When first presented with the Road script by Jim Cartwright I was excited for the new challenge, however after reading the text it didn't completely appeal to me, I didn't like the way it was written as it was just monologues, and I like the idea of being on stage for most of the show. Even though I wasn't too fond of the script one character stuck out to me who I'd like to be. His name was Bisto a loud mouthed DJ who is sexually driven, I seemed to levitate to this character because in some ways he resembles me. I felt that even though Bisto wasn't a big part I could really make him the star of the show. I felt I really understood how this character was the comic relief of the play and this was one of the main reasons I wanted to play him because he is very light hearted with his witty jokes and remarks which I felt once again resembled me. The first time Bisto is seen, he is very forward with the audience and is quite confident, by approaching the audience 'How you doing?', to me this line shows how he wants to be the centre of attention. This was my favourite scene to read, because it was so easy to relate to, Bisto really fits the stereotypical mould of a loud mouthed DJ.
Throughout the rehearsal process I was very disciplined. I tried to stay in character as much as I could. I also spent a lot of my spare time going over Bisto's lines, and I felt this showed good time management as I was one of the first people to have known there lines. I also looked at the 80's and before, luckily for me I love this era of music and it was great fun to research the music. Over the rehearsal process I had a great relationship with my fellow peers and also lecturers, I got mostly good feedback, and I felt I grew my character. I felt I always kept a good response to feedback I was getting, I was pleased to get feedback as it helped me grow and develop a better understanding for my character and deliver a greater performance. For example, I was given feedback to stay in character in the week before our performances. After this I did disciplinary exercises to help me stay focused.
From the beginning of Road to the end I felt my character had really grew. I felt I took a big risk in picking this character because when reading the script Bisto isn't one of the main characters who I always prefer to play. I feel like to really get the potential out of Bisto, he needs to be played by a character actor. The type of actor I feel I am. I felt I also took a massive risk as at one point I strip, I found the stripping difficult to do as I'm not comfortable with my body, but I know my character Bisto would be comfortable so I had to forget who I was and be Bisto. My interpretation of my character changed tremendously I first saw Bisto as an egotistical DJ who only wanted sex, but I felt at the end of the process Bisto was a lot more modest than the lines entail.
After performing the first performance I wasn't overly joyed as I would have liked to be, I messed up my lines. The reason I think I forgot my lines was because I was so focused on my acting, that my lines had gone, even though my lines weren't right I stayed in character and on topic and most of the audience members didn't notice that I had slipped up. The second performance was much better, I felt I really stole the show in the second performance, mostly due to my second scene, my dance moves were very much that of a 43 year old man, and my energy was consistently high, I knew I had done well as I was the only member of the cast to receive an ovation. This gave me a great high and I felt even more confident going out to perform the end of the show.
Throughout the rehearsal process I was very disciplined. I tried to stay in character as much as I could. I also spent a lot of my spare time going over Bisto's lines, and I felt this showed good time management as I was one of the first people to have known there lines. I also looked at the 80's and before, luckily for me I love this era of music and it was great fun to research the music. Over the rehearsal process I had a great relationship with my fellow peers and also lecturers, I got mostly good feedback, and I felt I grew my character. I felt I always kept a good response to feedback I was getting, I was pleased to get feedback as it helped me grow and develop a better understanding for my character and deliver a greater performance. For example, I was given feedback to stay in character in the week before our performances. After this I did disciplinary exercises to help me stay focused.
From the beginning of Road to the end I felt my character had really grew. I felt I took a big risk in picking this character because when reading the script Bisto isn't one of the main characters who I always prefer to play. I feel like to really get the potential out of Bisto, he needs to be played by a character actor. The type of actor I feel I am. I felt I also took a massive risk as at one point I strip, I found the stripping difficult to do as I'm not comfortable with my body, but I know my character Bisto would be comfortable so I had to forget who I was and be Bisto. My interpretation of my character changed tremendously I first saw Bisto as an egotistical DJ who only wanted sex, but I felt at the end of the process Bisto was a lot more modest than the lines entail.
After performing the first performance I wasn't overly joyed as I would have liked to be, I messed up my lines. The reason I think I forgot my lines was because I was so focused on my acting, that my lines had gone, even though my lines weren't right I stayed in character and on topic and most of the audience members didn't notice that I had slipped up. The second performance was much better, I felt I really stole the show in the second performance, mostly due to my second scene, my dance moves were very much that of a 43 year old man, and my energy was consistently high, I knew I had done well as I was the only member of the cast to receive an ovation. This gave me a great high and I felt even more confident going out to perform the end of the show.
I had many strengths in this project. From the start of rehearsal process, I was blessed with feedback like 'you were born to play this role' and other great feedback, this really made me happy and I wanted to develop my character even further to deliver a brilliant performance, I felt throughout the rehearsals I was very in touch with my character and I would find myself delving into my character and looking at things like costume, personality and the subtext of my scenes. Another strength of mine was my confidence. I felt to portray Bisto to his best ability you have to be confident with what you're doing on stage and everything needs to be 100% committed.
There were also some weaknesses, there were points when performing the second scene I would break character due to the laughs of my fellow peers, unfortunately I wasn't disciplined enough to stay in character and develop my scene, I acted on this and did disciplinary exercises. I think I also lost my accent at points in my scenes, for example I didn't drop my H's on some of the words, however overall my accent was very good.
For my next performance I will bring the same level of confidence as I did to the character of Bisto. I will do more work on my character for the next project as I felt I lacked in this area. Since the beginning of Road I feel I have really grown, at the start Bisto was just a character on the page and by the end he was a larger than life character.
I really enjoyed this project and I'm proud of the development of my character and growth as an Actor.
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