| What do you intend to set as your intention(s)? What do you hope the impact(s) on the audience will be? How might you assess the efficacy of that in the talkback (what questions can you ask, etc.)? | 9/2 |
My intention for the solo project will be to bring the audience/viewer into the mind of the character in a short period of time. Succeeding with this task may be a bit of a stretch due to how little time 4-7 minutes is to develop a character. But it will be the main focus, after all, method acting is meant to make the character more believable, understandable & make the entire performance more truthful. I hope the audience feels compassion or sympathy for the character. I don't think they will feel any disgust as you might feel when you watch the whole play "The curious incident of the Dog in the Nighttime" This is due to the fact that you haven't seen the character before this intense moment, the solo project will be Ed's monologue to Christopher on page 46. This is Ed's most emotional moment in the play, we find out that all along it was he that killed the dog. So in the moment of the play, I hope that the audience feels shook at first and then slowly fall into sympathy or just hate him, that is up to the audience I think. But for the solo project there really is no build up in the words "I killed Wellington". The solo project could start with that and it would have no significant impact on the viewer. So I will have to focus on the performance itself instead and make the most out of my abilities as an actor to bring the words from the book into the hearts of the viewer.
