homework 4

My monologue was about the beaten women and I've written in a separate post.
Q: What choices did you make when staging your monologue?  Think about how you used your voice and physicality.
I chose to sit at angle near the corner of the room because my character is frame and weak and isn't a loud happy character so i think performed it in a closed space will show some of the characteristics. I used my voice at quite a few areas in the monologue because i started of quiet and shy then i changed my voice when i repeated , CRASH WOLLOP BANG i did this to show i had come out of character and the create an affect of pain and hurt. I also imagined i was answering my boyfriend who hit me with a frightening high pitch tone to show its hard to forget. I was sat on a chair facing away at the start as if i was daydreaming to show i was distant because i was ashamed of who i am now then i stood up and looked up when i remembered memories but for most of the monologue i was huddled over to show i was scared and fragile. 

Q: How did the monologue task help you to understand the play further?
The monologue task helped me understand the play because it made think about what was really happening in poor run down areas and what was behind characters speech and actions in the play, as it made me think about her characteristics further. It also helped me understand physicality, because i had to think about how my character moved. 

Q:  What monologue performed by a peer worked well and why?  What had they written about?
Daniels monologue was really interesting because he wrote about a common man that drinks and smokes in the pub and he always says cheers London pride. But there is a twist in the story because once he got really drunk and started a fight and ended up killing someone but no-one knows so he carries the guilt around. I think Daniels one was really good because he showed the character well by using his body and where he stood and then changed it when he started talking about his past, he also lowered his voice to give a serious effect. 

Q:  Who performed their monologue successfully and why?
Amaia also did a really good monologue about the man in the pub who seemed really angry when he got a drink spilled on him but then starts talking to the women who did it and they end up talking about there family, in his case his mum is dieing and amaia chose to pick up on repetition by occasionally repeating in a cockney accent "she's all i got you no?" she showed upset and despair in her voice and movement really well and it was interesting to watch. 


Q:  What was effective about how you brought the characters, atmosphere and location of your tale to life?
We brought the characters to life using staging and understanding how an east end pub is like in reality such as, hustle bustle, loud sounds, sounds of glasses and exchanges of cigarettes. This was affective because we showed the audience this in many different ways and switching up the staging so it seems like everything is constantly moving like the east end. We made the atmosphere affective by using different tones and facial expressions by doing this the audience understands the emotion and it creates an effective atmosphere.

Q: How did you use the Physical Theatre style?
We used physical theatre in every possible way by changing levels and stepping outside the box so it can be brought to life easily. In the beginning me and Amaia start on the floor casually talking then we higher our levels to show we are in the pub. We also use emotion to physicalise the piece by becoming emotions and thoughts. 

Q:  What ideas do ;you have for staging the rest of the tale?
For the rest of the tale we want to use the two characters and show them clearly. To do this we will centre stage them and have background noise