Week XVIII —

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               This past weeks we rehearsed a lot for our One Act Play; A Matter of Dissection. And by a lot, I mean from Tuesdays to Saturdays —after all, the play's September 5. Anyway, as it was mentioned in a past (and incomplete) blog before, I've had trouble with the characterization of my characters.

                I was also assigned the production task of scenery and props, together with Manu. The props we are using (and some we plan to add) include construction tools (such as a saw, a hammer, a screwdriver, and a wrench), and simple things to aid with developing our characters (such as cellphones or rosaries). The scenery of the play is quite simple: A big table at the center front stage and a fluorescent light hanging on top of it; and two panels representing either a huge door or twin doors. These panels will have 

Week XVI — A Blank Entry

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• This Tuesday class, we worked on our characters, starting from a base position and working towards the physicality of them; this includes but is not limited to the character's posture, way of walking, psychological gestures and 

Week XV — Blank Minds and Characterization

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• For these three weeks, we were tasked to write the script for two scenes per person for the One-Act Play. Each character should talk at least five times per scene, and the play was to be fast-paced. I was in charge of scenes 9-10.
• On Tuesday class, 
• On Wednesday class, we were given our production tasks. I wanted to do props, but was assigned Scenery. As the class developed, I was teamed up with Manuela on both Scenery and Props.
• On the Thursday One-Act Play rehearsal, we started characterization. I found it difficult to adopt my character's personality, ways of walking and, most difficult of all, accent.
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