Production Project & Applying Acting Styles

 We did an exercise where we had to be in role of our character(s) from Spring Awakening, however instead of trying to become the character, we had to see and hear through the characters eyes and ears. This literally means that we can experience the characters situations and reactions.

We did this with people whom we encounter throughout the play, and personally this gave me an honest response to my character, as I wasn't thinking 'what next' or 'how would my character respond to this', but I was rather literally in the mindset of 'Bluebottle' and the 'doctor' in order to give truthful and honest responses.

This 'Declan Donnellan' technique helped me throughout improvisations, as I was able to develop my characters decisions as time went on. This meant that during rehearsals, I could then refer back to this and develop on what I'd previously discovered about my character.