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In this lesson we began to explore individual characters in the play. We began the lesson with a short exercise in which we all had to multi task by having different orders of saying the classes names but with different movements or gestures. This was very effective as it made the class all focus on each other.

M1 - " I have demonstrated a knowledge of my characters back story and understand the characters emotions. Using the exercises, I have worked from the stimulus to create effective devised scenes."

Later on in the lesson, in groups we were assigned the task of highlighting all the characters mentioned e.g landlord, mother, brother. We had to choose what character we would do a roll-on-the-wall for.

Were were also tasked with coming up with a small improvisation scene based around 'Tale 6' and keeping in mind the characters and what they would be doing in that situation. I was grouped with Jake, Matteo and Will. I chose to play the part of the brother who was in a rush from work to go and see his brother. 

- What scene did you develop?

My group chose to develop the scene in which there was a bar fight and there were onlookers who were regulars at the pub. We chose this scene as it had a lot of diversity in characters and we all felt that we could all show realism in the scene by showing the audience the atmosphere at the time.

- What drama skills did you use to do so?

To develop the scene, I used my use of vocals to portray a very tired and innocent, shy man. This was effective as it showed the audience what previously happened to my character. I also chose to use a slightly slouched body. This showed my age and that my character was tired from racing to the pub.

- Explain what you did as your character. Why did you make these choices? 

My character of the brother was a middle aged man who was in a hurry to reach the pub to meet his brother waiting for him. I made various choices for my character. For example, I physicalised my character very slouched to indicate his tiredness. I made this choice to show the audience the back story behind my character and the previous events leading up to the current scene.

We then shared our work as a group and reflected upon our work.

- What was effective about the characters they had decided to explore?

The characters that they decided to explore were effective because they all had realism and depth to the portrayal of the individual. They all chose brilliant techniques to show the characters personality and views. Because of this, as an audience, we believed every word they said.