MY CHOSEN CHARACTER: 22nd October

My chosen character for 2nd devised piece

'Friend 2'

I read out my 4 'friends/potential characters' to my group today and everyone selected friend number 2..

My chosen character is very different to myself which will be interesting to perform as a character and I am looking forward to learning to feel how they feel and find out more personal information about theme. 

They are very individual, can be too emotional and stressed at times and have a tenancy to be jealous and protective. Which is the complete opposite to my own persona as I am very happy go lucky and not a jealous or protective person. This character is probably the least like me out of the 4 people I chose which is ironic because I am now playing them for my second devised piece!

My character likes to bury their head in the sand when things start to get on top of them and can be very prone to stress related illnesses, which will be interesting to portray to an audience.

On the flip side, they are very caring and very family orientated and homely, as they have became  more mature over the years they have preferred to stay in than go out, they do not like to go out and drink alcohol or do anything too wild, although they used to enjoy doing this.

As a friend, they are loyal and loveable. My first meeting them I felt they were very mysterious and I felt they hid away their true feelings to protect themselves from letting anyone in, however now I know them extremely well I know most things there is to know about this person and their mysterious factor has disappeared but this is a good thing as I feel they have let me in and I feel comfortable with this person and vice versa. 

My chosen character has came from a VERY different background to me, they have Irish gypsy traveller heritage and have been travelling around the world at a very young age and attended completely different schools than I did. They have a very interesting family background, but have had hard times in the past few years as their father passed away when they were 18 years old. This I feel had a massive effect on my friend emotionally and also socially, their personality changed slightly and I feel they became unsociable and depressed. Our friendship changed during this time and I did not see them as much as I had been, but since then my chosen character has overcome their depression and difficulties and has changed for the better and has became a more mature, strong and inspiring person.

My character has very strong interests and dreams for their life, they know exactly what they want and are very dedicated to their studies, but not too much! 

I am looking forward to developing my character using this character as my stimulus as I feel I know them so well and can portray an accurate and naturalistic persona of them through my devised piece.

Some photos that portray my characters interests and personality..

They can be quite emotional and mysterious...

They have IRISH heritage

Their ambition and passion in life is to become a film director
They like to film everything!

They do not deal with stress very well, they can make themselves ill from it and can take them days to get over a stressful situation

They enjoy their own space and time to themselves. They can be seem as quite a loner at times and appear to be peaceful and grateful for peace and quiet