conversation. So in order for this to be carried out we said that Antigone needs to reach for a pencil to start writing the letter so that would give the que for the guard to speak.
Throughout this last scene, Antigone gets increasingly emotional as the reality of what is to come really sets in so when she's writing this heartfelt letter to Harmon, having the guard but and constantly degrade what she is saying will be really hard for her to carry on so when she says the line "where have you got up to" we said that she should be both emotionally drained and frustrated with he guard as she has just interrupted the truest emotional letter that she was writing.
The last point of change in the Ismene scene from Antigone which were "I don't feel like sleeping, but I promise that I'll stay her until you wake up" and "Go back to bed please or you won't be so pretty in the morning." We said that there should be a change in tone so that we could see the end of the argument between the two and the sisters slowly forgiving each other.
During the chorus' second speech, she directs most of the lines out to the chorus and so the chorus needed to react to what she was saying. In a previous run through we had just nodded when we agreed with what she was saying and that didn't work as well as when we vocalized the reactions so we decided that the chorus could say small lines either two each other or to the chorus.
At the start of the 40 minute scene with Creon, Antigone's first line is "yes" and we decided to turn her body outwards towards the audience so that when she said the line the audience would be able to see the defiance in her face and also the audience can understand that it was her who truely did it and shes finally admitting that.
In the guard scene at the end, we noticed that Antigone directs most of her lines straight to the guard who is standing to the right of her which means that the audience lose Antigone's facial expressions. So we said that she would say her lines out to the front which could also reflect the fear that is being to build inside of her and so she is numb with fear. The thing that terrifies Antigone is being alone and it truly scares her because she wants to have a public spectacle where everyone can see her and notices what she has done but being walled up alive means that she will be on her own and no one will know about it and this is completely the opposite of what she wants.
Also in the guard scene, we thought that they needed to trigger each other's reactions so that the audience would have the impression that this was a real conversation. So in order for this to be carried out we said that Antigone needs to reach for a pencil to start writing the letter so that would give the que for the guard to speak.
Throughout this last scene, Antigone gets increasingly emotional as the reality of what is to come really sets in so when she's writing this heartfelt letter to Harmon, having the guard but and constantly degrade what she is saying will be really hard for her to carry on so when she says the line "where have you got up to" we said that she should be both emotionally drained and frustrated with he guard as she has just interrupted the truest emotional letter that she was writing.
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