We worked on the movements in the factory scene that opens the play, having some props which meant that people no longer had to mime their movements. I was however still miming so Rachel and I briefly worked on making it as honest as possible. As I mimed pushing a heavy lever around, Rachel asked me to imagine it's weight, was it difficult to pull and easy to push or visa versa, or maybe it was all quite heavy or all easily moved. To show me what it might feel like she got me to use her hands as a lever pushing and pulling them round. With the impression in my mind I was then able to apply this to my movement, able to re-enact it displaying similar tension within my arms, which I felt made it look a lot more believable than prior Rachel's help.
She also suggested to me that I use my whole body, as the girls in the factory might have done due to their lack of strength compared to the previous workers. However it made it more interesting to the audience watching, as well as giving it the stylised effect Simon wished for.
Tableau-
The tableau begins part way through the opening prologue, on the line about "two mighty monarchies", when the chorus pull Jasmine and myself to the front of the stage. Looking confused we must listen to what is being said and start to come around to the idea of performing the play, gradually adopting our Shakespearean characters.
On the final lines of the monologue we must all begin to slowly hit our positions for the final tableau. This is gradual move so that the audience can't see what the image is until we strong hit the final position on "our play". The image we display is a war-like pose replicating the patriotism and battles that are seen within the play, as well as showing what the Chorus has just described.
We struggled to get the movement in time, which I think is because we could not fully understand the reason for the image and what it was showing, however with an improved focus we eventually managed to do so, freezing in unison.
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