To build character by yourself!

I have been working on a scene from Romeo and Juliet for two days, and I think that we are ready to video it at this point. However I am still thinking to build my character on both blocking and line delivery. I couldn't find the right way to talk and I didn't have much movements and reactions because this play was written in old language, and we had to cut some lines to make the scene work for us. When I was staging it all in my mind was how to say the line correctly, so I was not really stage it, so I decided to do more character building and line delivery. I hope that I can make this scene more realistic.

Instead to build the character from the script, I decided to find more back ground information to help me to build the character. The first thing that I changed was my blocking because It can make a huge difference. For example, I can pray at the beginning of the scene and it will make me look like a Father, but if I am looking at newspaper It would not give the audience the information that I am the Father. Another thing I need to improve is the way I deliver my line. I was too nervous to deliver the line with character’s emotion which makes the whole scene looked so awkward and offhand. I will practice more, so I can know the script better and perform better. Once I have all lines, I can be more creative with character.

I also got some ideas from other groups. For example, I saw the four people scene, and I really like how they set the fighting scene, so I had a idea that we can fight a little in our scene which is the one between Father and Romeo. To be honest, I do think that Romeo would fight the Father in this scene because he is hopeless when he hears banishment, and the person who tells him is the Father, so he will be so angry with him. We all haven't get our final version, so we still have time to change our scene better. I am looking forward to see our final draft.

It seems to be big struggle for me in this scene, and I like it because it can improve my skills and ability. I like this scene because I can more creative with character and scene, and It is my weakness because I feel hard to understand the script in old English, but I will still try my best to do it. This is the first time I did a old English scene, so it is a challenge for me. I wish that I can improve my skills more by doing this scene, and I can understand this play more. Go John!