Production Manager's Notes - Week 2 - Day 1

Today we started by setting up a basic set in order to make blocking easier. This consisted of a sofa, two chairs, two tables, a bar (using a table for now) and chairs to signify where the hat stand and lamp will be.

Before starting any blocking, we read through the section that we would be working on and discussed the characters emotions and motivation. This gave the actors more of a sense of how to play the lines within the scene.

We then moved on to blocking the first section of the script. This was only fairly basic for the time being, but seemed to go rather well and gave a good sense of the scene.

The only issues we found during this time were the lines that needed to be cut off by the other actor coming in over them, as these needed to be quicker so that they don't sound as forced.