commedia workshop

what was ur experience with the five characters the character types how nu felt. and what charter did u chose and why strengths and weaknesses of your improve


On Thursday we experimented with six different characters. they were called pantolne, ill dottore, capitano , pedrolino, arlecchino and columbina.
Pantalone: pantalone is basically an old pervy man, he is described as greedy fool. To create this character I hunched my back over to create a posture that an old man would have. and I had to thrust my pelvis forward. I would rub my hands together to symbolize his greed for money and sex. My facial expression; it wasn't a confused expression more like an expression that you would give if you were drunk. When we had to interact with other characters I walked around with a drunken smile on my face and I checked the other characters out by checking their body out. When we had to speak to the other characters I was flirting with them because this is the sort of thing that this character would do when he would speak to someone . I found this character really funny to play and I think this character is like jacoba in the devil in drag because they are both sexual characters.

Il dottore: il dottore is basically like an unqualified doctor. he is described as a bumbling quack who does not know a thing about medicine. To create this character I lead from the knees and belly. When I lead from the knees it made my character look like his weight was weighing him down. When we had to walk around the room I was leading from the knees and placed on hand on my belly and I started mumbling to my self. When we had to interact with other characters I would walk around and nod my head at them, this meant  my character thought of him self as a high status. When  we had to speak with other characters I would go on  about medicine and how much I thought I knew about it.

Pedrolino:
Pedrolino is a servant seeking for love, He is an emotional character with a low status as his job role is a servant. To create this character I bent my knees to make is easier to move and plus I think this character  would be a short character that looks up to everyone, this character seems like someone who adores  a lot of people and when he's in love, he is extremely in love and would even die for them. When we had to walk around the room I would walk slowly and sighing as if the character is day dreaming about his loved one. When we had to interact with other characters I would touch and stroke their hair and say you are so beautiful. And whilst we was doing so we did an activity with this character we had to find another person in the room and fall in love with them, We had to pout out hearts out to them and every time we did our status would get lower and lower until we would kiss the floor and cry. I found this character fun and easy to play, however im not sure what character is similar to pedrolino in the devil in drag.

Arlecchino:
Arlecchino is a cunning servant, very quick on his feet and troublesome, he has the animal characteristics of a monkey he is very sneaky. He also likes to mix up his masters orders. You have such a contrast between the two servants which is what makes the play unique and interesting from the Varity of personalities. To create this character bent my knees into a crouching position like a monkey. I would gallop around the room to show that the character is quick on his feet. When we had to interact with other characters i would be sneaky and try and steal something of theirs. Some others stole each others badges. When we had to speak i whispered as if i was  not suppose to be heard by anyone else. Or i would talk about what mischief i caused that day. Arlecchino would be the devil in the play devil in drag as they have the same personality and characteristics.

Capitano: This is the character that i chose to play, Capitano is described as a coward and a fake captain. To create this character i straightened my  posture as he is of a high status. He struts around the place, and turns his nose down on other characters. He likes to keep things in shape and I chose this character because he has the physicality of my character in the play devil in drag, I play the guard. The guard is not high status neither low. He is a chest character like capitano, however he doesn't intimidate other characters. When we had to interact with other charcters i would give them i sly smile as if to say i was the boss and i am in charge.  iwould wlak with my head held high in the air. When we had to speak with other characters  i would boast about things i owned.

Columbina:  
Columbina is the damsel in distress, she is also  a servant and the subject of love interest. She's the one that always needs saving or be saved first. To create this character I walked around the room holding my arms and acting quite shy. I battered my eye lids a lot to make this character more feminine. I don't think she would walk fast nor would be quick on her feet I  think she would be quite slow on her feet. maybe even drag her feet on the ground when she walks. When we had to interact with other characters I woudl go around and either say im lost or i need help. This character is a mix between the 2 girl servants and jacoba but less sexual.  

I think the improvisation was okay, i think we made our characters clear however our story line wasn't that clear and didn't really know what we was doing. Also next time i need to be more vocal as the audience could not hear what in was saying.