Double Performing Arts Lesson (30th November 2015)

In todays double lesson we decided to do another run through but rather than get notes at the end of the play. We would stop after every scene and get improvement notes for each individual scene.


After performing 'The introduction to the Farmers' we realised the changes we made not only improved us as actors and the scene it also improved the entire play by bringing it to life right from the start. We continued to 'The plan for the shooting' and 'The shooting'. Again this scene was great. We had a good blend of evil (as we were planning to kill Mr Fox) and comedy (like Bunce's slapstick poke). Also after changing the 'We'll never let him go' scene we realised it was so much better. It ran so much better without 'the chase', and it was easier to understand.


We were also able to improve the 'Bean's Cider Cellar' scene. The introduction to Mole, Rabbit and Rat is almost complete. The scene runs smoothly. We were also able to devise a new part of the scene including the women.


This part included-

•  On, "dashed behind," we all stand behind each other, (The Order: Ollie, Charlie, Me, Lewis, James)
• On, "breath," we poke our heads out from behind the cider jar (James-Bottom Left/Me-Top Left/Charlie-Bottom Right/Lewis-Top Right).
• On, "breathe," we poke our heads out but on the opposite sides from where we were before (EG. I would go from Top Left to Top Right).
• On, "heart," we come back to centre hiding behind each other.
• During each of our single lines we pop our heads out of the side which we did on, "breath."
• When James mentions how Mrs Fox said Mr Fox will get them in trouble, Charlie walks out, no longer hiding behind the bottle saying, "Oh yeah I bet she did!" We all poke our heads out, shhh him, then Badger pulls Mr Fox back into line.
• As, "The Woman," takes each bottle of Cider, we all poke our heads out and gasp! On the final jar, as she place her hand on the handle, we all poke out with terrified facial expressions. But when she leaves the bottle, we all show relief and come out from behind it.

We were able to include this part into the scene without affecting the rest of the scene, therefore we were able to continue the scene from where we left off.