Monday, 14 October 2013

Day in the Life of improv

We did another improvisation but as our characters and this was to discover what we would be doing in our day to day lives.

My character, George, wakes up bright and early at 06:00 and gets ready for breakfast. After that, he attends to his duties and as he is a lieutenant (not a high rank but high enough), he would oversee things such as making sure the convicts are doing their work, training officers, making sure they have enough food and drink, aiding in the decision of what happens to badly behaved convicts, etc.
When I was interacting with other people, it was clear to me who were officers and who were convicts; officers walked up straight with their hands behind their backs and gave a slight nod to greet whereas convicts glared at you from the sides and slunk around.
The difference between ranks in the officers because visible. When we sat down for "dinner and lunch", lower rank officers sat in one place and higher ranks sat in another. When I went to speak to two of the higher ranks (not knowing who they were), I was told that I should address them as their full titles and bow to them. So I learnt that I should learn who is who.
The aborigine was watching us all from a corner for almost the whole thing and he had collected pieces of cardboard and set up in the corner. I knew that George wouldn't have liked the aborigine, so I shooed him away. He went away but he walked on all fours or on his legs but very low down a bit like a gorilla, I applaud his characterisation.

Through this improve, I learnt a bit about what George would do, but I need to learn what his specific duties would have been and what his personality s like to further the development of my character.

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