Well, I was surprised again. I have to give the students in my class a thumbs up for the job they did in the play. I was sceptical of the play before it started, but I was soon shot down by how well of a job they did in remembering their scripts and presenting it to all of us sitting around the stage. The part I have to talk about this week is stage space. First of all when I got the entrance I was all lowed to enter alone. This gave me the sense of ownership of my part in the play of seeing it first hand. I walked in and noted that we were going to watch a play that was essentially an arena inside a black box. It had four sides, meaning that there were seats against to each other. Being that this was an arena stage, I found myself looking at the audience on the other side, which help with the emotions that I was getting with the play.
The second thing that I noticed with stage space is: there were not many props on stage. When I got there was two benches and four light post. The floor was made out to look like marble, which set the scene for royalty. I quickly learned that you don' t have a lot of props to get your point accross.
The third thing that I notece was blocking. I asked the question in class "what is blocking? I was told that blocking is where an actor turns in such a way that thier back is facing the audience. However, with areana stages, blocking is inevitable! At some point, someone is going to be forced to look at someones backside. I found it compelling though, that when block is used in a way to get the pint across, It does wonders for the corilation in the bond between actor and audience.
Again, congrates with the acting jobs on Anigone, and I wish you all well with your endevors in the acting areana
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More specifically, "Blocking" is the positions in which the director decides to place an actor during the scene. So, it isn't just facing the actor's back to the audience, they can be profiled, straight-on facing the audience, and every other position in-between.
I agree with you on everything. The actors were very good they did a good job. They did very good with their scripts, remembering their lines, because there were no props their scripts were very important.
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