Rehearsal for 'Into the woods' 7th + 9th October 2014

In this rehearsal we started working on character development and getting to know the plot of the play. We did this by starting to make up more of our characters, by thinking about the sort of age, I decided that the Baker would be about 30, however I had to talk to other cast members to make it fit in with them and the play. We also thought about or characters general moods and what they do for a living. My character is always quite optimistic yet can often doubt himself. I made this decision from the text as he is always talking to himself and making himself remember.
We looked at the plot my in small groups looking into one characters super objective within the play. A super objective is the characters objective for the whole of the play, rather than from scene to scene. In my characters case this would to be happy and have a family. In our small groups we divised a short piece that was the characters super objective yet with a fast pace. From doing this I found that my character is always doing things for himself, like stealing the cape, which comes across as him saving RRH and Granny yet he does it just to get to the cape and to get the cow. We also leanrt more about our characters backgrounds, by doing another devised piece with our characters in a different situation. I learnt more about my character, like I made him quite shy and timid yet then switched straight into the heroic man.