One act play....

Description: This week we've been working in the one act play, in finding our characters, and focusing in our game and our plot. 

Analysis: The one act play is each time nearest, and this week we've been focusing on this. We already had our game, and the first day after the holidays we focus on the script, this was very complicated, as it was quite boring because it was very repetitive, it was like 4 scenes just delaying the autopsy. Reading the script, it was very challenging for me, as I didn’t looked for a character, I didn’t explore my character and so I didn’t know how to speak, and I am still not sure of  how my characters will be like. Regarding our game, we tried it, we actually acted scene 1 to see how it would look like, and we come up with a problem we were aware of, that because of our game, our character could not speak directly to the ones behind them, as we could not turn around. We thought that we could fix this, but the truth was that it didn’t work, as we couldn’t look at them when the other characters spoke, it seemed like if we didn’t care of what they were speaking of, and “if we do not care, neither will the audience”. So because of this, we change our game completely, and we are starting all over again, Actually I’m glad we did this, because even though it means starting all over again and changing all the script, I think this game and our scrip until now is way better, it is more interesting, more funny, more entertaining, and faster. The production task I am in charge of is Make up, this changed a lot with the switch of games, because first I had plans for a half make up, but now, I was asked to do a more ‘lighter’ make up, so that our game can work, and the change of character can be easier and quicker, but for those character who do not change, such as the lawyer and the doctor, the make-up will remain the same.

Connections:  Regarding to my two characters, which are the good wife and the little boy, I’ve been trying to look for some stimuli. The most difficult one to find was the good wife, she is supposed to be all religious and good, but she is also creepy, the only thing I’ve found is “Dolores Humbridge” from Harry Potter, she is mean, but she is kind of creepy, she laughs of bad things and she smiles in weird situations, still I need to find a better stimuli, as this character is in the one I need to work the most, as I am completely lost. My second character is my favourite one, the little boy, I used as a stimuli is “Brick” from ‘the middle’, he is a really special boy, different from the others and he is always obsessed with something, I found my character very interesting to explore, and is my favourite one. here is a little video to show brick: brick discovers the internet

Reflection: In order to explore, deeper my character, specially the good wife one, I will need to search for a better stimuli, what’s more, I will try to find different stimulus for different aspects of my character,  of course I will also do some physical work, and see how she walks, how she sits, stands, laughs, smiles and all the little things that a character might have, but how can I make this character even more interesting and entertaining to see?, somehow, I feel more comfortable with the-little-boy character, than this one, why is this? How can I make it even more comfortable?