Single - Research into 'Drunk Two'

When looking at this photo and looking at the dialogue for this character it makes believe that the two drunk men are mid 40's or so, looking a bit scruffy if they have had a drink and also looking as if they're going to game of football (so a possible football shirt)

Single - Research into Police officers

In this photo we can see that the two police officers look rather serious but quite civilized at the same time. Using this photo my character at the beginning could  show this by using a fairly film tone to my voice and then when Christopher assaults the police officer we can hear and see that type of strict police officer that you see on tv shows like 'Road Wars' etc

Double - Idea for the story of Aries

Myself, Meg and Dom were put into a group and we came up with this more realistic, modern day version of the Greek tale of Aries. We use the song 'The Scientist' by Coldplay at one point to show him being 'humiliated' by all the people in his school, this way we can see him slowly progress in being more aggressive and angry through out the rest of the story.

Single - Ideas for the Play

One idea that I have had for the play is to have other characters with worst or just as bad cases of autism. I think it would be interesting to see how Christopher and other people like himself act around each other and hear how they might handle their condition. And with in this scene we can see different people process, for example where as Christopher counts all the prime numbers up too 7507 to calm himself down and is incredibly talented at maths, other people might click really fast with their fingers or whistle a song. If this idea was to be used then i believe that the audience would be able to see a wide variety of autism and  a very good skill of multi-rolling and a strong skill of characterization.

Single - Excersises Developing Characters

On Thursday's lesson, we started the lesson off by playing a type of 'game'. In which we would be put in a scenario and would have to act that scenario but in our own interpretations. For example we would have to be popcorn stuck in candyfloss and try to get out. Then we would have to act upon a colour. E.g if the colour green was shouted out then we would have to go with our instinct and just change straight away. So everyone was doing something completely different to each other and would change their facial expression, body language. By doing this exercise I believe that it allows us to change personalities quickly which would benefit us as individuals for this play as we are multi-rolling many characters in the play. 

Single - Christopher in London Scene

Christopher in London

In this scene we get a clear picture of where Christopher is as we have the sounds that you would hear in London. We see that Christopher is confused as he has never been on a tube before and keeps repeating the same question. By using the sounds that we as a class have created, this makes the audience feel as if they are in London, when we start to walk around however, it creates that feeling of being in the middle of rush hour, making the audience pay more attention to the play. Personally I like the idea of having the whole scene as it wakes the audience up slightly but also makes them feel as if they can relate to it because they might have been in a similar environment at some point in their life.

Single - Improvisiation Police Scene

Improvised Police Scene


In this scene, as you can see we was set the task of improvising a conversation between all the police officers in the play. By doing this we are able to see how other people feel towards Christopher and how he has had an affect on them because of his Autism, I also like to think that by doing this, it lets our audience change their moods and ideas slightly as it is a conversation in which people can relate to (eg, knowing someone/looking after someone who's wet themselves).

Strengths & Weaknesses

My strength for this task is that I was able to work in a group and we came up with a very brief structure to this scene. We worked well as a group as we thought like our characters.

My weakness for this task is that I did find it hard to keep in the role of my character at times due to my childish like humor, so one thing i would need to improve on is staying so focused that i stay in character and don't let my humor get to me.

Double - Greek Gods/Stories

Ares - The son of Zeus and Hera, they both disliked him and because of that therefore made him bloodthirsty and violent. He committed adultery with Aphrodite and when her husband (Hephaestus) found out he publicly humiliated Ares.

Jason and the Golden Fleece - "Jason was the son of the lawful king of Iolcus, but his uncle Pelias had usurped the throne. Pelias lived in constant fear of losing what he had taken so unjustly. He kept Jason's father a prisoner and would certainly have murdered Jason at birth. But Jason's mother deceived Pelias by mourning as if Jason had died. Meanwhile the infant was bundled off to the wilderness cave of Chiron the Centaur. Chiron tutored Jason in the lore of plants, the hunt and the civilized arts. When he had come of age, Jason set out like a proper hero to claim his rightful throne."

Madusa -  "The Medusa was an ugly creature. Let's have a look at how she came 
into existence, for she wasn't always that ugly... Again, the Gods played their role.
The Medusa was the daughter of Phorkys and Keto, the children of Gaea (Earth) and Oceanus(Ocean). She was one of the three sisters known as the Gorgons. The other two sisters were Sthenno and Euryale. Medusa was the only mortal out of the three. 
She was originally a golden-haired and very beautiful maiden, who, as a priestess of Athena, was devoted to a life of celibacy; but, being wooed by Poseidon, whom she loved in return, she forgot her vows, and became united to him in marriage. For this offence she was punished by the goddess in a most terrible manner. Each wavy lock of the beautiful hair which had so charmed her husband, was changed into a venomous snake; her once gentle, love-inspiring eyes now became blood-shot, furious orbs, which excited fear and disgust in the mind of the beholder; whilst her former roseate hue and milk-white skin assumed a loathsome greenish tinge. 
Seeing herself thus transformed into so repulsive an object, Medusa fled from her home, never to return. Wandering about, abhorred, dreaded, and shunned by all the world, she now developed into a character, worthy of her outward appearance. In her despair she fled to Africa, where, as she passed restlessly from place to place, infant snakes dropped from her hair, and thus, according to the belief of the ancients, that country became the hotbed of these venomous reptiles. With the curse of Athene upon her, she turned into stone whomsoever she gazed upon, till at last, after a life of nameless misery, deliverance came to her in the shape of death, at the hands of Perseus."

Double - Mad Hatter's Tea Party

In the Mad Hatter's Tea Party Scene, we wanted to create a rather atmosphere and also show how characters feel towards 'The Hatter'. We got it so that when Ashley's character spilt tea on the table (made up of a wooden box and a few pallets), The Hatter looses his temper and stands on the table and starts shouting, at this point everyone goes and hides under the their chairs and with when the hatter notices Alice, he's very calm and questions her as a person. Characters under their chairs leap up and sit down and repeatedly saying 'no room'. Suddenly Dan and Meg start ripping into Alice as to say that she isn't welcome there. There is an exchange of dialogue and then when Meg's character falls asleep, The hatter and everyone else at the party perform a surgery on her but stuffing biscuits and tea into her. Eventually she stands up and the hatter pushes her head back and she falls off the table and lands into the hands of everyone else at the party. 

Single - POV from Judy

To me I beleieve that Judy struggles to have Christopher and care for him as he has autism and doesn't quite understand most things people say. He is very straight forward (to a point) which also angers but also upsets Judy at times (where she asks to hug her own child and he says no because he doesn't like it). I think that having Christopher as a child would be very troubling and difficult because he just does things that would drive people's patience.

Single - characters p.o.v on Christopher

one of the characters that I play in the show is a Police officer right at the beginning and gets attacked by Christohper as he feels like he was defending himself. I believe that the police officer is rather calm as it's apart of his job and also because to him Christopher might come across as weird or strange or even that he has special needs (when he groans and tucks into a ball). Even when the police officer gets hit by Christopher he never looses his patience or looses his temper p, he just raises his voice slightly to show Christopher that he is angry, proving that he might understand Christopher has special needs.