Devon Franklin

As we near our final rehearsal days, Jake and I have been solidifying certain beat changes. For instance, we will rehearse all the way through once, then we will rehearse beat to beat. This has been helpful for us because it allows us to really understand each beat and see it apart from the others. I am already realizing it has lead to stronger shifts within our scene which create a more natural feel. 

Also, we have been solidifying certain physical action that best convey our tactics at any given beat. The creative process behind this has actually been very easy. I usually begins with one of us deciding a physical action and then, based on our knowledge of characters and given circumstance, we allow our initial reaction/impulse decide the next physical action or we use the pervious action as a que for the next. It rally begins to flow very naturally rather than trying make a physical action work at a certain point. It is a bit less overwhelming when the scene is able to create these moments for physical action rather than needing to search and search for alternative paths. 

After the rehearsals on Tuesday, we have really grasp the rest of the text in the book, so now we have to finalize all the physical action and blocking that occurs towards the ending of the scene.