The Super objective of a character is the objective they follow throughout the whole play, the most important objective. In Romeo and Juliet the super objective is that the two families come together, this is seen throughout the whole play.
First objective
We started an exercise where we had to carry out particular objectives. The super objective was to keep moving and the first objective was to walk around the room picking a particular point in the room wether it be a chair or a crack in the wall and once we got there, to pick another point and move towards it, repeating and following this pattern.
Second objective
The second objective was to be aware of the whereabouts of one person: person A while moving around the room and doing the first objective which was picking a point in the room and moving towards it.
Third objective
While completing objective 1 & 2 we then had to pick another person to be aware of: person B this could mean that your person one and two could be on completely different sides of the room and you would have to know where they were while completely focusing on your point and moving to it with pace. This became hard as you are trying to focus on so many things, while moving with pace and being aware of surroundings.
Fourth objective
The fourth objective was that person A was your enemy and you had to stay away from them. This turned the class into a whirlpool effect as everyone was running around in circles and this meant that you had to be really aware of the people around you and your surroundings.
Fifth objective
The fifth objective was that person B was your sheild and the only thing that could protect you from person A. This meant a lot of change is pace as I had to run fast at times to stay with person B but at times I had to walk slowly or pivot slightly as they weren't moving that much.
Sixth objective
The last objective was to form an equilateral triangle using person A and B. This was challenging as your person A could constantly be moving to the opposite side of the room and your person B could be hardly moving around at all and vice versa. The fact that the traingle was equilateral was also challenging as the other two people had to be the exact same distance away from you at the right angle and the fact that they were constantly were moving around meant this became almost impossible.
Stopping and Starting
This excersize consisted of us all walking around the room together and when we felt the group was ready to stop we all had to stop together at the sametime. When we felt ready to start walking again we had to start altogether without corresponding or anyone leading it. This took a lot of tries to get right as there where leaders but slowly they began to realise how to work together collectively in a group, we also got better as we developed a pace so when we where nearly ready to stop, the pace would slow down and we would bunch in together this meant we could see others more easily and feel others relaxed and ready to stop.
We developed this starting and stopping into more complex things like stopping, sitting, lying down, sitting back up, standing back up and then walking again. This was very challenging and complicated as when we all started lying down we couldn't see anyone or feel anyone getting up therefore it took about 15 minutes to get to the stage of sitting up again. Simon told us that we should listen to eachothers breathing and that helped us know when it was time to get up. This exercise was difficult but an amazing way to become aware and used to working in a large group and together. I found that it built our confidence in eachother which is important as we are going to be working with eachother for the next 2 years.
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