First lesson where we actually moved from our seats today. Had our 1st out-of-lesson rehearsal in which we fine-tuned the plot line and started throwing ideas around for specific moments. We had a really nice outline for the book-burning scene, but we have been warned by the teacher to keep details to a minimum at the moment.
In the actual lesson, we discussed using a montage of short scenes to show Liesel and Rudy's relationship developing throughout the play, which will ultimately make the ending more heart-wrenching/depressing for the audience. We picked out 13 moments in the book for the montage, and then we decided to improvise the 1st one, which was Liesel and Rudy's first football match.
This was quite amusing. In a dramatical sense, it showed we were all very out of practice when it comes to the practical side of the course. Eventually (after a lot of encouragement-cough-direction-cough from the teacher) we were able to construct several freeze frames and finally a whole scene.
We did have problems with pretending we were 10-year old boys from Germany in 1939, but I think that's common to most actors who have a) just returned to the profession after a 4-month hiatus and b) are a group of amateur teenagers from Essex.
Generally, these traits do not coincide.
Anyway, at 2:29 on the dot, we completed 1 of 13 short scenes, with only another 12 to go.
Over and out.
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