Electra Blocking Act 3

At the very beginning of act 3 there is a song that is played which will be sung by the chorus. Whilst they continue to sing they wander round the space of the stage. They also do movements such as the shoal of fish exercise which we ran through in the Electra workshop.
After this the music continues whilst electra has a conversation, during this the chorus form a circle on the floor and link arms and sway sideways. We wanted a movement that wouldn't distract from the acting but would be effective on how to portray to Electra's mind.
The act goes on and the next main blocking point was when Electra hugged her brother when she realises he is alive and not dead in ash form. He is alive so Electra was told to dramatically pause when hugging him, electra was then directed to smell him, as this is a realistic movement that would occur when being reunited with somebody.
I am directed to be carried in the old mans arms after i have died down the stage which acts as a stage. My body flops either side of the old mans arms making my death look realistic

In todays lesson we also fully established how our staging was going to be set out. Below is a picture of how we have designed our stage. In the middle blocks centre up stage is where the door will be to Electra's house. This door will fully function. I feel like the staging is quite far back which may be hard to connect to the audience, but i'm sure as rehearsals continue that this challenge can be conquered.