Katie Miller

Intentions Of My Character

In teechers I played the role of Hobby, a under confident shy chav, who goes to whitewall school. The first impressions I got from reading Hobby’s lines is that she is bored most of the time and doesn’t want to be in whatever situation she is in. For example in the scene I was in, The scene where Gail, flirty character, and Hobby are telling their Drama teacher,Mr Nixon, about the plays they have done before in drama, Hobby seems disinterested . She says the line ‘We done it’ A few times, this shows she is bored and doesn’t care what is going on around her or what Mr. Nixon has to say. I also think she has a manly aggressive nature about her. When I played hobby I made my actions slower and acted lazier. I also ate a mars bar in between lines to show she is always eating. I played the character of Hobby like this because of the stage directions and the manner of in which she speaks. I also created a picture of Hobby in my head and tried to make it come across in the way I played her. As We didn’t have set costumes for each character, we just wore uniform, If we did have costumes I think Hobby would of worn a hoddie as it shows she doesn’t really care. A few other people played the character of Hobby as well as me. Alice and Sophie played hobby as an Aggressive manly character. They Changed their accent, the changed their accent to a low, deep tone. This showed she was quite intimidating and manly. This adds to the fact she may be shy and under confident as she doesn’t like her voice or personality.

Lighting and Sound

In teechers we used sound and lighting throughout the show to create tension, build up scenes, to make people stand out and to set the scene. We also used sound and lighting in the show to improve our performance. Lighting was used for every scene in the show. For example in the scene where Gail, a flirty character, and Hobby, a shy character, are telling their Drama teacher,Mr Nixon, about the plays they have done before in drama, when another student,Peter Saxon , approaches Mr. Nixon and starts a speech about drama;A spotlight was used to single him out and to make everyone focus on him, everyone also cleared the stage so that he could be alone while he carried out his speech. This was done to create tension and to make people feel intimidated by his height, as he is a tall character. It was also done to show the types of students that go to whitewall. There was also a big use of sound within Teechers. Sound was used to set the scene; it was used as a transition from scene to scene and was used to relate to the scene, so the type of music would relate to what was happening in the scene. For Example, in the Disco scene where Gail and Hobby are at the disco waiting for Mr. Nixon, the music is disco style and upbeat. As soon as Mr. Nixon arrived a slow song came on, creating the perfect moment for Gail to appear in Mr. Nixon’s Arms, ready to receive the kiss she had been waiting all night for. ‘Hit me baby one more time’ By Britney Spears was used at the start of the scene to show the upbeat side of the disco but as soon as Mr. Nixon arrived the music changed to ‘Lady In Red’ a perfect song for Gail and Mr. Nixon to dance to. The song ‘Hit me baby one more time’ Was used to show upbeatness, fun and chaos with in the disco, whereas ‘Lady In red’ was used to show a serious romantic side to the disco and scene.