Double - Group Work

In last weeks lesson we were split into groups, I was put into a group with Tom, Ashley and Dom. We decided to base a story of Greek mythology around the fallen Greek God Hades. In a group we came up with Brain Storm around things that are quite dark and sinister and evil, an Idea of the 7 deadly sins came to mind and we looked into them and decided that we would use Anger, Greed and Envy. I was given the Character of Anger which is a type of character that I'm used to playing.

The Start to our piece begins with the 3 men blindfolded, meaning they are not able to see where they are and are unsure of how they got there. We thought we would add a bit of childish humor into the piece as we are performing it to year 7's, so somewhere in the beginning scene some of the dialogue goes like this:
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(Blindfold Man 2 hears breathing)

Blindfold Man 2: Did you hear that?
Blindfold Man 1: See what?
Blindfold Man 2: No! Did you hear that?
Blindfold Man 1: Yeah I'm hear!
Blindfold Man 2: NO! FOR CHRIST SAKES, LISTEN.
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This week we decided that we would make a start on telling the stories of each character. The first Character is Anger, Then Envy and Finishes with Greed.
The story starts off with a man named 'Edward Smith' (Anger/Blindfold Man 1) walking into an interview at a multi-million pound Bank. After a Small interview Edward is offered the dream job he's always wanted. He then has a short phone call with his wife sharing the excitement, and promising a better life for the family. To show his feeling happy, the song 'You make my dream's come true' is played as it tends to have that happiness about it and is a good song to show movement. When the movement ends and Edward reaches home he opens the door to find a letter from his wife on the floor, explaining that she has left, and that she has taken the children with her and that she doesn't love him anymore. Whilst Edward reads out the letter, "What I've Done" by Linkin Park is played in the background and one he has finished reading the letter, Edward unleashes his anger, throwing chairs, shouting, crying. He then pauses and notices that there is a man in his house, with out hesitation he pins this man up against the wall and tells him to leave. There is a pause and the man replies with "I'm just here to get here stuff". Edward then gets even more angry and starts a fight with this man. The fight is choreographed and starts with Edward throwing the first punch. The random man picks Edward up by his hair and knee's him in the face and throws a punch. Edward then turns around and tries to show masculinity by picking up this man and throwing him on the floor, Edward then gets caught up in the moment of rage and brutally beats this man to death. Once he is calm he then realizes his mistake and hangs himself, leading him into the underworld. Edward then wakes up on this island along with the blindfolded men we see at the beginning. He then get furious when he see's that this man he has killed is also there with him in the underworld and tells the other 2 men to leave him alone. With all this shouting and suffering me tries to sleep.