Lesson 2 - 15th November 2012

Today’s lesson focused on creating the history of a character and exploring what we know from the text.

Task 1:

Firstly in groups of 5 you created a 1 minute version of the play ‘DNA’

Answer these questions:

Q - Why did you do this?
Q- How did it help you? 
Q- What did you notice about all of the pieces that were created? Were their moments that were the same?

We discussed the role of the postman - a character that is never seen and doesn’t speak.

Q- What is the importance of this character in the play? 

Task 2:

You created 4 huge ROLE-ON-THE-WALLS for the characters: Phil, Leah, Brian and Adam. 

Answer these questions:

Q- Why did we create these?
Q- Did you find out anything new about the character your group worked on?

Below are videos of the role-on-the-walls you created.
You can copy these onto your blogs...or make a link to here!

 





Logbook task:
Find a piece of music on youtube that you think sums up your character. Put this on your blog. 

Task 3:

You created a scene to show the backstory of the character you worked on.

Answer these questions:

Q- What is a backstory?

Q- Why is it important for actors to understand their character’s backstory?
Q -What did you create as a snapshot of your character’s world? Describe what you did and link you choices to the play.
Q - What did another group create? Was it effective, why? 

Task 4:

We discussed the ideas of Nature V Nurture. Are we a product of our environment? Yes or No? Justify your thoughts.

Check back tomorrow for more questions and videos!