Our movement project has been going on for almost two weeks, and I have to say that this time it got my attention the most. In the school fall play I am taking lead role, and we are going to perform in a round theater setting which will be the very first time to me. In order to make this play a amazing production, I have been working on this since the day I got my script. However, there is one single part which I am so worried about, and it is blocking or you can call it movements in general. It turned out that this movement project has been helping me to understand and prepare better with what my final production will be.
Other things like memorizing lines, singing and emotions delivery are pretty similar to what I have done before, but this time movements became my biggest problem. When I was trying to act a middle aged university professor, the hardest thing is the physical present. For example, you can read like a middle aged professor, but it is extremely hard to stand, walk, sit and even raise hands like a middle aged man. Even worse, the stage will be a round setting which means I have to figure out when I will be where on stage, so all the audience will be able to see me a front angle. This movement project starts with very basic to high which helps me to re-discover a character and him on the specific scene set. For instance, I could image what problems I have on my body, such as knee problem, back problem and deeper and slower speaking voice. All of these movements ideas were from the emotion building and focusing on just body moves.
Overall this project has been helping me at the perfect time with perfect focus. I a, looking forward to direct the silent movie because I want to experience more what movements itself can bring to the audience, and what are the most important points to make a specific movement valuable and meaningful.
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