Before even beginning work on my scene I have gone through the entire script and annotated my lines with breath marks, physical objectives and possible movement/vocal ideas. I have marked out my breath patterns on each line for several reasons; 1) To figure out whether I need to take long or short breaths on a line so I don't run out of air and make the line lose effectiveness. 2) To figure out Mau's thought changes so I can really work through his emotional transitions and create a three-dimensional character. Through this I have realised Mau is quite an emotional erratic person and goes through many thought changes in a single line. I now know I need to reflect this in the way I portray him to the audience. This gives me ideas about his status and how he reacts to other characters.
I have identified a section where Mau goes from being moderately happy to absolutely enraged; This could end up being quite a sticky transition because if I just snap straight from happiness to anger the audience could perceive this as fake and bad acting. I must make sure I show the build up in tension between Mau and Daphne and then hit the peak on the line "TELL THEM" otherwise it won't make sense. This exercise has helped me to understand the text in more depth.
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