it has begun!

well then, we have started rehersing properly! yaaay!
although there is not a great amount of focus in our class we are slowly but surely working our way through the scenes. so far we have done the fairytale scene and the ugly duckling scene. i have surprisingly managed to learn half of my first monologue but i knwo that i have a long way to go. i am really impressed by jenna having learnt most of her lines. she also protrays a small child really well that i actually forgot that she was my age!
ok so this is what i need to do:

• look at mothers and how they act around their children
  - son, daughter - different??
  - age different?
  
  
• research mothers who have had a child go through an eating disorder, how they felt, try to get an idea for tone of voice and movement from that
  
  
• watch married couples, see how they act around each other. is it obvious when there is tension between them? if yes how is this shown?
  
  
• look at how people of the appropriate age walk, stand, act towards others outside of the family
  - formal address - doctors, informal address - friends, children's friends
  
  
• listen to tone of voice when speaking to younger and older children when angry, soothing or content
  
  
• become more comfortable in working closely with "family members" in order to show realistic closeness on stage.

i also need to make sure i have learnt the appropriate line for the sections we do by the day we start them in order to keep on top of everything.

yay!! tshirts should be coming soonish now that we have sizes! black with blue writing, sounds good. at least there will be no sweat marks...eeeeeew!
oh yeah and did everyone like my collage at the bottom of my page? if you havnt looked at it, you should! and i'm sorry if you're not in it, i just dont have a picture with you yet so my apologies!!
excitement!! xxx