Today we...

Today we worked further on our scenes, in particular creating my scene with Mina in which I am sleep walking and then am suddenly awoken by the smash of glass, Younis had a good idea that we should have an actually window made out of plastic perhaps, however we'll think more about props when we develop the scene further, this scene particularly relies on projection as I am having to talk over the eery sounds of hums and quiet whistles that when all in complicity, sound very loud, at first we tried me walking (sleepwalking) across the stage, but we then decided against this and thought it would be a better idea to stand still, perhaps to create more emphasis on me, and in my opinion it looks scarier anyway, as you have a clear view of my blank expression as well as my horrified one.

Ensemble, transitions and suspense

We worked on Dracula more, and using complicity and transition we built a beautiful ensemble piece. There were ideas that we should have the chorus working as the staircase, the doors and statues at the front of the stage, the effect was amazing, as the "door" opens we make a ery creaking sound that really compliments the atmosphere and sends shivers down the audiences' spine, and then we make the audience jump by making two members of the chorus jump out at Johnothen, obviously he then acts startled, however he still takes a step which promps the chorus to take a huge gasp of air, this gives the illusion he has people watching him at all times, again adding to the atmosphere, I found this short scene very challenging as moving into different sections moved harder than originally thought. But incredibly successful in creating suspense.