Fetch- Blocking Begins!

It was blocking time this week for the actors of Fetch. At our Sunday rehearsal, we jumped right into the blocking that I had set up during that week and worked through it all during the first hour of our rehearsal. Our show has the fun aspect of having three actors instead of two, and while that’s great for the story, there was the struggle in having to block entrances and exits on separate sides of the stage without having them cross the invisible line we have for filming sake. Luckily, I had Libby there with me to see past what was already in my head, and we were able to make it work, not only for the blocking but having it work in the context of the story as well. 

After getting through the blocking of the entirety of the show, we were able to run it once, but we soon found out that since the actors are on all fours, it was really hard on their bodies to do it without things like knee pads, so we scratched running it through again. 

We were able to get knee pads for our Thursday rehearsal though- thank you, Taylor! This made the actors so much more comfortable running around and being “doglike.” Because of this, we were able to run it a couple of times and even record it so they have it for reference. Because of this, they were starting to make more character choices, especially in the physicality of what their dogs would do. This upcoming Sunday we have our first off-book run-through, so I’m excited to see where they continue their choices.