Meisner within a scene

With the people in scene 4 we did the Meisner method within a scene. We realised how crucial the hoover is to the scene. We asked someone to create the sound of a hoove. Doing this created more urgency within the scene, and helped us with our relationships with each other. We started to develop our relationships with each other. For example when Ruth says "I'd get some coffee" Katie and I backed up her up and we ganged up on Rachel. 

I also found out things about my character. For example with my line "Haven't we all?" when Ruth says "They've started early" I found myself saying it in a sarcastic manner. This was a really helpful exercise as I found myself unconsciously releasing myself into my character. The hoover is a metaphor for the politicians not listening to each other.

I think something that would help me in the future would be to have some kind of costume with me, to help me get into character. 

We started to talk about the nightmare and what we perceive the truisms of nightmare to be:

1. Danger

2. Isolation

3. Fear of loss

4. Elements of reality

5. Real people

6. Darkness

7. Potential for death

All these things we could include throughout the play and have an element of them all in our performances.

My feelings on the play so far are that it will be more of an experience than a performance, the audience will talk about it when they leave and they will relate it to their own lives. We will take the audience on their own personal emotional journey. One thing we need to do is to keep the audience's focus, especially with the political heavy scenes. We also need to portray the sense of the unknown and the sense of an "other" throughout the play.