Character Development

GEIR:

My character Geir is very uptight and angry at pretty much everything. This is shown through his constant questioning and prodding "Ingvar is this really necessary?" and "Why can't you just be normal" these lines show how everything irritates him and how much he hates everything.  Especially Ingvar, When portraying Geir I need to think about how I am going to communicate his hatred of Ingvar to the audience. With my directors guidance we have developed a small gestus displaying a silent explosion of Geir's hatred. Where he perhaps silently shouts "fuck" or flips off Ingvar behind his back.

Geir is also a very anxious character "she did say half past ten?" "I just want to know what happened in that meeting." These quotes show his anxiety as he feels uncomfortable when he is not in control of the situation. To show this tension and anxiety I decided to try and walk only in straight lines, however I found this kind of movement limiting, so I tried allowing myself to walk in a diagonal direction as well and this felt like a sweet spot between tension and freedom of movement. 

To improve my performance of Geir I need to commit to the energy the character requires. The performance is not naturalism and needs a heightened energy to communicate its satire. This higher energy will also lift the interactions with other characters as the energy will bounce off each other and engage the audience.