Rehearsal update (Last Week)

Rehearsal update last week

Tuesday: On this day we created a new movement piece happens during Oskar’s dream, in the dream he recollects some past events he has experience such as the bullying and him seeing the dead bodies; the dead bodies are symbolism of Hakan’s approach since he kills for Eli. The sequence starts with everyone moving around in order to show that the whole town is asleep. Next everyone stands up in sequence and move towards Oskar with a fighting stance then Oskar is thrown up into the air and the sequence continues with Hakan dragging the body of Torkel off stage. Eli appears after that and controls Oskar, Hakan also appears seconds afterwards and takes Eli away. Oskar is carried into bed at the end of the movement. Throughout the whole movement piece the song used is fall out boy – My songs know what you did in the dark (Light ‘em up).

What went well: The movement piece was successfully completed and it truly shows the recollection of past events that have happened throughout the play.

Improvements: Our next target to aim for is to rehearse the scenes and movement pieces in order to further grasp understanding and near perfection.

Wednesday: On Wednesday, we started the constructing the trees, we split up into 2 groups. One group consisting of Connor, Alistair and I, our main task was to collect recycled paper in order to stuff the trees and the other group’s task was to stuff the trees and start the basic construction of the tree. We had succeeded in basic construction of the four trees and moved them to C5.

What Went Well: We made the basic construction of all four trees needed for the play. This will allow us to know our boundaries in which we can move within. 

Improvements: Now our next target is to begin further completion of the trees by finally covering the trees with mod rock which will allow us to paint the trees with brown paint in order to make it look more genuine.

Friday: On Friday, for the first part of lesson continued with rehearsals, we continued the scenes involving mainly Eli and Oskar. We continued with the construction of the trees in the second part of the lesson and we covered the trees in mod rock however we were not able to complete the tree fully due to time constraint.

What went well: We have been able to cover most of the tree with mod rock.

Improvements: Next target is to cover the rest of the tree with the mod rock and start the painting as soon as possible.