Tuesday, 21 October 2014
150 words on Voice for Eqqus
Dysart is very much sympathetic to Alan throughout the text
trying hard to understand Alan. I chose to use spontaneous improvisation and actioning
the text in order to delve deep into the character of Dysart and focus upon his
character objectives, I took a small monologue from the play and
I used Max Stafford Clarke's actioning the text to reveal my character's objective. I did this by speaking with sharp sounds, trying to reveal Dysart's frustration. This revealed Dysart's desire to reach out to Alan, whilst also portraying his worry about his professional life from hot seating as Dysart, I realised that he is possibly more frustrated with his home life than he has revealed, as he was unable to have children with his wife. I decided to use this to explore Dysart's paternal feelings toward Alan. For example when Alan is confronting Dysart about his personal life with his wife my voice became sharper with a "slight grumble" however I almost "swallowed" my words attempting to show concealed thoughts and happenings.
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Actioning the text, not Auctioning :)
ReplyDeleteAvoid 'played around'- be specific. For example: 'I used Max Stafford Clarke's actioning the text to reveal my character's objective. I did this by speaking with sharp sounds, trying to reveal Dysart's frustration. This revealed Dysart's desire to reach out to Alan, whilst also portraying his worry about his professional life...
From hotseating as Dysart, I realised that he is possibly more frustrated with his home life than he has revealed, as he was unable to have children with his wife. I decided to use this to explore Dysart's paternal feelings toward Alan.'
The examples show how you use the skills, and how it has affected your choices in performance. You are writing well about characterisation; aim to be more precise with your examples.