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Thursday 22nd September 2014


In this lesson I made sure I had all the necessary things set in stone to help me develop my character. I did this by setting myself targets for lessons to come and my out of lesson work. These targets would help me keep track of my development over the rehearsal period. Also in this lesson I worked on the subtext behind my scene, scene twenty. 


What is subtext?
Subtext is the meaning behind the lines. For example, your script may be written as 'Would you like to meet up with me', but the meaning behind that line would be, 'I really like you, let's go on a date!'. 

Did this help?

I found that my scene was very hard to find a subtext as the scene is very much focused on the objectives. My subtext was very simple and very close to what the lines written were. This shows that in this scene Callum says what's on his mind and doesn't hold back as he is so desperate to make Sephy evacuate the shopping mall.

Even with a few subtexts added to my script, I found that by discovering the motives and meanings behind the lines, I as the character, developed a better understanding of Callum as a person and in which his mind operates.

My self assessment targets.

My notes on my lines.

My notes on my staging and movement and other techniques.

I also had to assess another person in the class and provide what grade I thought they were performing at. Here is my peer assessment sheet of Matteo. He played Callum in one of the final scenes alongside Alabama. 

Here is what Matteo had to say on my performance. Matteo helped provide information on which I could improve and I have been working towards achieving the targets given in my feedback.