Peter and the Wolf BLOCKING 7

Here is a video of us discussing our current position


In today's lesson, we looked at 2 specific scenes. These scenes were Peters alterations with his grandfather and the scenes with the hunters. The reason we wanted to work on the grandfather scene was because we felt it was slightly irregular, and we wanted specific movements fitting with specific beats of the music. Along with this, it was convenient for the cast members we had there. We changed one section that didn't seem to working (when the grandfather leans in to tell Peter off and falls towards him). Instead of this we added some specific hand movements to be made by the grandfather (including a reference to the scary wolf). I also decided to have some interactions with the narrator, as at the time, we were struggling to choreograph the narrators every move. This is why interactions between the narrator and any character will work well.

The hunters scene was also relatively static towards the end. In this scene, the two hunters enter stage and circle the stage, ending when they point their gun at the wolf. There were several points where the hunters (Silvana and Seth) were out of sync, therefore we worked on that and it was fine by the end. We filled the open spaces with different tricks with the guns. The hunters now use movement including turning the gun around, throwing the gun to each other and pointing it at the audience. This means that it will no longer be repetitive and the children will remain engaged during this scene.

An ongoing issue in our group this year has been a failure to exaggerate + the energy has been too low. This is something that is starting to improve, as we are all beginning to acknowledge it. As you can see in todays rehearsal, we noticed a certain group member with slightly lower energy. By the end of the rehearsal, we had managed to bring her energy back up. This is something that we need to cut out completely as it will affect each others performances, meaning we won't have 100% energy in all rehearsals. This will then mean that we won't produce ideas to our best of abilities.