Rehearsal 4

Romy, Eloise and I developed our introduction piece by thinking about Leah's day to day life and what she cares about the most. We came to the conclusion that she did care a lot about her image and what other people thought of her resulting in her spending a lot of time on her appearance. This resulted in most of the sequence being based around Leah's every day make-up routine and the different products she uses each lasting 3 beats. Then it moved on to her picking up her phone and checking it several times before tapping her knee to show impatience and tension.

We want the audience to understand that Leah is a complex character that is very insecure about herself. They will be able to tell this by our facial expressions as well as the actions. It is clear that she is slightly looks-obsessed because of the amount of make-up actions shown.

We have decided to use a back-pack as the prop that is significant to the character of Leah because it is easy to hand to the next Leah in the changeovers as well as it being a tool to portray her character. It shows that Leah carries around a lot of things with her and is always on the go. It is used in each of our monologues and in the changeover scenes it looks swift and efficient due to using the straps.

I can improve my character further by learning my lines more thoroughly as well as writing down stage directions on my script and writing the subtext of each line. These all will enable me to gain a deeper understanding of the character and connect with it more.