This week we finished off our character profiles. I found when doing this task, we created different way to interpret each character. For example, we came up with the idea that Bennett is hiding his feelings for Chadwick. We thought that the reason Bennett picks on Chadwick so much is because he actually likes him.
When doing this task we developed part of our character that most people don't notice. For example we defined different class between characters. We decided that Bennett came from a wealthy family, this is why he is so horrible to people because he is able to control others with wealth. We also came up with the idea that Nicholas is also from a wealthy family, possibly on par to Bennett, this is why Bennett never really picks on Nicholas because they are equals in terms of wealth and class. In private schools, the pupils usually come from wealthy backgrounds or are of high intelligence giving them a full scholarship to the school. In these schools the pupils of high class and wealth are stereotypically seen as being in control, and the pupils on scholarships are picked on.
We ran through the entire play and worked on scenes that needed it. We worked on scenes with William and my character, Lily a lot. I helped Tom with his character (William) as he has to portray a psychotic character. When playing a psychopath it is easy to over act. This can distract the audience from the play, making them focus on the acting rather than the story line. When we were given feedback from our teachers we were told to act subtle rather than over do the acting as it can make it look stylised.
We also played a game including sub-text. When a character claps they have to say what that character would be thinking at that time. This helped us with our characters, allowing us to develop our characters with our own context.
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