Contents Page

Contents Page

• Characters given circumstances (from what the text tells you) In a list format with evidence from the text.

• Nine questions (each one should be a blog entry)

• 1]  Who am i? (In form of biography - Education, family life, relationships,childhood in modern outlook-2016, hobbies,)
  2]  What time is it? (for each scene I'm in- season(midsummer), era, what it feels like, time of day, feelings at certain times of day, how dark or light it is, worst summer ever(wet,miserable cold))- Throughout whole play
  3]  Where am I? (For each scene that I'm in)-List of locations, not very detailed
  4]  What surrounds me? ( description of whats around me)
  5]  What is my relationship with the things around me? (are they my friends, how does it change my character i.e physicality, voice. How does it feel?)6]  What's just happened before I enter the scene? (What has happened before I come on stage- conflict. Helps to come on with correct energy)
• 7]  What do I want? (What's my motivation, purpose, Objective, need, helps me know what I need to do during the scene, OBJECTIVE CONTAINS THE SEED OF ACTION, how are you going to achieve your goal)
  8]  What's the obstacle? (What's in my way?, what's stopping me?, Is it a person?)
  9] My Action- What am I going to do to get what I want? ( what are you going to do for every scene, if you don't know how to say a line then you don't have an objective)

• • What is my animal and why?

  • Research my character-animal

  • What animalistic traits can I bring to the character?

  • What is the soundtrack to your character's life?

  • Put together a personal playlist for your character's journey throughout the play

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  Interrogating your Relationships

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  • who is your family?

  • Who are your friends?

  • Who are your acquaintances? 

  • Who are your enemies?

  • Who do you openly like?

  • Who do you openly dislike?

  • Who do you secretly like?

  • Who do you secretly dislike?

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  Interrogating the world of the play

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  • Answer your Homework Questions on the world of the play

  • What production values do you want the piece to have, think about:

  1. Costume

  1. Props

  1. Set

  1. Sound (music)

  1. Lighting

  • Find music for each specific moment in the play to share with the class next week

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