The Start of Blocking

Over the past few rehearsals, we have started to block the scenes in act 1. The whole cast has been cooperative in this process, so blocking the scenes wasn't too dragging. However, we've gone over the scenes so that everybody knows what to do and what works for individual scenes, which deliveries create the most energy. We know what's going on for each scene and we are now at the point where we can go through act 1 smoothly with the exceptions of words.

The opening scene will be happening as the audience come in. I find it quite pleasing to watch because the layout is solid, regimented and it's silent but it's effective. I think that if in this scene, the lighting was just white spotlights that change when the audience are seated and the play is ready to begin. I'm interested in seeing the final choice made with the lighting for this scene.
The officers (the more important ones which don't include me) are stood at the left and right and back of the stage and are rigid apart from Tian who signals Layla to bring the convicts on one by one and throws them into a square (their enclosure) on the floor. Once they're all in there, the play begins.

My scene is in act 1 and we blocked it. It's a scene that definitely needs work and commitment because it becomes boring so easily. We started off by trying it with a meeting table layout where we were all sat down in a horseshoe-like formation and this was so deadbeat. I was getting bored and it's my only scene, I was pitying the audience who would pay money to sit through a dry scene. We all agreed that it was boring and tried a more scattered layout where people could get up from their chairs and walk around if they pleased, though hierarchy determined where you would be seated or stood. We also tried changing the way we delivered our lines. Before we were letting people finish their sentences and we decided to change it to being on the end of each others' sentences and borderline cutting people off. This is, after all, a scene where the officers are discussing whether to let this play happen, they have different opinions and are getting hot-heated about it so naturally this would be a fast-paced scene.
When it comes to cutting each other off and keeping a fast pace, you have to be careful with tripping over your words and making sure you articulate your words. Also finding and following through with the meaning of your point is important. We all need to be aware of this in the scene because this can either go really well or really badly.

If we rehearse this scene more and know what we're saying, I think there's a lot of potential to make this scene electric.