With the growing experience and talent of some members, Tanushka and I have started giving directing opportunities to the young actors. Take a look at what Millie said about her first attempt.
Last week in drama I had a go at directing for the first
time - believe me, it was hard!
Once you’ve got a picture in your head of what you want the scene to look like, it's quite hard to actually get it out of your head. You just have to accept that it's probably not going to turn out how you thought it would. You have to remember that actors aren’t dolls and you can’t simply force them into a position without them feeling uncomfortable in that position and able to move freely.
If you direct your actors to add a little look to the audience so they can understand what the character is feeling, it doesn’t always go as planned. I found that in performance the audience laughed, when actually the character was experiencing a tiring, backbreaking job. I guess they liked it, whichever way they took it, and that’s the main thing. The audience have to like it.
It's often difficult to know exactly how an audience will react to the scene that you've directed and only through experience that you can get a pretty firm grasp on the feeling that you're creating through the performances and the blocking. Millie managed to put together a gorgeously sweet little scene. That's all I'll say on it for now. If you want to see how that scene turns out then come and watch on March 24th!
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