American Clock Movement analysis

Octavio Ledezma

Jen

Stage movement

April 26, 2017

Stage movement observation

I saw the production American clock recently. I honestly thought it was going to be boring but wit was a really good show. I paid attention closely to the movement on stage and was impressed with the movement. There were a lot of aspects of this play that I was impressed with. This play was a little depressing to show how many struggled and it can happen again any time soon or later. I was watching everyone in this production but there were some actors who just caught my attention more than others.

 Tobey’s character of grandpa was so believable based on the way he was moving in the stage. He did have the spatial awareness. Another character who was really good with stage movement. He was energetic portraying a young person. But as his life time went on his movement really matching his age. For example, when he had his college degree he had a slight stiffness that most people do get in their twenties and it really showed. The movement of max was also one to talk about as well. I could really tell that he was an investor and one to hide his money in his shoe. This show was so well done on the play it said that they were playing multiple parts. Everyone did good at the movement of characters that they were portraying. When everyone was broke, I could see the body language of depression and they move like they were homeless and the fainting of some of the characters really showed the excellent portrayal. I also like the scene when they were at a restraint everyone seemed to move like they were having conversations with gesturing to the person that they were talking to.

The other was good to when she was having a conversation with her son and she could tell lies well to comfort her son and hide the truth of what is going on. Her concern for the child was great awareness and great sense of security for the child. The spatial awareness was excellent when she was talking to the grandpa and the child so it seemed well put together.

This performance was very well done and I can tell that there was a lot of hard work put in this production. The movement among the actors and the characters were well done and well thought out.  The acting was well done and the actors stayed on que the entire time and if there were mistakes I wouldn’t be able to tell because the flow was well done. The actors did their warm ups well and it shows from the excellent job that everyone did. Timing is everything and I saw the timing among the actors was perfect and well done without being too overdone. The energy was a bit potent and a little bouency.