how did your role emerge within the production

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How did your role emerge and how was it communicated?

Our devised piece was done using lots of short scenes which were put together to create the final production, so therefore we had numerous characters multiple roles. This was challenging and demanding but it helped us use different acting techniques e.g. voice, movement and facial expressions. So the audience would be able to differentiate between the different characters.

I had two main roles in our production and the first character i worked on was probably the most difficult. We started our play off with a scene about Adam and Eve ‘In the beginning’ but felt it didn’t relate to the circus theme. So we decided to add clowns to link each scene together ad add some fun and silliness to the beginning. We decided to have three clowns and thought it important to have the red noses because the audience would instantly recognize what we were playing. Physicality was really important in creating the clown character because we had no lines to say. I decided that I would start by creating a walk for my character because I felt this would help give me an idea of the type of character i wanted my clown to be. I also decided to exaggerate all my movements to make it humorous, emphasize and make it clear to the audience what I am doing. The set and lighting created the opening to the circus with flashing coloured lights. Sound was important as well because it helped to create an upbeat atmosphere, we used well known songs such as Benny Hill to help the audience to relate to the scene and convey an image to them.

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My second role was playing a freak showing the influence of media on young girls e.g. Anorexia. We wanted the audience to feel shocked by this scene so decided the best way to convey physical emotion was through the techniques such as Gecko and Artaud. This made the scene difficult because we had to show anorexia trough physicality rather than speech. We decided on the idea of puppets and the media were controlling what we were doing. I thought the easiest way to show anorexia was through the idea of being sick. I used the positioning of my body to ...

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