In this lesson we did our adult section again. This time, instead of doing the clapping exercise to understand sub-text, we tried a different exercise to improve our body language. This exercise consisted of running the same scene but without any dialogue. However, we didn't mime our lines, we performed the scene as if it didn't have any dialogue in it in the first place. We stuck to our blocking, character interactions and the same scenarios as before, but we only focused on body language, facial expressions and spacing.
03/11/15 - Character Profile (Stage Direction = SD)
NAME: Jenny Bennet
AGE: Seven and three months
SIBLINGS: Only child
LIKES: Homework and stickers
DISLIKES: Play time and Ashley
- Bossy - SD: "Mary leads this. Mary leads everything" (2)
- Teachers pet - SD: "Several hands go up. Who's first? Surprise, surprise, it's Mary" (2)
- Confident - SD: "Mary carries on, loud and true" (3)
- Stands out - SD: "Everyone else looks at Mary" (3)
- Control freak - SD: "taking control" (4)
- Perfectionist - SD: "Mary is trying to comb Herod's hair from under his crown" (8)
- Irritating - Herod: "Get lost, y'nugget" (8)
- Interrogative - Mary: "What?"; "What game?"; "And then what?" (8)
- Authoritative - SD: "grabbing him" / Mary: "Come here" (8)
- Mature - SD: "Mary puts a stop to this" (15)
- Copies those around her - SD: "slapping her hands on her sides in a very adult fashion" (15)
- On-edge - SD: "Mary swallows audibly" (16)
- Inquisitive - Mary: "Why?" (16)
- Well behaved - SD: "Mary doesn't want to get into trouble. She can't disobey a monitor" (18)
- Hated - SD: "[Gabriel tries] to psyche Mary out" (18)
- Organised - SD: "Mary carries on tidying" (18)
- Resilient - SD: "standing her ground" (27)
- Loved - SD: "Innkeeper is relishing standing by Mary" (28)
