Rehearsals

We had some rehearsals outside of class time, and this session we were able to show our work to Hilary for feedback. When she saw our work she really liked the theme of success that we were working with. She suggested that we record the interview questions by microphone, and have them playing on a loop so we could each answer them. She also suggested we are all on the stage at one time, whereas before we were on stage one at a time in a spotlight, answering the interview questions on by one. I really liked Hilarys suggestions because the idea of having us all on stage at one time shows equality, and shows that even though we are all from different walks of life and even though we all strive for different things, we really all just want success in life. I also liked her idea of recording the questions prior to the performance because it made the interview look more realistic and left more room for showing our characters personalities.

Rehearsal technique: hot seating

When we rehearsed for the first time we used the rehearsal technique of hot seating to explore character. We put one person in the "hot seat" at a time, and all asked her questions to which she would have to respond to in character. We asked questions such as "what do you do for a living?" "how old are you?" and "what are your hobbies?". This really helped with developing our characters and we have come up with six different personalities that we are each going to represent.

Our characters

Me: "The over-achiever"

I will be playing a smartly dressed business woman named Katie who is applying for a managerial position at a law firm. My character is sometimes full of herself and can appear cocky, but really she is a hard working individual who wants the best for herself. She has lots of experience and is very skilled at what she does.

Pauline: "The african auntie"

Pauline will be playing an older african lady named "Auntie Sarah". Her character is applying for university and has left a hard life in Nigeria to pursue her goals of getting a good education. She has small children at home and sees success as being able to provide for them, as well as proving her ex husband wrong who has held her back in the past.

Jennifer: "Essex Amy"

Jennifers character is an aspiring glamour model from essex named "Amy". She speaks with a very strong essex accent and is quite a comical character as she is so over-the-top with everything she does. She sees success as looking physically attractive and feeling good about herself. She is a very vain character who doesn't like the idea of putting in much work. She feels success can just be granted to her because of her good looks and doesn't have a very good work ethic.

Bennie: "Footlocker Flex"

Bennie will be playing a young man named Flex who is applying for a job at footlocker. He is a young father and wants to support his daughter, Kia by making money. He sees himself as physically powerful because he is motivated in going to the gym. He has never worked properly in his life but now realises it is time to get serious and be a father. He hopes to one day have a home in America.

Yughiny: "Pippa"

Yughiny will be playing a very wealthy young woman named Pippa who is simply applying for a job because her parents no longer want to support her financially. She is very inconsiderate of others and doesn't really care for working. Money has always just been given to her in the past so she has yet to learn how to work for it and achieve true success.

Shanice: "Sunflower the Hippie"

Shanice will be playing an American Hippie who wants to achieve world peace. She socially does drugs and has a very relaxed outlook on life. She has no long-term goals but wants to achieve peace and love in the short-term. She feels that her laid-back personality is all she needs to get success and hopes one day to change the world by being "everybodys best friend".

We have also now devised the interview questions that we will be recording for our performance:

-What is your name?

-What strengths can you bring to the role?

-What are your strengths and weaknesses?

-Why have you chosen to apply here?

-What does success mean to you?

Bamboo sticks and socking

Once the interview section of our performance is complete we will be performing the stick exercise we did in class in pairs. In each pair, one person will end up dropping the stick, and the three winners will do the socking exercise to compete for the final position. The performance will end for the three winners reaching for the stick, and the audience never see who actually gets the job interview. We felt that this would be the most interesting and effective ending.

This week will be working on character development and rehearsing our performance with all of our class sessions in mind.