Strengths:
The rehearsal process –
In my opinion one of the finest parts of the performance as
a whole was the rehearsal process, I
consider this to be our strongest point due to it being the part that we was
always working on. All of our lessons that we had for bouncers we worked on
different techniques that we thought would be effective, for instance we tried
to adjust our performance due to the given space to create the atmosphere that
we were actually in a nightclub. We looked into this throughout the time we
rehearsed due to the four of us needing to be more spatially aware of each
other, for example a member of our cast wasn’t standing in the right position
which was affecting the rest of the cast. Our director decided that she would
give us some elements of our performance to work on which helped resolve the
problem of bunching up. I believe that this is why the rehearsal process is the
most essential part of developing the performance. Another aspect to the
rehearsal process was the opening scene, I feel that this part was really
effective as we came up with the idea ourselves. We was originally going to do
the ‘bouncers rap’ which I thought we be quite funny but the problem was that I
didn’t know if everyone would be able to get it all In time. Personally I think
that the dance that we used in the begging was better and it showed a different
side to the bouncers which I think worked well. Another thing that I thought
worked so well was helping each other with our lines.
Use of music in the soundtrack –
The music in our performance was used in an effective way as
it was a key to create an atmosphere. As a matter of opinion I believe that
music can be so effective in any performance as it doesn’t just change the
emotions of the character in can change the emotions of the audience. This is shown many times throughout the
performance, as an example in the pub we had some old songs like ‘come on
Eileen’ which is a really upbeat song to sing along to and also in the scene
with the lads in the barbers where we had the stone roses ‘fool’s gold’ which
is quite mellow and easy to listen to which is what you expect at a barbers.
Its tiny things like that which can have a whole different effect on a
performance. We took a lesson out
rehearsals to find the right music which I think was probably one of the best
lesson as us being able to have the music meant we was able to get that real
feel that we was in the scene which I think is effective in the rehearsal
process as well as it helps you get a real feel for your character.
The set –
I thought that the set worked out really well in the end as
it was quite a small stage but it was long out to the back which worked really
effectively to give the effect that it was actually in a night club. The set
was also really plain which also worked quite nicely as it was black which gave
us lots of freedom to do whatever we wanted to do to the set, for example the
lights showed up really nicely because of the dark background. I also liked
that we used very little props on set because it made us work a lot harder than
before as we needed to make the changes when changing scene a lot more
noticeable which was a good challenge which I think we pulled off. I think something that we could have done
which would have been really nice would
have been to put an actual bar at the front of the front of the stage so that
the audience are able to go up and get a drink whenever they like throughout the
performance to give it that club atmosphere.
Things that we
could try differently if we was to perform this again:
Setting—
I thought that it would be would create a really nice
atmosphere if we was to perform this again in a nightclub. I would consider
this to be the best option for a setting due to what I feel that John Godber’s
intentions were for the performance, this was that his performance wasn’t
intended for just people who like theatre it was designed for everyday people
as they would find it funny as they most likely have been in the situations
that the characters go through in the performance. To top off the fact that he
tries to get the audience to feel how the characters would I believe that it
would make it even more effective if there in the setting where they have
experienced it. I think it would also be quite affective if we was to not
actually set out any chairs for the audience so that there actually like there
not watching the performance and its just a club with them being able to go to
the bar when they want to.
Characters –
One thing that we could do if we were to perform this piece
again would be to actually go and spend a night with some bouncers to get a
real feel for the characters and get to see what they actually have to go
through on a day to day basis. This would be affective as in the act of the
performance our bouncers were played as sort
of a preconception of what bouncers are actually like and I don’t believe that
we could actually play the characters to their full potential until we have
done the job they have. Another thing that I would also try with my character
if we were to re-perform this piece would be to try using a different accent
maybe or change the characteristic of my character for different effect.
Conclusion—
As a whole I thought that the performance was excellent for
the short space of time that we learnt the script in and set it out. Most other
performances can take up to a few months to prepare and perform and this may
have been shorter but we managed to connect and get on with this really
quickly. In the rehearsal process everyone got on really well and managed to develop
the characters well and learnt lines quick which is really useful because if
you know your lines we are able to go into detail, such as doing certain things
when a line is said like facial expressions and movement. I think that if we
was also to perform this again then I think that I would change the script back
to how it originally was instead of cutting a lot of it out, this is because
there’s so many other good parts in the script which I think would have been
effective to have in the performance. I
would definitely love to perform bouncers again to a bigger audience as I’m
certain that the public would be pleased with the performance and would find it
extremely funny. I think that also if we
was to do this again I would have got a lot more different types of lights to
light them in a less dramatic way as such and more in the sense that its an
actual night club, for example using moving lights and maybe strobe lights for
the scenes where we was all dancing.
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