BUILDING CHARACTER

NAME: _____________

LINE:
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Learning Goal: To use physical character-building techniques to create three

detailed and powerfully expressed characters.

Your task is to create three distinct characters in three completely different

situations, all of whom are speaking the same line (above).
Part One: You will fill out a character sheet for each character, using full
sentences and TONS of detail. PLAN OUT the details of your performance and
WRITE THEM DOWN! You will need to describe your SCAPING (where you are,
when it is [time period, time of day, etc.]), your CHARACTER (who you are and what
you are doing) and your EMOTION for each, give a detailed description of HOW
you will show them.
Character Sheet Success Criteria:
- Detailed description of SCAPING and HOW it will be shown
- Detailed description of CHARACTER and HOW it will be shown
- Detailed description of EMOTION and HOW it will be shown
- Details chosen are specific to THIS character
Part Two: You put together a performance of all three characters. You will enter
from offstage in Neutral, move into character, and then return to Neutral between
each character. When your third character is complete, you will exit in Neutral.
Performance Success Criteria:
- Confident and controlled entrance & exit
- Specific and controlled Neutral
- Lines well memorized and clearly spoken
- Clear scaping
- Voice connected to character
- Physical work (gestures, posture, etc) clearly connected to character
- Onstage focus and staying in character

CHARACTER SHEET: CHARACTER ONE

SETTING Scaping: describe where? When? What is your relationship to
whats around you?

HOW do you show it in performance?

CHARACTER describe who you are (detailed and specific!) and what you are
doing

HOW do you show it in performance?

EMOTION what are you doing?

HOW do you show it in performance?

CATEGORY
Thinking
Detail
Relevant

LEVEL 4
(80-100%)
Descriptions are
EXTREMELY detailed
Details chosen show
EXTREMELY clear and
specific character

LEVEL 3
(70-79%)
CONSIDERABLY
Detailed
CONSIDERABLY
Clear/specific
character

LEVEL 2
(60-69%)
SOMEWHAT
Detailed
SOMEWHAT
Clear/specific
character

LEVEL 1
(50-59%)
LIMITED
Detail
LIMITED
Character

CHARACTER SHEET: CHARACTER TWO

SETTING Scaping: describe where? When? What is your relationship to
whats around you?

HOW do you show it in performance?

CHARACTER describe who you are (detailed and specific!) and what you are
doing

HOW do you show it in performance?

EMOTION what are you doing?

HOW do you show it in performance?

CATEGORY
Thinking
Detail
Relevant

LEVEL 4
(80-100%)
Descriptions are
EXTREMELY detailed
Details chosen show
EXTREMELY clear and
specific character

LEVEL 3
(70-79%)
CONSIDERABLY
Detailed
CONSIDERABLY
Clear/specific
character

LEVEL 2
(60-69%)
SOMEWHAT
Detailed
SOMEWHAT
Clear/specific
character

LEVEL 1
(50-59%)
LIMITED
Detail
LIMITED
Character

CHARACTER SHEET: CHARACTER THREE

SETTING Scaping: describe where? When? What is your relationship to
whats around you?

HOW do you show it in performance?

CHARACTER describe who you are (detailed and specific!) and what you are
doing

HOW do you show it in performance?

EMOTION what are you doing?

HOW do you show it in performance?

CATEGORY
Thinking
Detail
Relevant

LEVEL 4
(80-100%)
Descriptions are
EXTREMELY detailed
Details chosen show
EXTREMELY clear and
specific character

LEVEL 3
(70-79%)
CONSIDERABLY
Detailed
CONSIDERABLY
Clear/specific
character

LEVEL 2
(60-69%)
SOMEWHAT
Detailed
SOMEWHAT
Clear/specific
character

LEVEL 1
(50-59%)
LIMITED
Detail
LIMITED
Character