To develop our characters we used an exercise called emotional centres. These govern the dominant way that our characters move and feel within the space and the play. The centre that felt the closest to Father, I feel, was a warm red plate expanding from my chest. It felt as if I was insulated and also isolated from the outside world, something that I feel Father is over the course of the play. I also feel that because it was less mental then the others it was almost as if he had seperated his physical prescence from his mental prescence. Something that I also feel is crucial to his role, as this adds to his manipulative nature.
We also used status levels to create a hierarchy within the play as well as to ascertain our characters movement type and physicality. For Father I gave him a 1-9. The 1 is the level of movement and physicality. I gave him this movement level as I feel that when he does move, however rare that is, he moves very slowly yet deliberately. The 9 therefore, is linked to his status and emotional intensity. This is due to his philosophical speeches and his affinity for a drastic change in temper. This emotional intensity coupled with his physical intensity is what defines Father in my mind.
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