Rehearsal lesson with Caleb

Rehearsal lesson with Caleb 

Today we had a special guest come in and talk with us, I thought he was very inspirational and it really allowed me to push through to my character and push harder in my acting. 

This is because Caleb used to go to BRIT School than he moved on to Acting school, we also discovered that he is actually playing in Queen Lear at The Duke Of York's Theatre at the Westend.

This was really great for us to hear and see because he was in same place as us before and it shows that if we work hard we can be successful in acting (doing what we love). 

Some advice that we got from Caleb was to always be Precise in everything we're saying especially because we are performing Shakespeare and it's already such a hard language to understand. If we are precise with every single word and not rush it, it will make a lot more sense both to us and the audience. 

Linking to the point before he also explained to s that we should do research into our lines so we know exactly what we are saying and what was said to us, because if we do not know than the audience will never know due to us not knowing how say the line and what tone and pitch we should use. 

One of the exercises we did with Caleb was the Laban efforts, this is different characteristics that help actors develop and understand more abut their characters physicality and the way they present themselves. 

The efforts are made up of 4 different elements: 

Direction - so whether the character walks directly or indirectly 

Weight- Are they heavy or light walkers

Speed- Are they fast, sustained or slow

Flow- Are they bound or free 

These elements are than combined to create the 8 Laban Efforts

• Wring 
• Press
• Flick
• Dab
• Slash 
• Float 
• Glide 
• Punch 

Caleb shows us that linking our character to one of these physical characteristics will allow us to feel like we are more in the mindset of the character we are trying to demonstrate for example, I found that Goneril who i'm playing is the Laban effort punch she is direct, heavy and fast. This because she knows what she wants, she knows how to get there and she wont let anyone get In her way not even her family 

We got Caleb to perform a scene as France because that is who we plays in Queen Lear we thought it would be nice to see how he says the lines and his articulation.