Non Verbal Communication

Circles of Attention- For this we had to imagine that the only thing around us was the floor we were lying on, then that there was only the stage and the other people in the room with us, then that it was only the theatre, this carried on until there was the entire world, however this exercise never mentions the audience. I think this is helpful because if you are in the right mindset it can help the actor learn to completely ignore the audience as they are never mentioned in the exercise. 

Given Circumstances- For this we had to imagine the setting, for example decide how cupboard looked, exactly where everything was such as shelving, boxes and the actual motorbike. This helped us determine boundaries, so we weren't waking all round the stage because you wouldn't be able to. We then had to imagine and describe the smell and atmosphere, for example if it was dusty and unused, which ours was. 
We also did an improvised scene of the characters morning, this helped us to get into character better as it was like we had a back story. 

Units and Objectives- For this we had to analyse one scene and determine when the mood changed, we then had to say what each character wanted in that scene, for example Ton and Lynne, wanted to be free. 

Laban System of Efforts- My Time was Sustained, my Weight was Heavy, my Space was Indirect and my Flow was Bound, this made me a Wring. We then had to choose a character from Gotcha and decide which Effort Qualities suited them. I chose Lynne and said a Float would suit her as I think she's quite shy and doesn't know what she's doing. We then had to do a short scene and play the characters with this Effort Quality. I found this quite difficult as I chose qualities very different to my own and it was hard to change. 

I used these techniques to develop Lynne as a character by using Units and Objectives to decide what she wanted in each scene I found this helped as it gave me a kind of purpose. I also found the Given Circumstances helpful as it helped me to think about what Lynne was like outside of the scene not just in the scene and made her seem like a real person and not just fictional.