Brain Storm

 3 aspects

1.     Blocking

2.     Postures

3.     intonation

The scene I act is the second scene in Romeo and Juliet. Romeo just stayed with Juliet over night because he is leaving Verona to Mantua in the next day. Since he just killed Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, he was expelled.

The whole scene happened around Juliet’s bedroom. Me, as Romeo, and Juliet move from bed to balcony as the scene goes on. The blocking is interesting in our scene because Romeo has to leave Juliet but Juliet doesn’t want him to leave. So they move from balcony to bed back and force, and finally, they walks toward balcony together. Romeo exits the stage while Juliet was talking, but he went back when Juliet calls him. The blocking is an icing on in this scene.

Posture is also a considering part when Kate and I were practicing. Romeo and Juliet’s gender is not that clear in this scene. As a result, Romeo doesn’t has to be really masculine. There is a part where I walks toward balcony, I needed open my foots when standing, which makes me looks more like a man. Another thing that I noticed is that when couples are hugging, men play the role to hold up. Girls run to hug and cross their arm across men’s neck and then men hold on her waist. To make the scene more realistic, we thought a lot about different gender’s different actions.