Sunday Rehearsal 26/4!

We met at my church at 3.30pm, straight after my cell group time finished. I expected it to be the same as every rehearsal but this time I saw someone new! Apparently my church friend who has connection to Stacy was watching us do our stuff. Stresss!!!

Today was also quite different due to the fact that we were arguing a lot more than usual. There were a lot of conflicts between us regarding our motion, positioning and speech. For the first time I actually felt pissed off at Stacy when he was being so particular about everything. In the end I still smile, but at least I know the feeling now. It feels like there's something very tense inside just waiting to explode. My eyes widened and became more focused at the center than at the sides. There's also some restlessness, which follows up with very fast actions. Hopefully i'll be able to recreate that. Unfortunately our dear friend could not feel the emotions we were portraying, but we did learn a lot. Which means we have to argue more! :)

Improvements
- Stacy does less hand gestures during second monologue and puts in eye contact
- Afiqah's entry is more natural and convincing
- I smiled less and learnt to throw the trophy better

Things we need to improve on
- Stacy needs to work on motivation for every action, especially first monologue during "with inspiration" where his arms are everywhere and his tone/speech does not sound appropriate/natural. Also the "papa help me" needs work as it's not urgent/scared enough

- Afiqah has to sound more annoying when giving the "I said she won, are you deaf?" part and have more violent and longer fits. Also lines when entering scene need to be happier, like that last time when you screamed "wait till you see this" in that high pitch tone. I felt the joy and excitement when it was done.

- I need to stop smiling completely and work on first monologue. I could not shock the audience with my anger and I havent decided how I'm going to say "it's none of your fucking business who I am" and "ruth if you dont shut up I'm going to have you put away". Also my face is constantly looking down, and I need to make more eye contact. Lastly, I'm very confused as to what my action is when Ruth is screaming "are you deaf?", so we need to discuss on that.

As for now I am currently reviewing my script and changing it to suit my idea of Benjamin and I will present to you all tomorrow. I deeply apologize for being fucking annoyed/annoying today. Work hard guys, D-day is coming!!!

Benjamin Hunsdorfer