Things are getting Grimmer
Company Daily - 23rd of April
Today we kicked off the process of The Grimm Tales with the First Year actors. First we were amalgamated into one big group to be told the brief for the next two weeks and the five groups that we were put into. Then we separated into two small groups but still consisted of a lot of actors in both groups. We managed to pull of a company warm up with the diverse first year and second year company.
The company in the Studio done:
21 buffalo, The catching the finger on the palm game, then the tapping the knee game, and then we played games in groups of four and we just had to play a game with each other without speaking to one another, The Sloppy Running which we were then asked to pause and create a sound and a movement, then had to give a line from which ever piece of text we wanted to do, Pass the Sound, The Ladder Game And finally Red Potato, Black Potato.
How did you find the warm up today? Did it get you warm? What did the group in the white room do? What did your warm up consist of?
After we had the short break, we went back into our rooms and then into our five different groups and starting sharing notes of what we know about The Grimm Tales. I know my group had a few key words that stood out to us a lot such as words like Gory and Dark Comedy, But what words did other groups think stood out for them? Also what did you think of the groups that we were put in and what did you first think when you were put into these groups?
After lunch, we got back onto the floor and were asked to come and gather in our groups in front of the Directors. We were then told that we had to have a representative from each group come up and pick out a story that Den had picked for us to read and just go over with today. We were also asked to create five tableaux’s for the five most significant moments for the story. What did you think when you first heard of the story’s name? what do you think now after reading the story? did we have enough time to read the story’s and to create five tableaux’s? Did you finish your tableaux’s?
If you could give one word for how the day was today, what would it be?