Professional Documents
Culture Documents
● Arinze
● Virus
But I will also have quite a lot roles recorded and played out or said by someone backstage through a microphone, these
roles would be:
● Jade
● Mother
● Raymond
● Donna
● Producer
● voicemail
I also think I would have people on stage to help me with small parts, such as:
● Dimples
● Girl
● Assistant stage manager
An example of my character
analysis
Character name: Arinzé Kene (Main character)
Hair colour: Black
Eye colour: Dark brown
Age: 24
Height : 6’1”
Clothing: Black shirt, Jeans
Personal/Associated item: pen
Educational background: Public schooling
Likes: writing
Dislikes: racism
Family (spoken): Older sister
Ethnic background: Nigerian
Occupation: Play write
Residence: Hackney, East London
Personality/traits: Goofy, easy to irritate, hard working
Personal goal(s): To be accepted as a credible playwright
● Achievable: Yes
What are my intentions?
(production wise)
For my rendition of Misty, I intend to immersify the audience as much as I possibly can. To do
this I have thought of a plan to use my Stage as a means of telling Arinzé’s/The Virus’ story. I
have chosen to use:
● Projections
For example, projections of a night bus in motion to simulate that the audience is also on this
night bus with the virus at the time he tells his story.
● Lights
I intend to use the lights to simulate settings and/or time of day because I want the stage to
be as bare as possible. This is because I want the audience to use their imagination to truly
understand what the characters are going through. For example, using the side lights, in the
wings, during the night scenes so that the stage isn’t flooded with light
What are my intentions?
(production wise) (CONT’D)
● Props
I intend to use some props literally to show what another character is saying (so there is no
dead space) and also using props to show an idea, such as using a balloon to simulate a
thought (page 23 - conversation with Producer)
● Pre-recording
As I have said before, I also intend to pre-record the lines of some of the lines of smaller
characters, including the voicemail.
Skills I have used and will be
using
During the course of this course, I have picked up a multitude of skills that I may take into my performance of
this play. I believe that in the duration of me being a part of this course, I have learnt/built up these skills:
● Self-presentation
● Script analysis
● Emotional memory
● organisational skills
● spacial awareness
● self-discipline
● analytical, critical and research skills
● the ability to cope with criticism and learn from it
● adaptation skills
I think that the skill that I’ll mainly be using is my skill to adapt to certain situations, This is because I would not
have anyone with me to help save a scene if it starts to go south. I intend to work through any obstacle i come
across, that being either Technical or performance wise. To do this I will be working with the tech team a lot over
the coming months, I will also be self teaching myself a multitude of skills, especially editing and filming skills.
My Areas of Research
I chose to research this area because it relates to a big theme of the play:
‘Blood cells vs Viruses’ (blacks vs whites). This area of research will also help
me get a deeper look into the lives of my two main characters (other than my
own experiences, being a black Nigerian myself). It also relates to the
background of my character(s). I know this because, through research I have
already done, I have found that Arinze black (african) himself. So through
gathered intel, from the script, I have found that this area of research includes:
● African culture
● Black influence in history
● Black stereotypes
● Black people in the industry
Changing environment and the
psychological implements
I chose to research this area because it helps me to understand the character of
the Virus (Lucas) more and why he hates ‘Blood cells’ so much. It will also help
me to get a handle on his psychological state now that he thinks that the ‘Blood
cells’ are taking over his city. This area of research includes:
● History of Hackney
● Black youth in Hackney
● Black businesses (out of business)
● Rent/house prices
Cultural appropriation
● Black face
● Reviews of Misty (from white people)
● Theatre audiences (percentage of ethnic goers vs white goers)
Youth culture
I believe that if I am successful in producing this performance, then it can really affect my future as a
performer in a very positive way. Here are the main ways that I feel the production would help me:
● Show reel
● Acting CV
● Skills relating to a one man show
● Getting used to directing my own performance
I have come to find, as I said before, that I tend to rely on other people's energies on stage to help
boost my morale to put on a good show. But for this show I would only be able rely on my skills and
abilities , and the skills and abilities I will be gaining throughout my journey in bringing this
production out of my mind and on to the stage.