Rehearsal Five

I was not a fan of this heads holiday. I did like it because I was able to sleep for a very long time but it got in the way of my rehearsal schedule.
However we were able to have a rehearsal during this mx block. I was happy to see that the presence of Joel has even less of an effect on Colby and Paige now. Joel also commented that our rehearsal were 'fun' so that also makes me happy.
As always we did a little moving in the space but we quickly got down to business. We ran through the first half of the scene and stop and did notes. All of what we have rehearsed so far has stuck with both Colby and Paige. The first half of 'The Dog' looks as good as ever.
We then moved on the the infamous push secene. I call it infamous because both actors seemed a bit befuddled on why it was in the script and how it was suppose to go. We spent a good portion of rehearsal blocking it and talking about the motivations behind the push.
I first started out by showing them the kind of humor I wanted this sense to be like. I asked Colby to put his hand on my head and I ran trying to 'attack' him. The gag was ridiculous and I explained to Colby that what Lizzy was trying to do was ridicouls.
We then worked with the push in the same way. Paige pushed Colby in such a way that it gave the illusion that she was pushing Colby hard but it had not effect on him. I asked them to do this, putting their script down. Colby burst out into peals of laughter and I asked him why, as a director, he nail on the head.
We talked about how James was not taking Lizzy seriously. Lizzy chimed in that in real that would only make her even more pissed off. I shouted 'YES!'. We tried the scene again and it started looking better and better. Both actors now understand what motivations are behind the push and why it is such a high tension moment. Colby and Paige continued to work off of each other and draw on their own experiences. (Paige even noted that when she was really pissed off her voice got higher and it was now starting to show in the push scene).
Though the blocking did take a majority of rehearsal I am happy with how it looks. I think both actors understand the motivations behind their characters and genuinely express them during the scene.