Scripted: Day Seven



We worked on the last scene today, the scene that involves William coming into school and pulling out a gun on his fellow students.



I think the hardest thing about the scene was getting our reactions spot on. As Chadwick, I tried to imagine how someone of his, normally reserved and composed character, would respond to seeing a classmate point a gun at his peers and himself. I thought that he would freeze on the spot, but be wary of any potential escape route in the area.



Throughout the scene, I get the impression that Chadwick isn't really on Williams mind. He is much more focused on Bennett, his main prize. So although Chadwick would be wary and out of the action somewhat, he would be a little more relaxed and perhaps enjoying seeing those who had bullied him being put in such a horrific situation.  However, his body would always be facing William, never looking him in the eye but focused on his movement and slowly edging away. I think we need to work on actually finishing the scene and getting a fixed set of movement in place as no one really knew what to do and we spent a lot of time trying to stage the scene correctly and making sure our movements were appropriate and built up such a strong tension, as this is the climax of the performance and needs to be powerful. I think in the coming lessons, we need to work on this scene to make sure everyone has the appropriate reactions, movements and tone in their dialogue.