My group contained out of 3 people: Sarah, Geatha and me. We have decided to do scene 2 from act one as it has the sufficient number of characters in it and lasts for appropriate time, approximately 3:30 min. There were a little more characters than needed so we just cut out some lines without changing anything really. My group didn’t face many difficulties throughout the process of development of our particular scene. The setting we have decided to do was quite simple: couple chairs, upside-

It was very useful to know The Laban’s 8 efforts in order to sense characters better. Stanislavski’s techniques also helped me to act in more natural manner as I was using my imagination and tried to recreate the atmosphere. Throughout the play I was thinking about my character’s objective and tried to sound like a real history earbasher. Following one of the Stanislavski’s tips, I remembered my grandmother. I know her very well, so it definitely helped me with the movement. I tried to have a bit of English accent, not sure if it worked, but I think I sounded more grandmaish when I changes my voice a little. Grandmas are not very active beings, so I just sat there, moving my head and arms a lot, as I used my fan, discussed history and argued with Grandma’s daughter Norma. When I had to walk away I bent my back a little, as all grandmas do. We all tried not to over-act and be as natural as we could because the play’s style is very realistic. It was set in Australia so the Australian pronunciation was important, especially for Lewis and Norma. The 1960’s happenings suggested some ideas, however I cant really remember what ones, sorry.

It is very hard for me to judge my self without seeing my performance from ‘the outside’. I didn’t forget any of my words, so I

Some topics in this essay:
Lewis Norma, Oh Lewis, Sarah Geatha, Nowra Throughout, Jenny’s Terron’s, SUMMER ALIENS, Australia Australian, stanislavski’s techniques, little grandmas, tried sound,