Notes From an Actor (continued)September 27th 2007 |
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From Adam Luckey:
September 27
We ran thru the show last night for the first time. I am a little sore from working the fights and my feet are a little tender from getting them used to my combat boots again. I embrace the pain, because it means I’m working hard and my body is letting me know it. Well, that is what I am telling myself, okay?
Last night was an eye opener. We got to see what bits were/are running smoothly and which sections needed more attention. We’ve got a long way to go, but we are well on our way. Rick’s metaphor was, “If this play is Mt. Everest, we have just arrived at base camp.” I mentioned that there are 4 more camps to reach before we make the final push for the summit and added, “Getting up is only half of the battle. Most people die on the way down the mountain.” I’m not sure what that means, but it felt right to say.
Mike Van Zant and I worked with our stage combat directors a few days ago and we tried to plug in the scrap at the gravesite and the rapier and dagger fight for the end of the show into the run. A lot was thrown at us pretty quickly on Tuesday, but I think that both Mike and I really embraced the sword play, so as long as we are aware of each other and of where we point these rapiers and daggers, we should have some pretty exciting combat sequences. I have to say that the scrap at Ophelia’s gravesite is short but utterly badass. That’s the best way to describe it. Think John Woo and you’ll get the idea. I loved watching our fight coordinators work. They seem to really love their work, and love to teach it. They made us feel really comfortable and competent in our sword play. I think they only wanted to run us through a few times.
It is time to break the scenes down and tinker with each individual scene and explore character intentions and actions. The world is sketched out. Now it is time to add the color. In our case, it would be the shade and the shadow.
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