Emma Franco Cecena

This past week, Kaili and I worked on the notes from our first showing. Mainly, we worked on raising the stakes of our scene, by implementing better the given circumstances that our characters are in. I think it is safe to say that one could observe this work in our second showing. In our rehearsals before the showing, we realized that our voices could be a bit higher and that our body gestures could complement this. We also noticed that intensifying our dialogue enabled us to be better at listening and responding (somehow, shouting at someone can definitely get you into believing you are having a genuine argument... haha). Having said that, you can see why I believe that our physical behaviour and voices made us much more in sync with not only the context of the scene and our own characters' but also with each other-- something which allows us to portray better our sister relationship on stage. However, the feedback from our second show did shed light on some areas of improvement. Intentions could be a bit clearer, and I agree with this. We have the beats, the voice, the gestures, but we could have more present what our character's intentions are. If we do that, we will be able to show more of the purpose of our characters in the scene, as well as the purpose of the scene as a whole. There were also some suggestions here and there, some tweaks which despite being simple, do add a lot to our scene. (i.e. making me look more hungover by not entering with heels on, Kaili responding a bit more hurtfully when I call her off on a few lines, etc.). I believe that these minor tweaks and focusing on intention and purpose will finally set all of the elements we have been working on this semester and enable us to do a great scene!