In order to make changes to my characters choices (Bluebottle), with the help of the other teachers within the okay, I came to the final decision of making strong physical choices to make the character seem more abstract and weirder.
Because each of the teachers name are weirdly related to either a creature or an animal, as a collective we came to the conclusion that our actions should have some sort of relation.
For example, 'Hammerhead', is also the name of a species of Shark, therefore that character will have sharp and sudden movements, and also be moving her head to the side every so often, as if being hammered.
My characters name is 'Bluebottle' which is also the name of a type of fly. In relation to the name, I imagine that there are several flies buzzing around me.
At first I made the choice to add buzzing sounds to 'S' sounds during my lines, however it sounded quite similar to 'Logospasm', another teacher within the scene.
Therefore, we chose to make the decision to have the buzzing flies around me to affect my speech. Each time I go to talk, a flu causes me to halt mid-sentence.
I think that making these distinctive character choices is good for my character because I also play the doctor, it is important that both of those characters are noticeably different from each other so it isn't confusing for the audience.
The thing that I and the other teachers need to now focus and improve on is making a strong vocal choice for my character, otherwise it would seem as if we've pushed these great physical choices to an extreme however, our voices aren't pushed to our limit. Once we've figured out these choices our vocal and physical choices will relate to the abstractness of our characters.
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