Character Building

We did a practical exercise that enabled us to annotate  out scrip. the exercise involved us walking around the room with our scripts and doing a sharp 90 degree turn when we came to a bit of punctuation. This helped me to understand the pace of the monologue and how punctuation can show the mood of the character. I did this exercise with Angela's monologue.
From doing this exercise I learnt that Angela is quite snappy at the start of the monologue. There is lots of punctuation showing she is getting to the point. She is also speaking about her dying which may imply that she is trying to get to the point because she doesn't really want to say it and wants to get it out the way before it makes her upset. As the monologue goes on the punctuation decreases rapidly. This is when she is starting to explain to Maxine about how other people react to her and when she speak about wanting to have some dignity. This is less snappy and to the point as it is more explanatory.
This was a really useful exercise because it allows me to understand the character and how she is feeling at different parts of the monologue which is important because naturally our emissions change so often so by understanding how her mood changes and adding this into my performance will allow me to create a more believable character. As I was focusing on the lines one by one, it allowed me to understand what the character was saying and allowed me to appreciate exactly what she was saying which made me connect with her more. Once I had connected with her it meant I could portray the emission better as I understood her personality. I thought how I would feel in her situation and how I would feel in the hope I would make a believable character.