Tuesday, 8 October 2013

Laben technique

Today I think really helped with my character by walking around the space and trying out the different Laben forces and seeing which fit my character the best.

I realised that my character, although there isn't really enough of him featured in the play to find he has different aspects of each force, he does actually cross into an few in my opinion. Basing the forces on time, weight, space and flow, I think Second Lieutenant William Faddy is a pressing character as he sustained, heavy, direct and bound. He's sustained in the sense that he's not a slow mover but he's not fast either, he's just... in the middle. He's heavy with his authority although I think he might forget he's of the lowest rank within the ship as he often, in his scene, let's his mouth run a bit and is often warned by the higher authorities to be quiet. I think he's direct - like pressing but at the same time a little indirect with some of the things he says, like with the force of Wringing. It's quite obvious who he is referring to when he says the line "unlike some" in reference to Ralph Clark, but he doesn't directly address that to him. However, it's contrastingly very direct when he claims he "doesn't trust the director" when he is asked why he is opposing the play. 

He's a mixture of wringing and pressing.

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