Half Term Homework Task

How does the use of pace effect comical timing, and the performance as a whole?

When performing a play like 'The Wonderful World of Dissocia' that is fast pace anyway, as it follows her around her world in her mind, where something new is always happening to her. 

In a production, if the pace is not put in at the right speed, the energy in the piece is lost and itstarts to   drag for an audience. When a play is done in a fast pace, it brings the whole thing to life and makes an audience intrigded as somemany things are happening in a short amount of time for them to watch.

Pace also plays a big part in this play as it is filled with comidey moments that need to be kept on their feet, but this needs to planned well, so that the audience can see the difference between the fast scenes, that have huge amounts of comical moments, and the slower scenes and momens that play a big bit in Lisa's development  how she is effected by different things. One example of a fast paced scene for me is the Britney scene where i play 'Inhabitions' this needs to be fast so that the audience can understand how bizzare this scene is and how everything is just happening infront of her, where if it was slow and started to have unessasary pauses, it would give off the impression that it was just badly put togehter. In contrast to this scene, a slower paced scene that im in woud be the scenes between Vince and Lisa. These work having a slower pace in it, and can have pauses as it highlights how there is tension between them too and how un-natural they feel together.

A great comedian uses fast pace, is Tim Vine, he performs his script with great speed, which gives him an edge, as people have to keep up with him and sometimes do really understand what he is doing. Comedy does not always have to be performed at a fast pace, a contrasting comedian to Tim Vine would be Milton Jones, he uses a very slow pace, which bring a big tension to the stage, and makes the audience feel awkward around him. This gives the audience another reason to laugh. 

Pace needs to planned and thought through well in order to get a good audience reaction. Pace can be played around with in different ways, in order to get a comedy moment, this dosent need to be fast paced, it can be slower, yet has to be done in the right way.