Friday, February 4, 2011

Workshops 3

So today we did another character: robots and scene: fighting.
We spent most of the time on the robot which is actually not as hard as I thought it would be. Which is how I feel with a lot of what we are learning at this point. I really thought it would be harder to grasp a lot of it. I guess there are just basic things that anyone can do. Things that any human body can do. However, one thing that was really hard was walking with one foot by sliding in and out, so I'm guessing there is a lot more that will be so much harder- which explains why people have professions in mime.
The Robot overall was really fun and there is a lot one can do with it with simple practice. It's easier every movement has to be separated into different single movements. This can be difficult to keep still and keep track of things but it is much more straightforward in thinking.
After a while being a robot gets tiring and you want to just be human again. Then there are fighting scenes. We only got to the basic principle that someone makes and action but the most crucial part the is other persons reaction. In fact, it is this the victim who holds the most performance- the funner part because he or she can make the funnier faces.

1 comment:

  1. Basic rule for all stage combat is that the person getting hit is actually doing most of the work.

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