Costuming for Characters

Fill out the following chart in your notes using YOU as a character.  Remember to JUSTIFY (tell why) your clothing choices.  (Why do you wear what you wear?)

PHYSICAL CHARACTER TRAITS

Hair color?
Eye color?
Body type?
Facial features?
Height?
Skin color?
Vocal quality?
Gender?

Clothing choices (what do you choose to wear and why)?

Theater II & III: Intro to Monologues

12/3/09

Theater II & III:

Using the open monologue you've chosen (A, B, or C), answer the following questions in as much detail as possible.  Use details in the monologue and your own creativity to support your choices.

1. Character Description

Using the monologue as a reference, write a character description of the character who is speaking.  This should include any and all details of a characters internal & external traits, their family background, educational background, occupation, general temperament, likes & dislikes, and any other descriptive details that you find necessary.

2. Describe the person (or people) this character is speaking to.  What is the relationship between the character who is speaking and their listeners?

3. What is the inciting incident?  (What has happened?  What event is the speaker talking about?)

4. What experiences of your own can you call on to EMPATHIZE with the character who is speaking?

Theater III ONLY:

5. Write a short monologue that is in CONTRAST to the monologue you have chosen.  For example, if you plan to perform the open monologue as COMEDIC, a contrasting monologue would be DRAMATIC (and vice versa).  This monologue might also serve as the listener's RESPONSE to the original monologue.  (What would the person who has listened to the original monologue say in response to what they've just heard?  Make sure that it CONTRASTS the original monologue!)

Theater I: Journal #8 - Play Selection & Description

First: Select one of the following plays.  Choose wisely, as this will be the scene you will be working on for your next project.  (If you have not read the scenes with us in class, then a scene will be assigned to you.)

Pleasantville Dead Parrot Blithe Spirit Ferris Bueller Mean Girls

Second:  In your own words, describe a person that you know very well.  This might be a brother or sister, a friend, another family member, or a teacher.  WITHOUT USING THEIR NAME, describe this person IN DETAIL.  Please make sure to write about their appearance, their personality traits, their likes and dislikes -- anything that makes up who they are as a person.