21/11/11 Dan's lesson

First of all I would like to say that Dan's vocal warm up improved everyone's voices so much, that even I was loud and clear! Once that was done and we moved onto mine and Bronya's monologue I was prepared for the day! The techniques that Dan threw out for Bronya and I were interesting, I'm not normally an angry person so when we were looking for attention, it really riled me up and the scene changed immediately which was good and helpful. When Bronya physically pushed so I could change my voice for the other character, this really helped me find my inner "chav". I didn't really see Shaun's new and improved scene, but from what I heard it changed dramatically.
Then when we moved onto my scene with Yiannis, straightaway there changes which improved the scene and gave more intention and meaning. We then developed this idea of the "evolution of Pig and Runt" derived from "evolution of man". We had different stages of their lives picked straight from my monologue. I found it difficult to say my lines and give them an intention, probably because I don't really know my lines! Dan then suggested this idea of solely working on my monologue and the owrds within it, much like the semiotics lecture! Dan gave me the challenge of getting people to listen, then he would change it as I was reading through. This was to make think of what was being said and how I should say it. I would really recommend this to anyone! First of all start by reading your lines as if everyone was ignoring you, then whisper your lines. Thirdly, try reading them as if you were telling a ghost story, then finally in a monotonous tone.
So yeah, a very productive day indeed (sorry I babbled!!)