1. 1. As the creative process turned from the validating to the performance stage of devising, and Porto began to come together as a collective performance, there were a few common themes that were displayed throughout Porto.
The first theme being that we were all in an unfamiliar place. As we entered the space of Porto we were all in the same situation we were all now by our self not knowing what was happening to us , where we was and why.
Another common theme that ran through Porto was the building of relationships. For example my character came into the space alone in search of her birth mother. My character built a relationship with Nicole’s character as she loving and caring and protective over me, these are some of the characteristics that a mother would have for her child. I also built a relationship with sandy’s character. This was because sandy had alto of photos of different people and I kept hoping that she had one of my birth mother and she could help me find her.
Another theme that was displayed in Porto was the idea of us all going on a journey. This was represented by us all having bags, because if we were going on a holiday or just going somewhere over night or even just a day to day journey we are more than likely to carry a bag with us. We all had different stories behind our bags and what was in our bags. Martin Buber expresses to us that
“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveller is unaware.”
This is exactly what has happened in Porto we all started by embarking on a journey not knowing what was going to happen or who we were going to meet, so as we were in Porto we were travellers uncertain about what our outcome would be by the end of the journey.
2. 2.For the whole module we have been working in the same studio, which was different to where the final performances were done. As we spent so much time working in the studio we had become used to working in this space. Although were all more than excited to move in to the theatre as it gave the feeling of a professional performance. Although the overall space in the theatre was bigger there many complications that we were faced with as we began to work in theatre space. First of all there was a lot more equipment in the space such as lighting. There lights were positioned along the periphery so a lot of us were passing them within the performances. Many of the actors kept knocking the lights causing them to move out of focus, which went on to affect areas of the performance that was supposed to be lit
By the light.
Even though moving into a bigger space seemed to be much easier for us to work in it wasn’t. This was because there was a good amount of space in the theatre that we could not use especially when it came to working on the floor because audience members at the back would not have been unable to see what the actors were doing. So it was essential that when working in the space we would position our self in the correct location so that everything was able to be seen.
The whole cast was always in the performance at all times. When ever we were not on the main stage we used interactions with each other along the periphery. This space seemed to be a lot smaller than it was in the studio, but in actual fact it wasn’t it was just that we had to make out movements and interactions with others simpler so that the attention was not taken away from what was happening on stage
3. 3.It was very clear to see that every performance was stronger than the last.
The first performance was ok but it was evident that we as an ensemble had a lot more go give and we had a lot of mistakes that we can learn from to make our other performances greater.
Our second show was much stronger and was at a great level. There was a substantial level of characterization and commitment to the performance, it was not perfect but was definitely a performance to be proud of.
The final performance again was not perfect but was by far the strongest performance out of the three. As part of the ensemble I could feel very high emotions from the rest of the ensemble, I feel that as it was the last show and we would never have to do Porto again the ensemble put in 100 %. This performance was a great way to end the last of the performances and to end the semester.
I feel that my character developed dramatically throughout the performances, I thought that my character was at the level she needed to be, but the more we did Porto the more my character progressed, and as we preformed Porto I left the stage with a stronger character and I learned a lot more about my character than I initially knew about here.
My characters frustration in not being able to find who she was looking for became much more apparent from performance to performance. The way in which she was constantly on the look out and constantly moving showed her anxiety and thirst for wanting to find what she was looking for. Evidently I am more than pleased with the character that was developed, with more time I believe my character would have been much stronger, as buy the end of the last show I developed a strong passion of wanting to do more and wanting to carry on searching for what I was looking for.
I feel that following the rsvp model has been very rewarding. This has given us the chance to break down every phase that we have been thought to create our performance. There were moments in the rehearsal stage where I was really struggling with my character, and there seemed to be no movement or development with my character. This was when I referred back to the rsvp to help me break down my character this seemed to have helped my character tremendously, and I began to understand what and why I was doing in terms of my character this has been expressed by ( allsands) “ If you know nothing about your character, you can’t possibly expect hundreds of people to believe you are your character”. I agree with this quote as if I didn’t understand or develop my character in the way that I did then there would have been notthing for the audience to engage with, as I would have had no connection with my character.
Bibliography
Websites:
(Brave new traveler)
http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/03/07/50-most-inspiring-travel-quotes-of-all-time/
(Allsands)
http://www.allsands.com/money/career/characterdevelo_sib_gn.htm
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