Developing movement for characters
Here are some interesting videos on creating characters. Watch these and make some notes.How might the information in these films be useful when rehearsing and creating a role?
Notes:I didn't know that there was such a thing as a movement director let alone know the difference between a movement director and a choreographer. I was very interesting to see how much the play depends on movement and how essential a movement director actually is.When seeing a moving director help an actor create their character I was amazed at the amount of time and thought that goes into finding out how a character might move and hold themselves. I thought it was up to the actor alone to discover how their character moved but it seems a lot more involved than that.
Physical Theatre
The final piece will rely on physical theatre and the work of a tight ensemble to tell the story of 'East End Tales'.
Frantic Assembly are a UK based physical theatre company-notes:Physical theatre is obviously a huge part of how the company puts together a performance.Othello is a play about passion and jealousy which are strong emotions that have inspired the movements of the performers.Frantic, dynamic,and contorted movements that are interwoven to reflect the tangled web of lies and deceit.
The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time'-notes:The play tells the story of an autistic boy named Christopher and the events are seen through his slightly alien cotious.The performance takes a multi sensory approach to explaining autism which makes it easier for people to understand what it is like to be autistic.The dynamics of the movements seem to be constantly changing and will switch from fast to slow very suddenly.This is to show how even though Christophor may overcome one barrier there is always another one just around the corner.
TASK 1 – MONOLOGUES
You were asked to think about your favourite character that you've worked on so far.
You we asked to write a monologue for that character that stays with the same style of the play.
You then worked in pairs to stage the pieces.
Q- What choices did you make when staging your monologue? Think about how you used your voice and physicality. I performed my monologue whilst sitting on a chair facing the audience and delivered my lines in a fast and frantic way.My chair was positioned at center stage and fairly close to the audience to try to engage more with them and I was speaking quickly to try and make the piece seem more exciting.My monologue as well as everyone else's was spoken directly at the audience as if they were having a conversation with them. It was a very personal piece in terms of the connection between the audience and the performer and I felt that in my scene my character was being very open and honest to those watching. My character is completely against violence and doesn't want to get involved with the fight that is going on around him. I think he is quite innocent relly and tries his best to escape the violence of the rough world around him. He would never harm anyone but generally speaking he wouldn't go out of his way to help someone. He is not a very sociable person and he encloses himself in his own little world as a way of getting away from it all but a pint or two now and then is as good a coping strategy as any.
Q -How did the monologue task help you to understand the play further?I think that having to explore a monologue and create a character from scratch was a good test of my imagination.Also having no guidelines meant that what I created was raw and honest because the monologue was written out solely by me.Creating a character in the setting of the east end and creating a story from that helps you to get into the mind set of the playwright.Making up monologues like that is part of the process that the writer would have gone through to make the play. By almost creating a tail of your own you gain a greater understanding of the raw messages that are being put across within each of the tails in the play.
You performed and watched your peer's work.
Q- What monologue performed by a peer worked well and why? What had they written about?I was paired up with Roseby who I think she has a lot of talent and she showcased it very well in her piece by using her gift with accents to create a wild and bold character that stood out from other performances for me. She played the part of the landlord but in a completely new and surprising way by going back in time to when her character was a lot younger and free.I loved her casual use of space, sitting down on the floor early on in her monologue instead of standing or sitting down on the chair like a lot of other people did.This combined with the interesting choice to make the character scottish which obviously played to her strengths made her monologue thrilling to watch.An outstandingly creative piece.
Q - Who performed their monologue successfully and why? As well as Roseby's performance there were many really imaginative pieces which told some thought provoking stories. An intriguing performance from Rory was unique because the monologue was delivered like we as an audience were only hearing one side of a conversation between Rory's character and someone in the police force.It was very emotional watching Rory's reaction to having the news broken to him that he had killed his own wife. His character didn't remember killing her so he reacted with confusion and fury which was stunning for the audience to watch.A relly clever and emotional piece of theatre.
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