Lesson 2

Lesson 2

In todays lesson we started with a warm up. We did stretches and exercised our face by pretending to chew gum and be a cat. 

We then worked on the status of the characters in the play, going from 1-5. 1 being the worst off and 5 being the most richest. 
We learnt that the 1s walk with their heads down and backs hunched as they are embarrassed of who they are. In the play white skinned people would be 1s. 
We also looked at how 2s are more upright then 1s but still quite down and sad looking. These people would be like Ryan, because he is healthy but ashamed of who is and what he has done. 
We worked on 3s being normal, everyday people with a lot more goals then 1 and 2s, because they are more likely to achieve them, as they have more money and more education. We also said that they walk more upright but not with complete pride. People like this are Meggie, Callum and Jude. This is because they have a lot of ambitions in life but find it hard to achieve them.  
4s are a lot more proud of themselves and have obviously achieved in life, these people are like teachers and Sephys mum. Because they have the power to boss people around, but are not the most powerful. I think they always try to seem a lot more powerful then they actually are, they do this for self pride and status.
Finally 5s are the most powerful, and therefore walk around with complete pride, loving everything about themselves and looking down on everyone else knowing they are so much better then them. People like this are Sephys dad, as he is Deputy Prime Minister and has a lot of power.  

We also worked on articulation and pronunciation by doing warm up exercises on the floor and also in groups performing tongue twisters in different types of music styles. 

And finally we worked on our scenes in our groups. Some people performed theres and we gave them helpful feedback, so they can improve their piece.