Journal
In this page you can find a diary of the improvisation sessions as they developed from day one.
Shooting
Shooting additional shots for the Taylors' family scene.
Monday 1st June
Shooting of the cleaners' scenes: the phonecall and the canal.
Sunday 31st May
Shooting of the Taylors' family scene.
Rehearsals and improvisation
Sunday 10 May 09
Rehearsing the family scene.
Friday 8 May 09
Rehearsing the office scene.
Sunday 3 May 09
Rehearsing the family scene.
Friday 1 May 09
Rehearsing "what just happened" in the office scene.
Tuesday 28 April 2009
Indoor session. A first attempt on the family scene.
Sunday 26 April 2009
Outdoor session. Working on the backstory of the family scene: the relationship between a young man with an woman older than him. The reaction of his mother when she finds out.
Friday 24 April 2009
Indoor session. Working on the backstory of the office scene.
Friday 17 April 2009
Indoor session. Working on the backstory of the office scene.
Sunday 5 April 2009
Indoor session. Working on the relationship between a young man with an woman older than him.
Friday 3 April 2009
Indoor session. The situation: the janitor comes into the office early in the morning, only to find a team of employees locked in for a whole night or weekend.
Friday 27 March 2009
Indoor session. The situation: two flatmates get upset by their third flatmate having her boyfriend in the flat all the time.
Sunday 22 March 2009
Outrood session in Regent's Park. Working on the idea of an anger management group.
Friday 20 March 2009
Indoor session.
Wednesday 18 March 2009
Story developing session
Sunday 15 March 2009
Outdoor session at Hyde Park. The scene begins as a two-hander and one character is added at a time. Each character should bring some sort of "trouble" for the ones already in the scene. No previous decisions or arrangements.
Friday 13 March 2009
Indoor day-for-night session. No decisions or arrangements were made before the start of the scene. Each character who entered had to follow the setup and to bring something new to it.
Sunday 8 March 2009
Outdoor session at Covent Garden. A more free setup, with characters entering and exiting the scene in an almost chaotic way.
Friday 6 March 2009
Indoor session. Scenes with three or four characters.
Sunday 1 March 2009
Outdoor session at Covent Garden. The actors were free to choose the location and were asked to come up with a scene that introduced characters of different status. This status difference was to be reversed at some turning point of the scene.
Friday 27 February 2009
Indoor session. The actors formed pairs. Each pair was given one prop and was asked to prepare a scene which contained some kind of love relationship between the two.
Sunday 22 February 2009
Outdoor session outside Tate Modern. Actors who have just met, get to know each other by improvising a scene.
Friday 20 February 2009
The actors formed pairs (and one trio). Each team was given one prop, one location (INTERIOR, FLAT - DAY) and one relation between them. (eg. sisters, father/daughter, best friend of X/girlfriend of X, etc...) Based on those three factors, each team prepared and presented a scene.