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Redirecting a Scene and Thoughts on the Performace

 

One of the only scenes in our drama performance that I think could have been directed better is the intense scene between Mr Nixon (the school’s drama teacher) and Oggy Moxon (the school bully and hardnut). This is because the argument is supposed to go on between the two of them whilst a massive crowd gathers to cheer them on. However, in the scene that we performed, there wasn’t a massive crowd. Instead, there was just an argument between Oggy and Nixon whilst Dennis (Oggy’s weedy friend) took on the role of the cheering crowd. When we actually performed the play to the audience, the person who played Dennis forgot to mention that “a massive crowd had gathered”.  I think that it would have been better if a crowd had gathered or the actors offstage had shouted remarks at the characters to show that the students at the school liked to watch a fight which suggests that they are from quite a rough, violent area. This also would have made it clearer to the audience. I would also redirect the scene so that the gap between where Nixon and Oggy stood clearly got smaller as they got closer to each other and the fight became more intense because I feel that this was unclear in the performance and would have been quite effective had it been carried out properly. 

Overall, I think that our class performance went very well as everybody remembered their lines and queues which meant that it ran smoothly and the audience did not feel awkward. As the show went on, the actors began to feel more confident which showed in their performances as their characters became more exaggerated and confident.