'Road' - Week 4

As week 4 started we still have to finish off blocking Road. Thankfully today we did.

Ending of Road

Today we finished blocking Road, the idea for the end is that when one person is delivering their monologue every character comes on stage to a still image. I think this is a good idea because the audience will notice that everyone is on stage but they will still e focused on the person delivering the monologue, as we are all in a still image. 

Costume

Jacket for Bisto

In this week I started to think more about my costume and what I should wear. I first went to my father and asked him what a stereotypical 80s DJ would wear, he told me that they would wear very colourful outfits, I asked him whether the DJ's would wear flares, he told me they were unfashionable in the 80s and were only fashionable in the 70s. I thought being the character Bisto was, he would wear flares because he would still think that flares are fashionable. This is Road is quite secluded and so they don't know much about fashion or the latest fashion. I think that considering DJ's would wear very colourful outfits that I will wear a hawaiian shirt and colourful blazer with flares and chelsea boots, I think Bisto would wear Chelsea Boots as its the sort of thing David Bowie would wear, and Bowie being a big inspiration to him, means he would wear this. I think I know which Jacket I want to wear over a hawaiian shirt, the jacket I want to wear is sparkly purple and blue and is shown in the image above. I also am thinking about wearing a hat, but if I don't I think I'll have slicked back hair.

Franks Scene

On wednesday, I asked Frank if I could look at his scene. It was very good, Frank's acting was brilliant, he still needs work on his accent but I think its going well. I gave Frank the advice to make some bits faster and some bits slower, as if its all at one pace it will get boring for the audience. I stated how he should go slower when talking about 'her'. I think also when Frank's character Jerry is nostalgic, he should also talk slower, this is because the character Jerry is trying to hold on to the memories he used to have and he wants to savour them. Frank also gave me some feedback saying how I should remember to react to the audience on the night, in the way that I say some of my lines for example 'okey dokey', that can be said in many ways depending on the mood of the audience that night, if they are hooked on me I will say the line very energetic and upbeat whereas if I'm not getting much of a response I will say the line in more of a downbeat manner, I don't think Bisto fully understands when a situation is awkward, so i will try not to act in this way if the mood isn't right. I also looked into finding action points in this bit of diologue, I felt as if the 'how you doing?', can be said as I direct it at a certain audience member. I also think the 'move up and down with Bisto' can be said as I do a slow twist to the ground, I will also use intonation in this phrase to make it even more cheesy and DJ like. I will also count on my fingers as a gesture when naming the different events I do, ' I'm available for weddings, engagements, barmitzvahs', I feel Bisto would do this as he is trying to get the point across that he is always active and a good DJ. 

In this week I made sufficient progress to Road by learning more about Bisto and finding action points. I also helped out Frank in keeping his scene interesting.