ITEM 2 Monologue, Duologue or Script.

The situation I decided to explore was about the lost family members where the younger brother got sent to jail for robbing a shop. He was using it as an excuse because he was the only one left to look after his mum and his older brother’s child. He spent six months in jail and on his last month he found out that his older brother was in the same jail as him. They set a meeting up between the brothers and the older brother asked him what he had learnt from being in jail and what can he change from that to help him improve. The younger brother told his older brother he was going to get his education, look after his mum and his older brother’s child. The older brother snapped and told him to stop making excuses and start looking after himself before others. The younger brother told his older brother that he felt alone he didn’t know where his brother was and what was happening. He told his brother that he was his role model and he looked up to him and when he left he had no one to look up to and that adds up to what is going on in his life at the moment. Tears came to the older brother’s eyes and he asked, with an emotional voice, “I was?” and he said, “sorry I didn’t know I was that important in your life. He also said, “you should look at the people you hang around with because not everyone is your friend and is not happy with the things you are doing in life. He told him to write a letter to their mum saying to accept him for who she thought he was and he is ready for a change and to start a new life.

What characters appeared? Joseph and Billy. Joseph went to jail for protecting his family. He stabbed someone in his neck in self defense and the person died on the spot and Joseph got life in jail. He is 20 years old and is the older brother of Billy who is 17. Billy was the younger brother that got left in the dark by not knowing why Joseph left his house.

How did you develop the characters in the play? I developed the characters from the research I did about a family that lives in South London, New Cross.

How did you play your character to communicate with the audience? I used my character to communicate with the audience with emotional voice and emotional music in the background which helped the audience to feel like they are apart of what is happening on stage or they can relate to it. The body language I used when the brothers first meet is angry and Joseph stood up from his chair and shouted at Billy.

How did you use improvisation to develop your piece? I developed my piece by carrying on even if my partner made a mistake I would stay in character and not look at the audience and continue with my role.

Item 3 Design Idea

What is your design idea? The characters are in Jail and are wearing different colour jumpsuits representing different ages. Orange represents over 18’s and the grey represents under 17’s.

Where would the design idea be used?

How does this idea communicate ideas about a character? This idea communicates about the character by telling the audience the different ages they are and why they are in jail.

How does this design idea communicate ideas about mood? Joseph was angry when he saw his younger brother in the grey jumpsuit as he didn’t want him to be in the jail. He wanted a better life for him outside.