Wednesday's Rehearsal Reflection

Today, my partner and I worked on finalizing our stage combat and improv scene. When going over our improv scene, we realized that we needed more comedic moments in the conversation. We added some puns to jab at the audience with and also a silly moment. In our rehearsal period, I really really committed myself to becoming a true "Pedrolino." By doing this, I found out that I could use some stupidity because of the slumped alignment and head initiation core, often associated with a dumb servant or subordinate. This being our last rehearsal until the final performance tomorrow, we will be reviewing our stage combat form and technique as well as our improve so that our scene is top-notch.

Reflection on Tuesday's Rehearsal

On Tuesday, my partner and I were given the time rehearse for our final performance on Thursday. In the Borendo Music Center, we worked on adding form to our stage combat and made some choices regarding our improv before the stage combat. With the improvisation, we chose to add some elements of comedy including elements of three. We learned that we needed to be bigger in the delivering of lines to that our characters are fully portrayed. Learning from past rehearsal's and teacher's comments, we used the method of rolling with the punches and going through the scene and then later discussing and adding other elements to it. In our next rehearsal, we plan to work on our stage combat and perfect our improv.

Stage Combat/Commedia Dell'Arte Reflection

Throughout this week, our class has been focusing on adding a Commedia Dell'Arte scene to allow us to segway into our stage combat scene. So far, my partner and I have been successful in creating a scene where the structure of Commedia Dell'Arte can be seen. Our time may have been used to our benefit to a better extent if we had not spent most of our time talking about the scene and fixing it. We should have done improv in the scene to then later reflect on it.

Relating Commedia Dell'Arte to Modern Comedy

This weekend I watched the show "Modern Family," and found elements of old Commedia Dell'Arte in it. First I found the exaggerating element when the women of the Dunphey house are having their periods and are over exaggerating on every action and on every obstacle that faces them. Secondly, I found the ill-timedness element when Mitchel is preparing a big party for Cams 40th, or 10th becasue he was born on a leap day, birthday party. The party is an homage to the movie The Wizard of Oz and Mitchel goes all out. Unfortunately, Cam's family home in Missouri has been hit with a devastating tornado, which is a main part in the movie. Later in that same scene, I found an element of three where Mitchel is given three alternative themes to the party and says no to the first two and then yes to the last because he has two hours until guests arrive.