Connor Grossman

Hello, everyone! 

Falcon and I come with many updates on our progress. This has been an exciting and productive week for us. We began by preparing the first few minutes of our scene. This meant running lines, blocking, and, of course, practicing. During our brief showcase this past Monday, I realized that a lot more work needs to be done to really flesh out all the moving parts of this scene. As Falcon mentioned last week, Peter, my character, only appears in this one scene. There is not a ton to go off of, therefore I have been busy testing out different "versions" of this character to experiment with what I have been given in the text. What if I play him like he wants to fight with Sara from the very start of the scene? What if I try acting like he is a bit more conflicted? Does he empathize with Sara at all? If so, how much? I am curious to see which one works the best! Falcon and I originally wanted Peter to be super standoffish right from the get go, but upon further experimentation, that seemed to be a little much. I've dialed it back a bit since then, and I think Peter is more believable now, and more complex.

So far, this week, we have been working on the latter part of the scene—lines specifically. I was surprised to see how quickly we had them memorized just by talking through them with each other. We ran them while walking around an empty classroom, which was surprisingly helpful. It allowed us to stay focused on them... but not too focused. The lines quickly became second nature—which was exactly the point!

Our scene is definitely shorter than some of the others, which means there are less lines (which is kind of disappointing for me since I enjoy talking a lot) but it also means that we will have a chance to really dive into each moment and sculpt it into the best version of itself. I'm really looking forward to getting into the weeds of this project over the coming weeks!

-Connor